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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Batch #38. Pours a hazy golden honey with a medium sized white head. Aroma of honey, candied sugar, flowers and dark fruit. Taste of honey, candied sugar, dark fruit and floral hops. Has a slight alcoholic finish.

Pours deep crimson with moderate, dense off-white head. Aroma is funky soil, vegetable, dust, sea salt - right out of the bottle. After settling and warming a bit the aroma changes to slightly floral and citrus-like sour with only hints of these funky aromas. Flavor is mildly sweet, has some basement/stale touches, which add complexity, has some woodiness and touches of bitterness and fruit - kind of like a jam made of unusual berries or rhubarb. Lightly tart and dry on the finish. Well done! Nice interpretation of a belgian, some good funk and alcohol is not at all noticable.

Clear red with medium off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with woody and hoppy notes. Sweet grainy flavor with fruit, alcohol and yeasty notes. Finishes dry.

Poured a reddish orange color and had a vry unique smell. No head upon pour and tasted of apples and fruit flavors. I’ve never tasted anything like it. Very unique beer worth at least trying once.

Bottle from Monument Liq in Concord. This is just about the oddest beer I’ve ever tasted. There was practically no head, and the flavor was of sweet flowers and apple cider. It was also odd on the palate, changing in stages. Not one to repeat, but it’s a must taste for the unique flavor.

Muddy amber color. Strong malty aroma, Belgian character; almonds and macadamia nuts. Some malt taste, medium body, a peculiar milk chocolate taste, burning alcohol; both aroma and taste have som rhum. Average bitterness.

UPDATED: FEB 25, 2008 12 oz bottle at Volo - poured an opaque reddish orange with an off-white head. Beautiful fresh floral aroma filled with rosehip, sour cherry and lemon. Flavour quite nice, mainly sweet with some tartness bringing up the rear and a small dose of hops. This is a very unique "tripel", and is certainly one of the more interesting beers I’ve had. Very well-crafted. I look forward to trying more of the Hair of the Dog brews.

Poured hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of fruit and candy. Over the top malt flavor. Too sweet for me. Lots of candy.

12oz bottle, Batch #40. Pours a brown/red color with a thin, somewhat fizzy head that fades pretty quick. Smells like beets and earthiness. Tastes like beets as well, alot like beets. A little bit of a weird floweriness as well. Somewhat thick mouthfeel, good carbonation. If you like beets this beer is great, if not, not so good.

Batch 32. Clear amber with no head. Fruity peach and caramel smell. Decent sweet taste of figs, peaches, and caramel. Finishes with a mild alcohol bite. 32806