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Hair of the Dog Fred

Hair of the Dog Fred - Barley Wine

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 Percentile 
99
overall
Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine

Portland, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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9383.96/5.03.95/5.010%95.6Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Fred was created to honor beer writer and historian Fred Eckhardt. Fred the beer is a deep golden color. It is made with aromatic and rye malts and includes 10 different hop varieties in an effort to incorporate the whole world into this beer.
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 muenster (339), Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/518/20
Apr 24, 2007  
Bottle. Split with NachlamSie, congratulations on 900! Pours hazy amber/copper a perfect beige head sits atop. Aroma is full of sweet caramel malty notes, and a beautiul hop bouquet full of pineapple and citrus. Flavor is sweet malts, nice bitter hop touches, and a very wine like finish, warm from alcohol. Throughout the mouthfeel is rich, and allows for the flavor to linger.


 anders37 (4516), Malmö, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Apr 24, 2007  
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a white head. Sweet malty slightly yeasty aroma with some spicy hints. Sweet malty alcoholic and fruity flavor with hints of yeast and caramel. Sweet malty dry finish with bitterness in the aftertaste.


 MadIndian (987), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/514/20
Apr 23, 2007  
Bottle from Isaacs. Cloudy golden pour with 2 finger thick head. Strong alcohol aroma topped off with sweetness and bread. Candy taste with malt. Alot of complexity going on in this one. Damn good Brew.


 Skyview (4007), Papoose Jct., Minnesota, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 21, 2007  
12-oz bottle, courtesy of Cellars Wine & Spirits in St Paul, MN. Pours a thick, cloudy, amber with a lot of carbonation and a lumpy light tan head. A very sticky lacing. Aroma is fruity, peaches, sweet apples, roasted barley grain and some grassy hops. Taste is sweet and fruity with a full body and creamy brew. A bitter finish. Nice.


 Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 6, 2007  
Bottle. Amber colour with a huge white head. Aroma of malt, sweetness, dried fruit and hints of caramel. Very fruity flavour of sweetness, citrus, caramel and ends up very classic tasty and nice.


 crushinat0r (227), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/511/20
Apr 4, 2007  
Deep colour, nice head. Pretty typical for the barley wine style. Very strong alcoholic smell with a hint of fruit (apple). Taste is similar, strong alcohol, malty, hint of sharp apple. Nice barley wine but a little on the strong side.


Willin8 (55), Massapequa, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/517/20
Mar 31, 2007  
This pours like beer *should* look like. Deep brown near the top fading to amber at the bottom with a medium white head. Aroma is caramel and hoppy. Flavor is a rich hop/malt balance with oak notes. Finishes with an acceptable level of alcohol burn in the back of the throat. Very nice.


 tronraner (1906), Maryville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20
Mar 22, 2007  
12 oz Bottle. Pours hazy rust color with large, long-lasting, tight beige head. The aroma is fruity with lime zest, some papaya, pineapple, and some yeasty spiciness. The flavor is much the same: lime, tropical fruit, corriander. The rye malt is quite apparent, too. Toward the middle the flavor becomes much like rye bread, in fact. Grapefruity hops come out toward the finish, quite prominently, along with some wood and smooth, fruity alcohol. The aftertaste lingers forever, with some bitterness and wood. Very impressive beer, indeed.



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