Hair of the Dog Fred

Awesome almost burgandy colored pour with a surprisingly large head. Flavor is full of sugar and fruit and a little bit of caramel lurking behind. The alcohol flavor is present but isn’t invasive at all. One of the best barleys that I’ve had.

Bottle from Lucky Baldwins. Pours a rich beige color with an OBNOXIOUS head of tan foam that takes at least 15 minutes to settle. Leaves enough lace in the glass to make a doily. Rich with sweet malts, caramel, and mild hops.

Beautiful pour: very cloudy dark red with a giant tan head (this is a barleywine?) that looks like an abbey dubbel. Aroma is of dark fruits, sweet malts, and some alcohol. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy though the 10% abv is apparent. Some dark chocolate in there but the hops is nowhere in sight. Perhaps this is so well balanced that I don’t taste it. Incredible lacework though! Overall, this is one of the best beers I have ever tried. Highly recommended.

Bottle from JJPM74, thanks! This barleywine poured a deep and cloudy orangey brown and was capped with a thick and long lasting off white head that left lots of sticky lace. The nose was candied mangoes, heavy brown sugar, caramel malts, some fruit, a bit of citrus from the hops, some dark bread crust. Tasted pretty sweet, of dark fruits, candied prunes....some other dried fruit, caramel malts again, grapefruit leads to a cirtic rind pithiness. Bitter balances the very sweet molasses like malt in the finish. A pleasure to sip. Thanks John!

On tap at Najas, Redondo Beach Calif. Hazy dark orange. Big big flavor of malt and hops. Delicious yet very strong and I noticed the alcohol on each sip. Great for one pint but couldn’t do more than that.

Batch #72. Pours hazy golden orange color with huge rocky off white head. Pine and grapefruit hop aromas. Big sweet fruit flavor with lots of hoppiness. Alcohol is barely noticable. Medium body with lively carbonation and a creamy mouthfeel. A very good beer.

Bottle. Loved the balance and mouthfeel of this beer. Poured a slightly hazy gold with a thin white head. Aroma of multiple kinds of hops. Flavor was sweet, with a delicious muted hop balance. Fruit notes finished the flavor. Medium body with soft carbonation and a wonderful oily/creamy mouthfeel. Great beer!

Getting notebook online. Bottle. Pours a beautiful golden color. Delicious hop flavors, sweetness is presently subdued. Good sweet flavors of various fruits, can’t really place exacts. Very delicious!