Hair of the Dog Fred

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

Bottle @ Shady’s. Pours a beautiful amber color with no head to speak of. Lots of sweet malt on the nose, spicy with caramel. Sticky sweet body, caramel interlude, finishing with a biting hop bitterness. Epic.

on tap at rogue in portland. awesome awesome awesome. i was there to enoy fresh rogue and spent most of my time with this little guy... wrecked me though. 10%, woah. i dont know how i would ever handle HOTDs 29%er.

Bottle batch 71 thanks to Cletus! Pours a hazy slight amber deep orange with thick creamy off-white head, lots of lacing. Aroma of citrus hops, slight floral, strong malt backbone, molasses, caramel, some sweetness, and some dried fruits. Flavor matches well and comes together so nicely. Slight alcohol warmth, but just enough to let you know it’s there. Mouthfeel is slightly slick with medium heavy body. One of the few barley wines I have truly enjoyed to date.

Batch 69. Bottle pours golden brown with a huge head. Aroma of caramel, raisins, and sweet dark fruits. Grassy hops bitterness that quickly fades to alcohol burn and sweetness. Alot of toffee and caramel notes and continues burn. A bit sticky in its mouthfeel. Sweet molasses and maple aftertaste.

Bottle. Orange in colour with some ruby red in the light, this beer has a large white head with great retention. Aroma is full: lots of fruits, dark cherries, plums, citrus, some flowers and caramel. Mouthfeel is chewy, full in body. There are flavours of caramel, grain, oak, spices with hops in the background. Finish is long and dry.

Huge head on this one! Batch 73 12 oz bottle. Very sweet for a 10% brew. Strong caramel malt flavors. Good brew

Bottle from batch 59. Pours a dark goldish color with a little white head to it. Has a nice carmel, wood and some kind of fruit in the smell. The taste is just like the smell. Carmel being the prodominate flavor

What an excellent beer. I’ve always admired Hair of the dog for their unique beers, and to me, this is the one that puts it all together beautifully. It pours with a golden color and a giant, fluffy, whipped cream like head. It smells like beer candy. Caramel, toffee and light, dry pilsner malts show through nicely in the aroma. The two finger head has hardly diminished at all after a few minutes. The taste is amazing, with sweet caramel, butterscotch, rum, and a complex spicy character. A very interesting combination of Belgian, pilsner, and American hoppy beers. It works well for me. It finishes with a dry, bitterness. Great beer.