Hair of the Dog Fred

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

Bottle from BOLTZ7555, thanks again! Aroma of caramel, dried fruits, flowers and brown sugar. Medium honey amber hue with an average sized off-white head that mostly diminished and left good lace. Flavor is sweet and sticky caramel and flowery hops with a nice bitterness on the finish. Palate is lively and full bodied. This brew really opened up as it warmed and became much more complex with some sweet spice and fruits. Very well done and very delicious.

A very nice barley wine. Aroma of burnt caramel, marker and Vicks Vapo Rub. Pour was an outstanding murky dark gold with a suprising 2 finger near tan head. Taste was big and over the top. Sticky sweet thick caramel malt with a strong hoppy backbone and heavy alcohol burn in the back. Suprisingly strong carbonation which isn’t typical for this style, but made it much more enjoyable to me. Trying the wood version after this. I bet this is incredible with a year on it.

Bottle from big fern in NY! I dont know why this bottle says "golden special ale" when it is a Barley wine. But... pours a red/amber color, no head. Smells hoppy. Taste is super sweet malt. Light touch of hops. Low carbonation with a medium texture. I agree with kegbear, every HOtD beer that I have had is good. Including this one. I will let another "fred" age to see if he gets better!*****UPDATE******* Last time I wasnt expecting a barleywine but this time I was. Not as good as doggies claws but still a top notch barleywine

Like every Hair of the Dog beer I’ve had, this one is really great. Poured with almost no head. Strong malt and caramel flavor. Smooth palate with a slight hop finish. This baby is for sipping. I will definately get this again.

From LIC, Aarhus, DK. Bottled, 160608. Orangebrown with disappearing head. Aroma of alcohol and fruit. Flavor is very alcoholic and hop bitter. Grape fruit and peach. Some malt

Bottle. Hazy orange to brown, brown red head. Brown sugar, fruit, bitterness from hops. Apricots. Dense. Really nice beer. I had it on the attic for half a year.

Good ol Trader Joes. Amber and Nutty, light carbonation, and extremely sessionable.

12 oz. bottle (batch 70) courtesy of a recent trade but I can’t recall who at this time . The pour is clear to only slightly hazy deep golden with a fluffy off white head into my snifter. The aroma began with a Belgian twist, but became more moderately sweet malt, fruity (apricots, light citrus), and a touch bready. The flavor is caramel malt, toffee, moderately sweet but dry, spicy, hoppy (citrus, herbal), with some fruitiness throughout. The alcohol is not so present in the flavor, but adds a warming component so you know its there. This glides effortlessly down my throat. Definetly a standout beer.