Hair of the Dog Fred

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

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!

Thanks to HogtownHarry for sharing with me at Volo. Rich, deep amber. Chalky nose is fully of dark sugars, caramelized fruits, and peach fuzz. Wow. Deep dark sugared fruits like stewed pears. Fuzzy like a barley wine but smooth and happy. Freakin excellent.

12oz. bottle. just finished putting together my new apartment, watching the colts get crushed. perfect. I hate the colts. Pour is a Murky cidery gold. Rich sediment flows from the bottle. The off white head dissipates quickly. Aroma is sweet with some honey and citrus, hops are earthy and a woody aroma is detectable as well. First mouthful reveals a lot of what was in the aroma. Woody, hoppy and sweet. Creamy mouthfeel is interesting. Very tastey and ballanced brew, the alcohol is not very noticeable until the finish, which is a woody alcohol burn which remains in my throat for a few minutes. Damn good beer.

Bottle purchased in Oregon - Well, middle of the road taste and rather mild body. Was a decent pour, nice amber orange and small off white head. The dry sweet citrus notes seemed acidic although combined with the earthen hops and rye malt keeps the ABV in check. Maybe the overall package is keeping me from rating this higher. During a sampling one taster said he would prefer hepatitis?! Ah, yea a little over zealous but funny though. Willing to try again.