Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam from the Wood

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

12oz bottle from Santa. 2008 bottle. Pours deep murky reddish brown with very small reddish tan head. Aromas of tart cherries, dark fruit, bourbon, wood, caramel and light booze. Flavor is tart cherries, wet wood, light bourbon, dark fruits, caramel, and light malt. Finishes with light alcohol burn. Carbonation is very light but works with this brew. Thick and creamy mouthfeel. Really complex brew and quite a bit different flavor profile from the base beer from what I remember. This type of beer is HOTD’s bread and butter.

2008 12 oz. bottle via trade with diggity some time ago - Pours a hazy brown color with a small light tan head. Faint spotty lacing. Aroma is dark esters, bourbon/oak, and vanilla. Flavor is light cherries, dark esters, bourbon/oak, and vanilla. Medium to full body. Alcohol warms the stomach. Smooth finish. Very nice. Thanks Nathan.

Opaque black-brown pour with small tan head of compact bubbles. Burnished wood, dark malt and sour cherry aromas, Velvety mouthfeel. Deep malt and wood flavors last.

Black pour with light tan head. Aroma is bourbon, peat, roast, vanilla wood, chocolate, caramel. Fucking intense aroma, reminds me of Bourbon barrel angels share. woody black cherry as well. An absolute explosion of flavor. Dark bourbon vanilla with intense woodiness and black cherry fruitiness. Incredibley rich.

Pours a very dark brown with the slightest lighter edges, and a head that dies quickly. Aroma is extremely sweet, with caramel, candied sugars, black cherry, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon and sweet almond. Palate is a bombardment of sweet malt, with more vanilla, caramel and cherry at the forefront. The booziness from the bourbon really kicks hard at the finish; aggressive alcohol presence, but I love it. Goes for one thing, the sweet malt, and it does it extraordinarily well. Excellent brew.

Big thanks to jblauvs for this bad boy... I guess the vagabond line was worth it... Pours nearly completely black with a frothy tan head that dissipates into an oily veneer. Aroma is bursting with vanilla bourbon, peaty roust , milk chocolate, caramel, cherry, and molasses. Flavor is a malty onslaught of caramel, brown sugar, caramel, bourbon-vanilla, peaty roasted barley, and creamy molasses. Palate is super rich and thick with a caressing velvety mouthfeel, and a warming bourbon oriented finish. Another incredible offering of the night.

Pours out flat cola like. Smells sour and wood. Taste is sweet with some tartness and lots of wood. Flavors of cherries and dark fruits, bourbon, wine, and lots of wood. Great Barrel aged brew.

12oz bottle, 2008 batch courtesy of msubulldog25 on BA. Deep dark brown with a thin layer pink toned tan foam that disappears to just a ring around the glass. Big notes of barrel and cherry in the nose, some vanilla and oxidation also. Oak and cherry steal the show, some more oxidation in the flavor, maybe a hint of smokiness. Much thinner palate than expected. Bottle had been refrigerated for a year, my lazy ass should have drank it sooner.