Hair of the Dog Fred

Bottle, 10%. Creamy and malty aroma, hint of vanilla. Muddy caramel colour. Small creamy white head. The flavour is quite bitter, but also sweet. Some alcohol to balance along with teaish hops and vanilla. Slick mouthfeel, almost slimy.

Bottle. Pours out amber with a foamy off-white head that leaves lots of lacing. Rich hoppy aroma, grassy, floral. Syrupy sweet, caramel up front. Piney bitterness is subdued making for a very sweet, rich, tasty barleywine. Full and creamy on the palate.

Amber pour with zero head. This bottle was flat as hell. Aromas of sugar, syrup, malt, dried fruit and caramel. Flavor is sweet as hell with some dried fruit and a slight hop bite at the end. Intersting for sure, but too flat.

Bottle. Clear dark amber color with a thin broken white head. Sweet dried apricot and peach aroma, musky earthy hops prominent. Taste has a very English-barleywine profile, lots of dark fruits, but still a significant earthy hop finish. Great.

Tasted @ Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland.
Copper, amber colored brew. Very nice roasted, sweet malty aroma with some spices. Flavor is interesting, sweet roasted malts and nice hopbitterness. Very balanced and smooth.

[1530-20080712] 12floz bottle. Caramelized sweet roasted leafy wood aroma has some smoky malt and meat steak hints. Murky, medium amber brown body with a small quick foamy almond head and lots of floaties. Sweet roasted malt flavour is alcoholic (in a good way) with malty heavy hops. Full body is smooth. Quaffable, quite nice.
(Batch 62; @ Volo; Toronto, ON; w/ jerc)

Bottle at home ... copper ... sweet vanilla little wood nose ... bit fizzy rich toffee ... quite a lot of alcohol... almost some whisey ... just a bit too rough round the edges for me.

batch 68 bottle by way of SamuraiArtist (still one of my favorite screen names)... pours a muddy iced tea color with a good two inches of wispy almond hued foam and lots of spotty lacing. aroma is without a doubt freshly micro planed orange zest along with caramel, wood, vanilla, tingly pine, alcohol and spice. the flavor doesn’t make me think ’barley wine’... it’s quite spicy, hoppy and piney with a ton of orange zest and juice. it’s got a very low level of sweetness and notes of spice and welcome alcohol before a bitter-ish finish. lots of clove noticed in the aftertaste along with alcohol vapors which leak out of me. this doesn’t really detract from the big picture.. actually the alcohol adds spice and warmth. medium body is so soft and velvety smooth.... it’s seems a bit light considering the abv%...