Hair of the Dog Fred

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

Serve in Snifter

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Hazy orange with a voluminous off white head. Huge mango nose with a bit of pineapple. Sweet malt, tropical fruit, hop bitterness and alcohol dominate the flavor profile. Long bittersweet finish.

A: Gorgeous and original. Completely opaque golden orange with a foamy cream colored head that sticks around. S: Wow. Smells sticky with resin, caramel and pine sap. Huge citrus fruit notes and sweet, rich caramel. T: Resinous pine, sweet butterscotch and toffee, sugared grapefruit peel and the Belgian candi sugar shines through. Slight rye spice dry notes throughout. P: Sticky, chewy, full. Coats the mouth resiny sweetness. O: Amazing.

On tap. Clear dark amber with a thin off white head. Scent is sugar and malts, pine? Taste is dark fruit, sugar, hops and rye.

Bottle from beer craft. Color dark copper with fluffy white head witch lingers. Aroma is sweet. Taste is bitter with hops at the beginning. Finish is dark fruits, tobacco

Pours with a huge head. Cloudy yellow orange. nice hope bitterness with a malty fruity aftertaste.

Bottle from Frank. Tasted right before Bourbon Fred. This is much better imo. Thanks to Carleton, Kevin and James for bottles. Cheers guys! Reviewed from notes. Thick white head that recedes very slowly. A hazy golden amber appearance. Aroma a robust caramel, heavy malt with slight fruitiness. Reminiscent of a Belgium. Flavor begins with light malt, some citrus flavors followed by a significant fruity yeast flavor. Very sweet but some bitter counterbalance. Full body with more carbonation than expected. Easy to drink and unique creation.

Golden orange in color... Aroma light malt sugar.. Flavor is sweet and citrusy, Belgian yeast and candi sugar on the finish... Solid

From a 12 bottle shared at home. Pours a hazy dark gold with a massive off white head. Fresh yeasty aroma. Flavors of tropical fruits, caramel and toffee with a significant hop overtone. Slightly bitter finish. Nice.

Bouteille 12oz, courtoisie de Hogtownharry ou Blankboy. De couleur ambrée-cuivrée et voilée. Nez de malt sucré du genre caramel sucré, fruité (abricots, pêches, agrumes, léger de pommes), de houblon floral, herbeux et aux notes citriques, léger d’alcool liquoreux et d’épices (poivre). Ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement bas-moyen et une texture légèrement liquoreuse et crémeuse. Goût fruité sucré (agrumes, léger d’abricots et de prunes vertes, notes de pêches et de pommes) avec un goût amer de houblon floral, légèrement citrique et aux notes terreuses (une amertume qui dure toute la gorgée) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût sucré de malt du genre caramel sucré avec des notes de caramel toffee et de sucre bonbon. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un goût réchauffant d’alcool moyen-fort liquoreux jusqu’en finale accompagné d’une amertume de houblon légèrement plus herbeuses et aux petites traces résineuses. Post-goût long et un peu asséchant, amer de houblon floral, légèrement herbeux et citriques et aux petites notes terreuses, d’alcool moyen avec un léger goût fruité (zeste d’agrumes, pelures de pommes, noyau de pêche).

Aroma is lightly boozey with a ton of citrusy hops and a floral bouquet. Fresh fruit and caramel malts, too. Taste is bitter hops, some light alcohol, pine, peaches, and malt heavy. Good stuff.