Hair of the Dog Adam from the Wood

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

A murky black beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of wood and over ripe fruit. The flavor is acidic malty with notes of over ripe fruit, prunes, and oil.

Pours hazy brown to black. Dense malty and alcohol roasted aroma. Smooth malty and woody flavour solid barrel note with a nice malty touch and a lingering roasted finish. Smooth yet with a light alcohol presence into the finish provding a lasting and slight burning feel.

Date: 04/29/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Dark Lord Day, 2005

black, headless, super rich sweet winey malt aroma with strong licorish and lots of oaky wood character, huge body, rich malt flavor, lots of wood, lots of sweet, lots of rich ripe fruit,
-------- /> Date: 07/15/2006

brown sugar sweetness in the aroma,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.2/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ***4

(RBSG04) Black body with tan head -- looks a lot like prune juice. Aroma is sweet, toffee, peat, oak, vinous, bourbon. Taste is sweet, toffee, oak, vinous, bourbon, caramel, finishing with a medium alcohol burn. Medium-full body. Oh wow!

(Bottle) Pours a dark brown body with a spare tan head. Aroma of "strong" wood, bread, licorice, soy, grapes, and toffee. Flavor of oak, malt, chocolate, and spices. Oily, somewhat thin mouthfeel. Much different from regular Adam. Enjoyable!

Poured a dark brown with no head. Aromas and tastes of dark fruits, vanilla, bourbon, brown sugar and molasses. A lot going there. Alcohol kick in the end. Definitely a beer to be sipping on a cold winter night. The only bad thing I have to say about this one, is it comes in 1.5 liter bottles.

Bottle... This beer really rocks! ...Hazy, prune juice-looking ale with a small, quickly dissipating, tan head. Complex, malty, bourbonesque aroma with notes of molasses, oak, medium-dry sherry, toffee and caramel. The flavor is of dried plum, chocolate, bourbon, oak, sherry and well toasted brown sugar. Full-bodied and very creamy with light carbonation. Medium-length, alcoholic, dry finish. Another world class brew from HOTD!

Hand bottled sample courtesy of JCW: Pours a lifeless, rich, viscous mahogany brown with only a few bubbles of carbonation. Aroma is a very complex blend of winey oak, deep butterscotch, dark fruit and maple syrup. Sweet, oaky, and complex, mildly acidic body has a touch of oxidized butterscotch and brown sugar. Fruit and vinous qualities can be found throughout. This is a very unique and interesting brew that has aged so long that it hardly resembles the original brew. An enjoyable treat, thanks John!