Hair of the Dog Fred

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

mixture of hops and sweetness in the aroma. pors a slighty cloudy brown. highly carbonated and much hoppier than most barleys. syrup like sweet taste. a good sipping beer.

Bottle. Very hoppy take on the Barley Wine theme. Head was average and off-white that quickly diminished. Color was hazy brown with particles in flow. Aroma was incredible complex with first impression being lots of hops, grapefruit, pine, elder flower. Other notes come into play, caramel, wood, toffee, and cookie. Full bodied with a syrup sticky like texture and a surprisingly average to fizzy like carbonation feel in mouth. Flavor is moderated bitter, with balancing sweet notes. Finish is dry and bitter that lingers for a long time. Very explosive experience, well brewed! Re-Rate: #17 Bottle [Sk8viking great American blind tasting] Small fizzy white head that mostly diminished. Spare display of lacework. Hazy amber color with particles in flow. Aroma of grapefruit, caramel, fruit. Over the palate came toffee, alcohol, pine. Medium to full bodied with a soft carbonation and dry texture. Moderated sweet flavor with good counter bitterness. Lingering bitter dry grapefruit finish. 7 / 3 / 7 / 3 / 15 = 3.5

Batch 67. Pours a dark orange/brown with a large white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, piney sweetness. Has a creamy mouthfeel and a smooth, bitter, slightly hoppy taste. Very Good.

Bottle courtesy of Hogtownharry: Poured a clear golden color ale with a foamy white head with perfect retention and lacing. Aroma of hops is clearly dominating with some sweet malt. Taste is a good balance mix between some floral and bitter hops as well as some sugar and a nice malt backbone. A tad too hoppy for my taste in barley wine but still very enjoyable and something that I could see aging quite well.

Pours a dirty copper tan color, with a large very fluffy head. Aroma is very cakelike at first, but after the first few sniffs, I can pick up plenty of other things. There’s plenty of citrus, mainly oranges, some molasses and brown sugar, a light pine, wood, pepper, all held together by this sweet doughy element. Tastes almost like a Belgian interpretation of an American barley wine, if one can imagine that. Caramel, wood, brown sugar, and a dry bitter hop flavor combine with a real strong yeast presence. Though the beer has a sweet malt flavor, I think the aroma is sweeter. The taste is less cakelike and more woody/earthy. Some raisins become more apparant now. The finish has a light grapefruit flavor, along with some backseat sweetness. The hops shine here, covering the bases of pine, citrus, charcoal, and wood in a balanced fashion. Bitter and very dry, but not too bitter. Beer feels thick, but drinkable enough, and bit too carbonated for me. A very balanced beer and like Adam, defies all styles while combining good qualities from many.

Bottle. Hazy golden colour with a huge mostly lasting head. powerful hoppy aroma and taste with notes of malts and fruits. Well balanced. you hardly notice the high Alc%.

Fantastic beer. Creamy white excellent mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Light malty and exstreme powerfull hoppy aroma. Loads of nice citirc-notes. Heavy bitter flavor and finish. Long complex finish. Oily palate. This is totally balanced beer.

Hazy amber color with great head. Heavy strong beer with a full flavor of hops and a bit to much citrus.