Hair of the Dog Fred

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

Also at the Horse Brass in Portland. I handed this to someone who said they didn’t like beer, and after tasting they just stared at me in shock. Yes, my friends, this is good beer. Pours a nice dark auburn. Minimal head. Aroma is rich and of dates, caramel and dried fruit. Flavor is rich and yet balanced. I got lots of grapes and raisin flavors with some caramel but the bitterness (ten hop varieties!) balanced it out and gave it a good finish.

i thought this beer was gorgeous. it poured nicely, with a little fizz and airy nature. i was excited to try it. it was the siren songs of good beer. it attracted me with it’s beautiful look, stunning. i actually wanted to throw up when i tried it. it made my tastebuds smack me around a little. it was disgusting only when in direct comparison with what it proposed to me, to be. i feel betrayed.

12oz bottle. Hazy with a caramel candy amber hue. Tight ring of head. Tight bready nose. Substantial alcohol in the nose. Big and full bodied. Big burn. Cinnamon bread flavors. Toasty rye flavors. Malt driven example. Good barley.

First tried in Kulminator Anwerp but needed a second tasting back home before rating. Cloudy tannish brown colour with off white head. Sweet malts, toffee apples, dark fruits and floral hops fill the nose. I love the highly hopped character of this beer. Less sweet more hops with a gorgeous mouthfeel and dry finish. Alocho is well hidden only slight alchol is found on the finish. Definetely one to try again

Bottle from JasonMech77. Cloudy, brown body with a medium-sized, off-white head. The aroma is vinous, with lots of toffee and brown sugar sweetness and some herbal hops. The flavor is much less sweet than the nose, caramel, very light roast, some bread, herbal and citrus hops with a bit of alcohol. Medium/full body is soft with moderate carbonation and a warm finish. Very nice, but just a bit too boozy.

12oz - batch 51 - thanks clarkVV - Aroma is golden grains (aged hop blend?), rye, toasted light malts and caramel. Pours copper with a big head and great sticky lacing. Flavor matches aroma with that interesting golden grain or hoppiness that makes me feel like I’m sitting in a field right before harvest. Organic and super tasty. Palate is sticky and tart. A unique and tasty brew I need a lot more of.

Kulminator, batch 67. Strange how one of the best beers iv tried in belgium was american. Notes say: Best aroma iv ever had in a beer ever, super hoppy, everything i love about hops, 10. An outstanding iipa, lychee, amazing syrupy base, long finish, reasonably balanced and not over powering in anyway, mind blowingly good beer.

Bottle. Batch 62. Pours cloudy brown with a HUGE head. Great lacing. Quite lively carbonation. Wonderfully complex flavors. Hints of candied fruits, toffee, caramel, a hint of hops, orange rind, sweet malt... Keeps developing as it warms. Wonderfully long finish.