Hair of the Dog Adam

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

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.

Batch number 74 found at Wine Expo in Santa Monica - thanks to the guy at the store for letting me know about it. Poured deep deep brown, not quite black, almost opaque, with a thin tan head and little in terms of lacing. Powerful aromas of coca, licorice, figs, caramel, and a very subtle sense of citusy hops. Heavy malt flavors, highlighted by bittersweet chocolate, figs, dark cherries, and smoke. Alcohol is unmistakeable, but warming, not harsh. Smooth, very creamy mouthfeel, full bodied, lightly carbonated, and a very nice sweet malty aftertaste.

12 oz from a trade with kersta8. Thanks! Pours a dark cola brown with a tan head. Nose is smoke, band-aid, roast, spice, hops, and a bit of sweetness aching to emerge. Flavor is an enigma: lots of fire and smoke, but spice, hops, and a dark fruit/ dark sweetness are camping out somewhere in the flavor profile. This beer is a bit puzzling- smoke/ fire up front, malty sweet mid, and finishing with smoke. Deep beer- one that requires more than a chug to get to know. Tiny bit of lace and a band aid on my tongue are all this beer leaves. Medium bodied and interesting.

Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, caramel, hops and fruits.

12 oz bottle also courtesy of Odeed, thanks Jake. Pours dark brown with a nice thin layer of offwhite head. Aroma is fruity sweet and citrusy astrisngent at the same time with a bitter hoppy smell to it, smells nice. Nice flavor chocolatey with some hoppy bitterness, nice coating with a short lived aftertaste, warms the belly. Sweet and bitter at the same time just like the smell suggests. This one would age nicely.

Pours dark brown with a tan head. Aroma was smoke, dark fruit, figs, caramel. There wa sa lot going on here. Flavor was peaty and fruity which was a strange but very pleasent combination. Some oak notes and a little chocolate. This was a great beer.

This was sampled at a tasting in May and as it as the last beer of the night, I was arguably past sensible ability to review. However, I remember this 9 year aged beer being amazingly smooth, mellow, balanced, and possibly one of the most amazing things I’ve ever had the delight of being able to try. Roasted, fruit, malty, a little smoky..

Big head on a nice and dark ale. Very rich, fruity and woody aromas. Dates are all over this. Way smoky in the mouth, rich and with a tingle toward the finish. Very oaky, smoked and roasted. Pretty lovely int e mouth really. I’m really impressed by the texture and flavour so perfectly roasted and smoky with a great underlying sweet maltiness. BAM, this is good.