Hair of the Dog Adam

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

Batch 75. Thick smokey and winey aroma, beautiful pour, dense head which quickly dissipates to a thin cream coloured lingering head. This is a very dark beer, brownish red with lots of sediment. Very richly alcoholic in character, a little bit overwhelming at first although you ease into it nicely. EXTREMELY COMPLEX. Smoky, earthy, molasses, and a little bit of fruitiness? Tastes half way between a doppelbock and a quadrupel almost. Bizarre beer. Chocolate notes in the aftertaste, wow, this one is intense. Very sweet, extremely complex flavour and wonderful mouthfeel. This beer does not exactly cater to my personal tastes in beer but it is still a wonderfully constructed brew. In the future I would love to drink more of it, but I would prefer to split the bottle because nearing the end of my glass I was feeling a little overwhelmed. Regardless, worth trying for anyone who likes strong and heavy beers.

3rd June 2008. Label says ’chocolate, smoke and fig’ - good description! The chocolate is malty and the smoke pleasingly subdued. Bit of a shock on the first mouthfull but quickly becomes very quaffable.

12 oz. Batch 74 Pours dark with a dark brown head. Nose is figs, raisins, port, and chocolate. Taste is plum, brown sugar, chocolate, alcohol, and a nice smoke. The palate is oily and thick. Amazing brew. Everything Alan makes i amazing. Thanks again!

Batch no.72 bottle courtesy of and shared with ogivlado (huge thanks!)
Poured a very dark, almost black body tinged with red. A very thick beige head that lasted looong. The nose is a battle between dried figs and dried meat on a malty battlefield with some soy sauce and alcohol being flung around at times. Started of nice, got kinda odd/ugly later on, but still fun. A sweet taste with distinct notes of dried meat and ash, some nice underlying maltiness, sweet. Dried figs show up again near the end possibly winning the day, even if the smokey taste is nice by itself. A great and interesting beer, one of the best smoked beers I’ve had I guess.

Bottle. Dark nut brown pour, tons of carbonation and an aroma of brown sugar, spices and malt. Flavor is plums, more brown sugar, chocolate and well balanced booze on the finish. I really like this one, no surprise this one is rated so high.

12 ounce bottle, batch number 74. Pours a dark brown with a nice tan head. Has ruby highlights when held up. Nose of raisins, toffee , port, and chocolate. Full sweet body. Tastes of toffee, caramel, chocolate, raisins, and smoke. There is just enough bitterness to prevent it from being too sweet. The alcohol is noticable but works well with the other flavors. Very good beer.

Smells of strong dark rum soaked raisins, molasses and birch wood. Flavor is molasses and raisins with a smoky caramel around the edges. Finishes with Christmas spices. What a brew for any season but especially fall and winter. Like a mix between a robust american barlywine and a roasty porter. All good things here. Silky mouthfeel with a light heavyweight body. A thanks to all the enlightened souls that had anything to do with making this beauty. Thank You Hair of the Dog. 2009 12 oz.

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours an opaque deep brown with a nearly sold tan head that lasts the twenty minutes it took to enjoy the entirety of the beer. Notes of milk chocolate, caramel, toffee, and port-like characters come through in the strong nose that is noticeable from several feet away. The palate is decadently rich, showing a full malty character that almost tastes like drinking liquified German chocolate. Tremendous notes of milk/dark chocolate and caramel. The only detractor to the palate was a tremendous residual sweetness. In a way, I think this is forgivable, given the traditional aim of the beer; harkening back to a time when beers paired higher starting and finishing gravities. However, the beer was a bit difficult to consume in the middle of a fairly heavy drinking session. It would be far better as a digestif or a night-cap. Overall, extremely well done.