Hair of the Dog Fred

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

12 oz bottle shared by MrPickles - Nice amber pour with an off-white head. Aroma is tons of honey and a bit of booze, sweet malt, caramel, and toffee. Taste is sweet caramelly malt, honey, that transition into light herbal, grassy, and spicy flavors. The whole thing smooths out nicely on the finish, and it feels smooth and velvety in the mouth. My second HotD beer...mighty impressive.

From a bottle poured a hazy straw color with a good amount of head. Nice strong malty sweet flavor with a quick finish.

19th August 2008. Hazy amber beer. Low carbonation. Sweet start with subtle peach and red fruit tones under the rapidly blooming hops which are juicy, smooth and strong. More peach and red fruit in the finish. Spicy aftertaste. Very tasty and very moorish.

Another nice offering from HOTD brought back by my buddy Brando. Cloudy mahogany colour with a fluffy head. Noticeable alcohol and sugar on the nose right away. Sweet and sticky in every way. Candi sugar- brown sugar and caramel notes on the palate as well as the nose. Like some hot buttered rum or something. Warm alcohol that flows smoothly down into the tummy. A wonderful beer for sure. i love my barleywines so this one hits the spot. Thanks brandon for bringing back the Fred.

Flaske; Et tsss lyder når flasken åbnes. Meget lovende tegn. Flot mørk ravfarvet klar øl med en del proteinklumper i bunden der dog er nemme at undgå. Koncentreret duft af blomme. Smagen er meget frugtet men med et lille skud tobak. Kompleks og en lækker mundfylde. Ville score langt højere hvis jeg var mere vild med frugten i øllen. Men man kan kende storhed når man ser den.

12 oz bottle from HOD dock sale - This is a pretty fantastic barley wine. Not as much aroma as I’d expect, but it does go down smooth. It has a bit of a whiskey aftertaste, but in a good way.

Amber coloured with a fresh white head. Aroma when fresh is hoppy with a thick caramell foundation. Flavour is fat malty and quite bitter, still balanced though with a longlasting finish. Gets very fat and sweet with age, more english in other words. Very tasty either way with Hair of the Dogs typical fat malt character.

Reviewed 8/10/2009 (Bottle batch#35): Pours a golden orange colored body, with a small white head, diminishing. Syrupy aroma, sweet like something. Strong aroma. Some kind of syrup. Smells good. Strong taste, old and musty tasting. Syrupy taste, like maple. Woody taste. Sweet aftertaste, almost cloying. Very tasty, doesn’t overwhelm. Some alcohol bite. Sticky sweet aftertaste, like syrup. Really good, not quite a sipping beer, could have almost a whole pint without overwhelming.