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Hair of the Dog Fred

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9433.96/5.03.95/5.010%95.5Snifter
Commercial Description:
Fred was created to honor beer writer and historian Fred Eckhardt. Fred the beer is a deep golden color. It is made with aromatic and rye malts and includes 10 different hop varieties in an effort to incorporate the whole world into this beer.
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 durhambeer (1202), Durham, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 22, 2008  
Bottle, thanks to emacgee. Label said "GOLDEN SPECIAL ALE," so I was surprised by the appearance and aroma, but pleasantly so. Deep amber, clear at first, but a bit cloudy after pouring in just a touch of the sediment. Medium off-white head. Smelled closer to a barley wine with notes of a good quad. A good bit of hops present, a bit of spiciness, and yeast and fruits and lots of malt and burnt sugar. Similar on the palate. Cotton candy fruity sweetness, hops, malt; alcohol pretty well hidden given the strength. I’m not a huge barley wine guy, but this was quite good. Can see how aging would work wonders.


 SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/516/20
Jul 21, 2008  
poured after a tough day on the trail .... wow, is a yummy beer, melts in your mouth and brain ... lots of sweetness ... alcohol is pretty well hidden ... good lacing ... can tell the candy sugar is in there ... is a very nice beer that is just damn enjoyable, would love to try the wood aged...


 railcat1 (578), Orlando, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 20, 2008  
I have been holding on to this for a while and felt it was time to try it poured a dark brown and with a thick sticky look and feel to it that had a nice tan head,the taste was a caramel malty and a strong alcohol kick to it i am not a big fan of barley wines but this was not bad at all.CHEERS!


 Cletus (5051), Connecticut, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/510/105/519/20
Jul 16, 2008  
Pours caramel brown with a sustained white head. Smells of bananas, vanilla, fresh strawberries, lots of spicy awesomeness. Tastes of dry malt, lots of caramel, some nice spiciness, citrussy hints, piney touches, touches of sweet malt on the finish. The Alcohol is not perceivable on this. This is a great beer!


 Quevillon (1522), Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/104/519/20
Jul 15, 2008  
Bouteille de 355 ml partagé avec jerc et Mabel, à Volo (Toronto), le 12/7/08. Ambrée brumeuse, peu de collet. Arome de porto caramelisé, bien malté. Goût bien alcoolisé, malte caramelisé et très savoureuse. Débile au boute!


 mar (1804), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 14, 2008    Updated: Jul 15, 2008
deep murky gold pour with a huge cream head. fruits, hops and bitter sweet malts on the nose. thickness is great and the malts are very present with a fruity, caramely, taste that finishes with a slight hop bitterness. I could definitely see some age on this being awesome.


 Bigmmartin (367), Dayton, Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Brought to my place by 1_2many during our home brew session. Obviously a great beer for brewing inspiration. Pours a dark golden haze with a myriad of different hues when held to the light. Has a big intense, long lasting, white frothy head. Has a wonderful aroma of floral, fruity hops. When tasted, I immediately knew it had to have many different varieties of hops, which I now see is 10 different types. You can definitely taste the complexity of the competing flavors of all the different hops. A very enjoyable beer and I can’t wait to re-rate it after drinking the currently aging bottle in my cellar!


 12many (231), Ohio, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 13, 2008  
Bottle thanks to my uncle visiting Portland. I wouldn’t classify this as a Barley wine (although there are a few similarities) but wow. Copperish amber in the glass with a large strong head. Carmel malt aroma with more than an average amount of hops. Very sweet upfront with a mild bitterness both of which last on the tongue for a while. Extremely good. Can’t wait to try this aged for a while.



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