Hair of the Dog Ruth

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tulip

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Pours a yellowish orange. Quite cloudy. There seems to be a nice layer of sediment at the bottom of the bottle. Medium head, white. Good lacing. Pretty good retention, as well. The aroma is gentle and pleasant. Floral notes with some grapes and peaches. It smells of honeysuckle and light, sweet fruit. Pale malt. Sugary. The taste is moderately dry. It starts with pale malt sweetness and a good amount of that fruity, floral hop flavor. Considering that the aroma is relatively weak, there’s a surprising amount of hop flavor in the beer. Things dry out significantly in the finish. Bitterness is light. Mouthfeel is a bit fuller than expected. There’s some body to the pale malt and lush hoppiness. Good beer. I’d like more aroma, but it has a very nice flavor. Easy to drink.

Bottle courtesy of Porcelainbomb (reddit trader). Pours a hazy golden color with sporadic head that fades quickly leaving minimal lacing. Aroma is lemon zest, big sweet malts and bread, and finally some sharp grass. Flavor is an even mix of sweet malt and lemon bitterness followed by a big dose of bitter hops that diminishes into a clean aftertaste. Palate is quite heavy for this style as the beer actually sits and weighs on the tongue and with the minimal carbonation this feeling increases. Overall, this is a strange pale almost like a Pilsner/Pale hybrid based on the flavors that come through with the strong Pils bready malts mixing so much; also the bitterness is almost off-putting as it doesn’t do well with the sweetness and almost turns an off sour. I would like to try one fresh to compare but it’s barely above average for me.

Bottle from International Trade; hazy amber pour zero head no carbonation, this beer had oxidised, screw top failure. Benefit of the doubt rating.

Bottle from Belmont Station. Hazy orange body with medium head. Nose is hoppy, sweet, citrus, oranges, floral. Very nice. Taste is light hops up front, crisp texture with more subdued tastes of fruits and hops in the finish. Nice and easy pale ale.

Pour a light brown with lots of carbonation. Has a very sweet sugar taste. Has a floral, vanilla aftertaste.

12oz bottle thanks to Stevepsycho. Pours a cloudy straw color with no head. Aroma of lemon, grapefruit, and some wheaty malt notes. Taste is lemon and grapefruit up front and ends with a lot of citrus hop bitterness.

On tap. Hazy golden/amber with a thin lacing off white head. Scent is bread, citrus and earthy. Taste is caramel, grassy with a bitter finish. Nice

Bottle: 4.5% Label. Pours nearly clear, deep gold with a craggy, puffy, off-white head...awesome lacing and retention. Aroma is pleasant, citrus/sour malt. Taste is malt, bready, crisp over bitter hops...grassy and creamy. Very good.

Bottle from Beercraft. Pours a golden hazy color. Aroma is malty. Taste is plane with a nice balance of malt and hop bitterness

Pours a light cloudy yellow. Smells slightly bready. Light sour hint in the flavor but overall very mild in flavor over all. Not my favorite beer. But also not bad.