Hair of the Dog Rose Cassis

Formerly brewed at Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Flute

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I honestly thought I had just poured myself a raspberry smoothy from the look of this. Medium head. Aroma of bubble gum. Taste certainly had currant with a slightly sour and tart finish. Maybe I’m just not a fan of currants, but the fruit did not blend well with the beer base. Alcohol not doing the taste any favors either.

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Murkey brown - white head. Candy, cassis, black berries, sharpness, soapy notes, oxidation, light dusty, wheaty, fruity, bolcher. Messy.

Bottled. A murky dark red beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of raspberries and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw and raspberries, leading to a dry raspberry finish.

Bottle at Papsø. Pours muddy amber with a small white head. The aroma is root crop, berries, blackcurrant and caramel. The flavour is fruit, berries, blackcurrant, caramel and ends up quite bitter.

Bottle at Papsø. Muddy orange brown coloured with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma of spices and black currants. Fruity flavour of caramel, spices and black currants. Fruity finish.

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy to murky orange with a small off-white head. Aroma is citrusy cherry fruity. dry, phenolic and cherry fruity. Slight citric. Smooth fruity and caramelish malty. Ends with a dry and cherry fruity finish

Bottled. Murky amber colored. Dense beige head. Aroma of fruits, vague yeast, spice. Flavour of fruits, acid, berries and grape. Medium bodied. Ends on a quite fruity note.

Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of ditmier. Pours a murky opaque reddish amber with a small off-white head. Some sweet berries in the nose, hibiscus, somewhat oxidized. Solid body, carbonation is a little low, sweet berry accents, Sherry-like oxidization with a slight tartness. 270411

Thanks to mday for opening this bottle. Served in a snifter. Pours near purple and it is quite cloudy. No real head or lacing. Maybe a bubble or two on top. The nose is a bit herbal and fruity with a bit of the fruit coming through. The taste is slightly sweet with a bit of an astringency. The fruit doesn’t really come through. The finish is really quite dry on a fairly-light body for what it is. Slight vitamin character on the finish. Overall, decent enough but I’m guessing this has seen better days. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 01-17-2011

12 oz. bottle for $15 at the brewery. This was a nice surprise. This had a turbid purplish color. The head faded away quickly. This had a nice Belgian Tripel aroma that is quickly masked by the black currant aroma. It has a slightly tart/sour aroma that mixes very well with the aforementioned aromas. The beer has a nice black currant flavor, that is subtly complimented by a sweet Belgian Tripel flavor. Towards the very end you get a nice tart/sour finish that rounds the beer out quite well. This beer had a little carbonation in it, but it was just the right amount. We had this with "Pasta White" made by Alan, and both the beer and the pasta were great; they complimented each other quite well. Very nice beer, and I’m definitely happy that I was able to try this.

’05 bottle from HOTD. Dark raisin colored pour with a creamy eggshell head. Aroma is yeast, candy sugar, honey and dark fruit. Flavor shows lots of prune and raisin along with caramel, biscuit, and even tart cherry skin. The alcohol isn’t forward anymore. Pretty good.