Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (2003-)

Bottle (35 cl) at a Göteborg RB tasting. Hazy red amber, low head. Intense fruity malt aroma, with peaches and floral hops. Heavy body, smooth mouthfeel. Well balanced with a long bitter finish.

(12 fl oz bottle, labeled 11% ABV) 2007 version. Shady brown color, small white head. Hoppy, bitter, sticky sweet scent. Sweet, hoppy bitter taste. Big smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.

Bottle. Hazy orange/amber color, nice creamy beige head. Hoppy, grassy aroma, perfume, malt, floral notes, fruity, some pineapples. Fruity flavor, but also quite alot of grass, creamy, caramel, raisins, some perfume notes. Maybe not 100 percent true to its style, but still a great beer.

Bottle: Thanx to Rigk: Hazy red colour, with a thin head. Aroma of lots of hops, flowers,citrus, and a fruity nose in the end. (Smels mor than a IPA than a Barlywine) Flavor is almost the same here,medium body, and a nice medium fruity finsh. Nice!!

12oz bottle. Poured murky copper with a thin rim of a beige head. Some good lacing was left on the snifter. Nose was very hoppy, much more than expected. Brew was balanced perfectly with the sweet caramel malts that Barley Wines are known for .

This was a bad bottle.

Pours a murky caramel. Some sediment. No head or lacing at all. Something went wrong with the cap via transport to me. Some pleasant caramel, floral hops, chocolate, and raspberry in the aroma. Acidic hop flavors, caramel, molasses...Bitter finish. Damn near impossible to drink though, will certainly update once I get a good bottle.

2007. 031108 heavy murky brown, sediment near the bottom of the glass looks frozen in time. creamy contrasting white head. oak, vanilla and alcohol nose. hurrah! richly sweet milk caramel jumps off onto the lips and tip of the tongue, met with fig, raisin and cherry cobbler, slowly met by soft crisp hops. 2007 072209 Orange peel aroma with some wet cardboard. Good, but seems flat on character. Little burn in the finish, sticky sweet and no noticeable hops. This wouldn’t yield a 4 from this bottle.

2005 vintage. Strong but balanced aroma of malts, grains, wet wood and flowery hops. Amber/copper color; lingering beige head. Ooh la la...big taste of sweet caramel, toffee, cocoa, powder sugar, honey, grains, malts, anise, pear, white pepper, grapefruit rind, alcohol, rich hops. Big sweet and bitter finish.