Hair of the Dog Rose

Formerly brewed at Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Abbey Tripel
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip

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355ml bottle, batch 41 and 7.5% ABV, at home late on Halloween. Presents itself with an one-finger, off-white head resting over an unclear, reddish-brown body. Weak acidulous aroma added by a touch of yeast. Initial tangy tartness in flavour before yeasty spiciness takes over balanced by hints of candy sweetness. Medium to full palate. Alright, but undefineable and a bit too much yeast for my taste (bottle from Barley Wine, Copenhagen) (31.10.2007).

Bottle. Aroma of fruit / oranges / apples, sweet malt, sugar, caramel, and some peppery alcohol. There was a bunch of sediment. A lot of malt in the flavor, caramel, candy sugar, spices, and alcohol. To me, this tasted more like a barleywine than a tripel; not much belgian yeast flavor. Alcohol warming present.

Pours a golden brown, like burnt french fries. Big fluffy frothy head. Aroma of zesty fruit, apple and pear, malty sweetness and yeast. Tastes of sugary malty goodness and pear along with a hint of yeast sediment, which I poured out. Strong feel of carbonation on the tongue. You definitely get the warming feel of the alcohol but it is fairly well hidden. Another very solid offering from Hair of the Dog.

Murky brown, small white head. Aroma is banana, candy sugar and light fruits. Flavor is pears, apples, honey, candy sugar, floral hops. Some caramel and spiciness. Thin mouthfeel but lots of carbonation. Kinda lacking something.

UPDATED: DEC 13, 2007 Bottle conditioned and enjoyed at Volo. Poured a nice reddy caramel colour, with a rapidly diminishing head. Nose was floral and a aroma I just couldn’t nail down. Predominant flavour was equally elusive - is it fruity or is it more vegetable? I looked at the bottle and realized that I was picking up on the beets added to the brew. Not like any other tripel flavour I’ve ever come across, but recommended. Finish left a nice hoppy dryness. Interesting drink, if only for the novelty value.

Name: Belgium Golden Rose
Date: 10/12/1996
Source: Brewfest, Newport, OR

light brown, lasting frothy tan head, sweet toasted aroma with yeast character simular to fresh sourdough bread, lingering strong sweet malt flavor, no aparent esters to show the 7.5pct alcohol
-------- /> Name: Belgium Golden Rose
Date: 08/15/1998
Words: toronado

very fruity, rightous, wasted away in sf,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Score: **4
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Pours a murky orange with a tiny head. Head was gone in an instant. Floral aroma with some yeast. Yeasty flavor with a bit of malt sweetness. Dry finish. Not a great triple.

RBSG 2007 Grand Tasting. Happened to find a rating I never entered. 3L bottle that seemed fairly old. No batch number written on the bottle. Murky brown body with a small white head. Sweet fruit and molassas aroma. Very sweet fruit flavor, lots of molassas and caramel.

Bottle. Hazy amber color with a light white head. Sweet flowery aroma with light fruit notes. Fruitful, and light flower flavor notes. Sweet light alcohol palate.

Tasted 8/4/07. 12oz bottle. Filtered with a bronze hue. Aromas of caramel and woody fruity berries. Full bodied and sweet. Caramel malts. Sticky and lively. Berry acidity. Bitter, like tart raspberries. Citrua and cookies. Smooth with a mild burn. Good trip.