Hair of the Dog Adam

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

firstly, very thank you to my "cluster" friend for bringing me this fantastic beer; i call this "füsti fecske", which is a hungarian expression, means about that: smoke swallow, it says all: this beer has a smoky, chocolate, caramel aroma, roasted malts; full mahagony body, soft carbonation, long aftertaste, it’s a ceremony beer, unique i hope i’ll have opportunity to taste it again; it’s brutal! every body go to oregon!

Very dark mahogany with a thin but retentive head. Citrusy hops, roasted malt, prune juice, caramel. Coffee and chocolate, molasses, leather without a doubt, figs, and a lingering bitter finish. That’s my best attempt at deconstructing this beautiful beer. My favorites are always the hardest to fully describe, and this one ranks high.

It says in the Bible that God created Adam first...if I were him I would have stopped there because this is damned near perfection! Pours a slightly reddish dark brown color with a substantial tan head. Smoky, caramel, coffee aroma. Flavor is coffee, roasted malts, dark fruits, sweetness with slight hop bitterness. Fairly full and creamy on the palate. I want to smack anyone who doesn’t think this is a great beer.

12 oz. bottle received in a trade from ?? Pours a deep mahogany color with a huge creamy thick tan head. The aroma is caramel, molasses, chocolate, dark fruits, slightly nutty, and honey. The flavor is something special; caramel, molasses, ripe dark fruits, raisins, light chocolate, vanilla, a hint of smoke, and wood. There is a slight alcohol burn in the finish. There is also a bitterness to the finish which balances out some of the sweetness. This is a sipper, but who would want to pound a great beer like this? Medium-full bodied, creamy smooth drinking. A good choice for # 800.

Bottle. Poured Deep brown with lasting creamy head. Lekker aroma of malt, nuts, and figgy pudding. Full malty flavour, with chocolate, and coffee tunes. Lingering chocolate malted finish, but with a bitter edge to keep it from getting cloying. Sip this, or you’ll end up like that King of Prussia who emptied a yard at a draw.

Very thick dark body with extremely long lasting light brown head. Gorgeous smell of molasses and roasted walnuts, dark brown bread and figs.Taste of sweet roasted malts, molasses, coffee, and chocolate, nice bitter end. Some alcohol. The palate is perfection, very soft, creamy, and smooth as velvet. Stop the clocks and let the good times flow.

12oz shared by BlackForestCO. Pours a dark brown with a dark tan head. Aromas of dark fruits, molasses, leather, caramel, chocolate. Flavors are sweet malts up front, dark fruits, chocolate. Palate is superb. An absolutely fantastic beer. Thanks again Jake.

Bottle at Blue Palms. Batch 70. Near black pour with absolutely no head or carbonation -- bad bottle? Never seen a beer this flat other than some homebrew bottles that I forgot to bottle condition. This thing was an overly sweet malt bomb; however, there were lots of redeeming qualities behind all the malt sugar. Very chocolaty, With all the sweet dark malt, there is a hint of soy, which is off-putting. Overall: way way over hyped; not terrible but not great by any means. BUT, maybe I had a bad bottle... are all of them this flat?