Hair of the Dog Fred

12oz bottle (Batch 76) served in a snifter. Cap came off with a loud pop, and the beer was quite carbonated. Poured a hazy golden orange with a huge head of rocky beige foam that hung around for an eternity. Excellent rings of lacing. The aroma was a beautiful mix of apricots, oranges, honey, golden apples, and a touch of perfumey alcohol. The flavor started with clean malt and some rye spice, followed by tropical fruits, pears, apricot, golden raisins, and then some piney bite. Layered and complex, but not overly complicated. No trace of alcohol other than a little warmth. Big, full-bodied mouthfeel but very smooth. A nice amount of cleansing carbonation. Dangerously drinkable. You could sit and ponder the aroma and flavor all day, but this beer begs to be drunk. Extremely enjoyable!

Fantastic Beer. Fruity start, hoppy finish, superb mouthfeel, and a wicked heed. Glass is empty and the head is still clinging to the rim. Me likey! Bottle @ 58F.

Thank you Alan Henderson for the tip on where to aquire this tasty brew. Batch 76 Bottle. Pours golden/amber with a huge foamy white head. Bottle is over carbonated and I had to let it rest for awhile. Hard to get past the strong alcohol presence in the aroma. Let the beer warm and the nice aromas show-up. Toffee, pine, and dark fruits on the nose. Very nicely balanced. Pine resin, sweet caramel, honey, and orange peel come to mind in the flavor. Complex but all the flavors work nicely together. Full mouthfeel with a lingering sweet finish, slight alcohol burn as well. Needs to age a bit, but very enjoyable as is.

On-Tap @ Horse Brass poured into Shaker glass. pours a slightly glowing but cloudy orange color with a creamy off-white head with good retention and thick lacing down the glass. The aroma has caramel, citrus hops and is tangy. The flavor has citrus hops, malt, nuttiness, spices, toffee and finishes with a soft bitterness. Its a creamy, full-bodied beer and is very drinkable. Very unique beer overall and is one of the beer that really made me want to get closer to the Oregon beer scene. Fred from the Wood is more fragrant but this is easy drinking.

Hair of the dog......FRED......... is the bomb!

12oz bottle shared by matt7215 at his place, thanks for the share Matt! This one was very impressive. Pours a very hazy straw gold with a huge white head, very active carbonation and some ugly little yeast floaties. The aroma is a huge whiff of primarily American hops, super sharp, but with some nice malt and yeast presence to add some balance. Highly enticing. The flavour hits the palate like a hoppy train wreck right off (in a good way, because some train wrecks are good......), almost puckering, yeast adds even more dryness but some grainy Pils malt comes in for some sweetness which is really tasty. Any rye malt in here is merely an afternote. I think the Pils malts actually work really well with the dry hoppy aspects, yet without seeming like an Imperial Pils. Very big feeling but still pretty drinkable for the style. Thanks again Matt.

glorious, thick, hoppy, malty, caramelly, everything you want is in here, yet still smooth. Bottle from a tasting at the house of chris Montelius

Sampled with curly at scottyp’s condo. Courtesy of Lithy. Pours a hazy dull orange with clearish white head. Fruity and citrusy, hoppy, and malty. Massively carbonated. Good job of covering the alcohol. A lot is going on here. I’ve never had a beer quite like this before.