Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam from the Wood

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Traditional Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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2011 bottle (thanks, jpdurden24). Pours like purplish black motor oil with no head. Aroma of sour cherries, licorice and a heavy oak note with a touch of vinous tones. The taste is much sweeter than the aroma suggests, with the cherries battling with the bourbon for top billing. Not much carbonation with a slightly sour lingering finish. Good, but it doesn’t live up to my expectations. 

12 oz bottle, 2011 vintage. Pours a pitch black with a red hue and no head. Carbonation is non-existent and aroma is woody oak and some minor cherry flavor. Taste has some cherry and bourbon, not overwhelming. It is very good, but below expectations.

12oz. Bottle 2009 Vintage. Pours an almost black color with ruby shades and no head at all. Fantastic nose lets you know that this one is special. Soft bourbon aroma with the usual melted caramel and vanilla notes along with some faint cherry. The taste is where this beer really shines. Subtle, layered and complex with bits of black cherry, molasses, vanilla beans and burnt candy sugar. Sweet, but not cloying with an impressive depth and unbelievably smooth mouthfeel. This beer floats on the palate without being thin or watery, just feels like a perfect combination of soft and decadent. Carbonation is minimal which helps showcase the maltiness. A touch of booze still comes through on the back end, but gives it a warming feel and is not at all distracting. Really an impressive beer, although the cherries popped more when the beer was a little younger. A definite winner!

Very nice. Low carbonation and silky thick mohoganey pour. Really rich flavors of tart cherries, leather, mollasses, earthy and rich. Just a great tasty beer.

Holy CRAP! This was awesome! Nose is bourbon, vanilla, cherry, and molasses. Pour is dark brown/ruby colored with a thin ring for lacing. The flavor is ridiculous. Tons of cherry and bourbon flavors. Some light molasses and brown sugar with a touch of vanilla. Smooth as hell. Awesome brew.

Bottle share - thanks Matt!
Appearance - Deep red with light bubbles
Aroma - Molasses, vanilla, oak, bourbon, cherries
Taste - Black cherries, vanilla, brown sugar, bourbon, wood

This beer is so sweet and heavy - a definite sipper. Explosive bourbon flavors pair nicely with the black cherries, almost forming a candy-like aftertaste. Yes!!!

Pours cherry brown with no head. Aroma of cherries, caramel malt and oak. Taste follows, sweet yet a little boozy. This beer is good! ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

yea this is awesome, even an 2008 it was still pletnly carbonated. What a great complex base beer with good wood notes all over it

Pitch black with no head. The nose is bourbon barrel and tobacco leaf. The base Adam pokes through with mocha flavors, mixing beautifully with the tart cherry and barrel flavors. The finish is amazing with tannins offset by the vinuous mouthfeel.

2009 bottle from HotD in Portland. Dark pour, no head. Almost no carbonation at all. Nose is bourbon, wood and cherry. Taste is wonderful - cherry and bourbon linger in the aftertaste. Juat a little sweetness. Almost perfect!