Hair of the Dog Fred

@Freaktoberfest from bottle, pours brown-orange hazy with a medium head, powerful aroma of pine, grapefruit, peach and citrus, sweety with some cheese acidity and peach, finishes with grapefruit bitterness (quite intense), complex and sticky. Another great stuff from HOTD.

12 oz bottle into a tulip glass. It’s a gusher! Overflowed upon opening. Pours golden/orange with a huge frothy off-white head. Aroma is massively sweet, with yeast, sweet doughy bread, caramel, and light fruit. Taste is also sticky sweet, with heavy malt, fruit, and a hop bite at the end. Mouthfeel is sticky and a bit syrupy. One of the sweetest beers I’ve ever had, a bit much, though clearly a quality brew.

Bottle from batch 75 at Monk’s Cafe. Pours a reddish orange color, mildly hazy with a small head. The aroma is cherries wood, alcohol fresh pear and crab apple tree. Flavor is anise candy and cherries with earthy tones, a little sweet but stunningly delicious.

Bottle at FFF. I rarely look at the bottle list at Floyds because the tap options always take precedent, but what a great surprise. I went in essentially blind after being denied the sold-out Adam. I assumed it was a Belgian Golden given the bottle and massive white head, but the color was much deeper gold and murky.Aroma was dominated by sweet malt and PNW hops. Unbelievably full body with surprisingly velvety carbonation. Flavor was malt heavy with tons of citrusy hops and a warm apricot finish. Alcohol is present but not dominant. Fantastic beer.

Pours amber with a big fluffy off-white head. Notes of sticky hop resins, tropical fruit esters, white grape, and tangy citrus. Full to heavy bodied with moderate alcohol and lively carbonation. This was extremely intense, a bit more than I was expecting, and a bit rough around the edges.

Bottle at FFF brewpub. Poured hazy copper color with a huge fizzy white head that lasted with excellent lacing. Moderate to heavy sour citrus and earthy rye aroma. Medium to full body with a smooth texture and soft carbonation and thin particles. Moderate to heavy bittersweet flavor with a medium to heavy earthy sweet finish of moderate to long duration. This is a complex standout beer.

Has an aroma of hops, apricot, prune, cherry, peach and olives. Tastes of prune, apricot and citrus. A little different than most barley wines, I can really notice a certain element of quality in this. Not to say barley wines are bad, but it really seems they went the extra mile making this one.

Thanks to savvy1982 for the share! Batch #74. Pours a transparent burnt orange colour. The head is quite small and quickly forms a ring around my snifter. Aroma is very bright and fresh. Flowers, marmalade, soft fruits, ginger and a hint of alcohol. The taste is quite complex and subtle (for the style). Oranges, ginger, soft fruit, spices, and alcohol. Nice mouth feel. Not bad at all.