Hair of the Dog Adam

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

Bottle, batch 72. Thanks Bob! Pours a nice creamy dark brown, appears black in the glass. Beautiful creamy head. Roasty, faintly alcoholic aroma. Flavor is initially a burst of hops and some roasted malt. Really elegant and tasty. There’s a definite leathery tobacco flavor in there. Not burdensome like an imperial stout, but with a similar heft and depth. Great, really looking forward to cracking my other bottle in a few years.

Bottle, batch # 68. A cloudy dark brown beer with a hiuge, creamy and persistent light brown head. The aroma is great, lovely malty with roasty and chocolatey notes, but also hoppy (piney American hops). There are also note of spices, fruits and some alcohol. The flavour is very sweet, lightly acidic with a good balance, even though I would have preferred less hoppy in this kind of beer. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, long finish with medium to high bitterness. Overall a great and complex stuff, witth good mouthfeel, not abrasive and a good balance.

Botella. Batch 68, courtesy of Pinball. Pours a very deep dark brown almost black colour with a nice creamy steady well lasting light brown head leaving a good lacing. Quite sweet dark fruity aroma with roasty malt and bitter hops. Good filling mouthfeel. The flavour is quite sweet with dark fruits roasted malt, alcohol and syrup. Long lasting sweet bit harsh finish. Good brew indeed but too sweet.

335ml bottle shared with faroeviking. as the brewer hasn’t bothered printing a best before date i cannot say if this sample was too old or not. batch numbers can be looked up on their webiste if the bere is from before 2003. this one is newer than that. appears dark brown, small light brown heda. aroma of leather, dark caramel, ripe/aged dark fruits, raisins. 6+ flavor of raisins, alc. caramel in the aftertaste.. sweet.

Very dark brown pour with a slight red tint. Thin light tan head. Caramel and creamy malt aroma. Sweet with chocolate and sherry notes. Creamy molasses flavor with hints of maple. Chocolaty and smoky. A bit of alcohol on the finish.

12oz bottle; hearty that pours dark with caramel tints; malty smell with powerful aroma punch; all the flavor is in the front and doesn’t hang around long. (#14)

Tried to like this one, but just couldn’t do it, it was too sweet and I really didn’t enjoy it that much.

Bottle, thanks to larsniclas
On March 7, 2009
Clear dark brown color, medium tan head. Sweet, fruity, red berries, tropical fruit, cream scent. Coffee, alcohol, roasted, dry, bitter taste. Alcohol and roasted aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel, high bitterness.