Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (2003-)

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Portland, Oregon USA

Last bottle at a tasting ,with time constraints because we had to get a bus home.My note are almost unreadable, and scarce.Witch would indicate that my mental faculties where somewhat off at the time,i.e i was getting kinda drunk. Nice brownish barley wine ,lot’s of malt in both flavor and aroma.Full bodied .Will drink again if I have the chance.

Pours murky brown-orange with little head. Aroma is like pine sap, grapefruit, light alcohol, very bitter. Taste is almost like Dogfish 120™ but maybe not as thick, but hops are mostly prevalent with barely enough Barley wine characteristics to classify it as such. Smooth body, bitter hop and honey finish.

Rating #500!!! Bottle with thanks to Ditmier and Beerman6686 respectively. Man. This thing pours like an apple cider...completely opaque with no head. Smells like a freshly opened hop....didnt really expect that. Flavors is a creamy silky blend of hops, a touch of caramel and light ginger...pine toffee and some bandaid funk. The semi nasty thing was the white pus oozing from the dregs of the bottle. Rather solid beer...literally.Finish has a somewhat spicy alcohol taste, with notes of honey floating in and out. Awfully good.

My 300th rating! Thanks to Butters for this bottle. Pours a hazy amber with no head. Some floaters as well. In fact yeast crusted at the top of the bottle and exploded upon opening, very cool looking. Aroma of citrus hops, dark fruit, caramel, booze. Similar taste, very fruity and boozy with a slight resiny hop finish. Thick mouthfeel. Definitely an old bottle, but very enjoyable. Cheers!

Bottle shared with the barrios, scottyp, curly. Thanks to lithy! After a very eventful bottle opening (the bottle litterally sharted yeast cake) it has a particulate filled dark amber pour with thin ring of clearish head. Nose is amazing hoppy, with pine and alcohol and peat. Extremely resiny pine hop with a lingering sweet honey finish. Very tasty, but i would say this is more of a dipa.

Pours a fading ring of beige head with a copper body. Aromas of caramel, resin, slightly floral. Flavor is sweet, little spicy, herbal, some resin. Good, oily body. Floral, bready, sweet finish.

Bottle 2006 shared by alexsdad06. Poured hazy reddish brown color with a minimal frothy off-white head that slowly diminished with minimal lacing. Moderate to heavy dark fruity and woody aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and flat carbonation. Moderate to heavy dark fruit sweet flavor with a medium to heavy dark sweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a complex standout beer.

Draught at the brewery. Thanks, Alan. 2008 version. Big citrus hops aroma with cherry, honey; very fruity. Smooth palate, fruity and hoppy flavor but limited bitterness. Huge fruitiness with a fabulously complex hop character. Love it!