Hair of the Dog Adam

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

Batch 73 Pours a thick black color with very little head to it. Has a molasses, fruit, and leather smell to it. Taste is of figs, molasses, maybe a little chocolate in there as well. Still pretty hot and needs a little time. Very complex flavor. Amazing beer

Iced tea colored pour with a small, loose, white head. Ripe dark fruit aroma balanced with citrus, caramel, molasses, and alcohol. The flavor is a big tasty bomb of dark fruit and clover honey. There’s some notes of pine, grapefruit, rye, and pepper that add some nice layers of complexity. Sticky medium body with soft carbonation.

Bottle @ Shady’s. Pours a thick black color with no head to mention. Very sweet aroma littered with plums, raisins, even some maple. Not much carbonation here, but a healthy dose of chocolate, toffee, caramel, and malt (of course)! Huge, epic, and super sweet; finish lingers for quite a while.

From Notes, Dark brown pour with ruby highlights, Aroma is Earthy, sweet molasses. smooth creamy mouth with nice deep caramel, molasses, a bit of wood and leather, some tobacco, burnt sugars, some alcohol warmth. Sensual.

Batch 68 poured 8-8-09. Extremely dark pour. Falling just short of black, red is apparent at the bottom of the glass. As I pour, the foam develops in a way I’ve never seen before. It just looks elegant and I know, I know this is a well crafted ale. Head retains a thin layer, looking gorgeous and forming a galaxy. Fucking fantastic aroma. I don’t even care. You don’t like this, your brain is wired wrong. I think there is a touch of smoke. I know this is at least 2 years old because I’ve had it that long, but a definite date is unknown. Strangely, it doesn’t smell old. Usually aged beer has this quality about it I am beginning to dislike, but this beer tells time itself to piss off. The flavor is unfamiliar at first. A strange sensation. Perhaps that’s the leather they mention on the bottle. Some chocolate breaks though moments later. The flavor lingers. Chewy. Thick. Coating. Holy fracking shat I love this beer. If I could have a case of anything I wanted, this is the beer. It’s like an imperial stout but, it’s not one. It’s better than most of them. It’s a serious, business meaning beer. A fearless, masculine beverage.

12oz bottle shared with matt7215 at his place while bottling HB. Thanks for the share Matt. We drank it now instead of waiting 16 years because fuck that. Pours a slightly hazy dark brown with a small mocha head. The aroma is really nice, very floral, fresh Earthy, toffee and molasses. Very enticing. Flavour is very nice but not on par with the aroma to me. Very sweet malt characters upfront, toffee, caramel, molasses, all the usual suspects of a sweeter Imperial Stout, leather, but with some nice bitterness rounding out the finish. Alcohol is fairly hot and noticeable. Loooong lingering bitter aftertaste which is good. I don’t find it terribly complex but that’s just me, it’s still quite tasty and thanks Matt for the share!

Batch 74 would like to know how old this one is pours a dark brown with minimal carbonation that settles into a thin lacing sweet Chocolate, baking coco, malt syrup and a young whiskey alcohal. Dark malt, molasses sweetness balanced with a bitter coffee and burnt bread. Love this beer want more!

Pours a dark chestnut brown with a huge brown head. It has a pungent aroma of alcohol, cherries, tobacco, molasses, chocolate, syrup, and old beer. The taste is somewhat tart and bitter yet with a strong malt presence with dark fruit flavors and alcohol. It finishes on a salty, burnt toast note. This was one of those beers that kind of reminded me of cough syrup. I still liked it though. A unique beer, with a flavor explosion and great complexity.