Hair of the Dog Fred

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

an amazing and complex ale. pours golden, with a full aromatic head. the nose sings with hints of coriander, and dances on your tongue with a party of hops and orange peel. beautufil finish and a happy standalone ale. begs you to open bottle after bottle.

Pours a crispy reddish gold with a thic, creamy, puffy head. The sweet aromas of hops, raisins and malty sweet goodness drift into my nose. This is a very thick beer. Feels almost like molasses on my tongue. Long lasting aftertaste that invites you to pick the glass up for another sip.

Bottle. Burnt orange and a creamy head. Aromas of sweet aged dark fruits, caramel, and fresh, crisp hops. Strong and sweet with plums, raisins, peaches, and caramel at the start. Then a spicine and a hop kick of a finish. Dry at the finish. Definitely can taste the alcohol. Lots of flavors -- seemed to get something different out of each sip. Very well done.

Bottle @ Chris_O’s, thanks to Harry. Amber with an off white head. Nose of butterscotch, hops and malt. Sweet malts with lots of hops and a hint of liquorice, the alcohol is quite apparent. Syrupy mouthfeel with a bittersweet hop finish. Interesting.

A Mes rate: Bottle at Chris_O’s HogTownHarry minifest. Thanks to Harry. Slightly hazy amber colour with a good light amber coloured head. Nice looks. Sugary doppelbock type aroma with lots of resinous hops and slight notes of wood. Too sweet in the mouth but lovely flavours. Really tasty floral and aromatic hops with very yeasty Belgian notes. Nice and soft with a lovely hoppy finish. Some slight burn but well hidden overall. Brown sugar just takes over a little too much. Interesting Belgian and American character. Good palate, nice soft carb, thick but not too much. Good beer.

Bottle from HogTownHarry drunk at Chris_o’s HogTownHarry meet up. Hazy copper with thick beige head. Lots of hops, wood, resiny, lots of hops, bit sticky, bit bocky. Good grapefruit on end. Good character, syrupy thick in mouth. Grapefruit on end, PNW hops. Good beer.

Pours a very dark amber in color with a frothy ring of head. Smell is hops and a lot of them. Along with some evergreen coming through as well. Taste is floral, perfumy hops. Somewhat bitter. Very full and filling on the mouthfeel. You only get the slightest hint of alcohol in the taste. Almost has a acidic grapefruit taste to it.

7/7/07 On draught at the Rogue Issaquah brewhouse. Aroma is sweet caramel with no hops; clean. Appearance is solid clear copper with a moderate off-white head. Flavor is sweet malt forward, slightly sour, with hop citrus, some good earthiness, dried fruit and low bittering. Mouthfeel is medium/high bodied, syrupy, with a light carb feel. Overall, a bit stranger than I expected, delicious, with a very complicated sweetness.

9/2/07 From the bottle. Aroma is dark fruit forward with notes of caramel and raisins; portlike. Appearance is solid copper with a low off-white head. Flavor is syrupy malt forward, very rich, sweet, with a moderate background of earthy bittering. Mouthfeel is full bodied, chewy, warm, with a low carb texture. Overall, this is rich and delicious. I gave it the same score as the draught version, but this has a superior aroma.