Hair of the Dog Adam

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

Bottle given to me by a gracious member of the WAHA homebrewer’s club, Collin. Poured a ruby deep brown. Nose was alcohol, molasses, caramel malts, toasty grains, vanilla, cocoa and tobacco. Flavo is all the nose plus a smokiness, figs and dark ripe fruits. Mouthfeel is full. Everything about this beer is awesome!

Batch 70, thanks to jake65 for this beaut. Pours a nice dark mahogany with very thick tan head. Couldn’t even pour the whole bottle into my glass, some residual head there for entire glass, lots of lacing. Aroma of toasted malt, chocolate, dried fruits, especially dates and dried plums, slight smoke, and some wood also. Flavor matches well and just nailed the balance of so many great flavors. Absolutely great beer that didn’t dissappoint. This will definitely always be in my cellar, just wish I could get this a bit easier.

Bottle, $4.99 in CA. Pours dark brown with almost no head. Aroma is strong of dates, raisin, smoke, and wood. Really intruiging. Flavor contains so many different flavor components, its hard to describe. One thing is certain, this is a sipper – and a slow one at that – allowing for proper contemplation of this beer. Flavor starts with initial notes of red grapes, dates and prunes. A lot of dark, dried fruit in there. But through the middle, Adam throws more compelling elements into the mix: smoke and peat. Simultaneously, Adam in his full glory is smoky, woody, peaty, even musty, all complementing the dark fruit gracefully. Perceptually, I grew fond of thinking of this beer as “musty, dried fruit”. Finally, as all great higher ABV beers do, Adam utilizes the alcohol as a flavor and mouthfeel element, warming your chest as it settles smoothly down your throat. The finish remains fruit-sweet, but with so much more. Hardly a trace of carbonation here. Takes some getting used to, but my goodness what a flavor!

Big and bold all around, there’s a lot of good stuff going on with this beer. Dark brown body with an amber tint, thick tan head and big spots of lacing around the glass. Wood and lightly smoked aroma with some sweet bread and a touch of coffee. Medium to thick mouth feel, balanced and slow to savor. Flavor has a lot of nutty and sweet malts mixed with molasses and dark fruit. Chocolate and a subtle peaty quality. Aftertaste is woody with a bit of smoked malt accents. Amazing score by a good friend, glad he shared.

Pours a deep brown, almost black, with little head. This is extremely dark for an ale; I didn’t know better I’d think this was a porter. Aroma of soy sauce, some sort of dark fruit, maybe a bit of molasses and cocoa. Flavor is fairly complex: initial hint of chocolate quickly changes to soy sauce, malt, and dark fruit. Slightly warming sensation on the palate and the nose from the alcohol. A bit more bitter bourbon aftertaste as it warms. This drinks like a porter and finishes like a barley wine. I’d definitely partake in this again. A great after dinner beer.

Batch 68. Lots of chocolate. Nice caramel, slightly reminiscent of a schwarzbier. Really really smooth. Some licorice, some dark fruit. Quite chocolaty.

ketchepillar comes through again with another of my tops on my all time most wanted list. Batch 68 Sam you’re the man! The beer pours with a nice fluffy head and a deep brown color. Aromas of sweet malt and some strong Cavendish with some chocolate. Very nice smelling beer, I’ve never quite smelled anything like it. The flavor of this beer is just so wonderfully complex some fig, some smokiness. a little candy sweetness but miles away from cloying. Some dark pipe tobacco tons of good licorice flavor, very roasty. The palate is silky but full, just an absolute pleasure to drink.

12oz. Bottle: Complex aroma of hops, pine, chocolate, light malts, slight peat, slight dark ripe fruit, and a hint of smoke. Poured dark brown in color with a large, creamy, dense, tan/light brown head that diminished but lasted throughout. Cloudy. Lightly sparkling. Excellent lacing. Flavor is light to medium sweet, lightly bitter, and very complex. Tastes of malts, chocolate, coffee, hops, pine, tobacco, slight caramel, slight peat, molasses, slight tar, slight smoke, slight vanilla, slight wood, and a hint of alcohol. Full body. Viscous, creamy, texture. Average carbonation. Lightly sweet, chocolate, pine, molasses, and slight caramel finish is a bit sticky. 10%ABV is pretty much undetectable throughout.