Hair of the Dog Adam

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

12oz. A great and unusual beer. Complex malts and smoke/leather/spices. Warming and rich; not something I’d seek out often but it is special

The bottle looks really good, the beer in the glass also. Much foam, creamy, dark. Tastes very complex: strong-malty, scratchy in the end, notes of wood and strong coffee. Warming finish. Wonderful! Big thanks to jjpm74 for the bottle!

<b>Batch 50</b> brewed on <b>5-1-01 </b>, bottled on <b>7-19-01</b>, consumed with over <b>7 years</b> of age on it. Shared by MilkmanDan who has kept it cellared for many years now, thanks a lot. I felt this was a good way to final enter a rating for Adam. Pours with a bit of a bubbly head. Of course its thick and dark and one cannot see through it. Aroma is strong maltiness with light present alcohol and light cardboard showing its age. Lots of delicious prune as well though. A bit of a woodsy (similar to scotch ale) feel to it. Taste is smooth with no age . Has a bit of black tea and lightly smokey phenolics (this may actually be an off flavor of age but works well here). Finishes light with just a hint of bread-y malts. Still doing fine but I think this problem has seen its peak. I’ll enter future ratings to get a better picture of the beer. I prefer the fresher version to one that is this old.

Re-rate: fresh bottle, batch 72. Pours with a thick off white head. Aroma is surprisingly hoppy, I do not remember it being this hoppy, but this may be the freshest I have ever had it. Its definitely not aggressive American hops either. Otherwise, aggressive malts have not mellowed out yet but will. Rating would be very similar to the aged bottle. I feel that, just as Fred, Adam is best with 2-3 years on it.

Bottle. Pours a dark blackness with a dark tan creamy head. Chocolate, dark fruit, plum fig, raisin, roasted coffee malt. Big alcohol warming, coffee and licorice.

batch 72. Dark amber. nice head. Figs in the aroma and flavor. smoky. malty. Big. coffee. sweet. maybe even raosted nuts or seeds somewhere in there. Wow, this is a work of art by skilled craftsmen. they know how to bottle beer. a bit too much lean to the bitter side to be a perfect beer.

Bottle from Lucky Baldwins. Pours a dark shade of brownish red from the bottle with a thick tan head. Loaded with dark fruits, caramel, sugary malts, and mild hops. Potent and delicious -- what’s not to like? Re-rated and noted plenty of smoke and an earthy profile to the flavor--perhaps tobacco leafs.

This is one of my new all time favorites. Pours with an insanely volatile and massive head that nearly attacked me. Pours and smells like a dark IPA or something. Very odd but original. Very well balanced between the malt and hops. It is an onslaught of powerful flavors with no single one overpowering the others. The alcohol is obvious in each sip but then again, this is for savoring not for casual drinking. Awesome!

Bottle thanks to BuckeyeBoy. Poured deep dark black in color with big tan head. Aroma is smoky , dark fruits, and chocolate. Taste was complex, with smoke, chocolate, and dark fruits. Finished with nice alcohol warming smooth and tasty.