Hair of the Dog Adam

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

Batch 72. Dark brown with a long lasting thick beige head. Adam presented a rather complex flavor, but no befuddling accentuates. The alcohol wasn’t overpowering when considering the high abv. Excellent craft.

355ml bottle (Gallows Bird, Espoo)
Very dark, beige head. Very rich aroma - a hoppy barley wine aroma, but with decent roast malts too. There’s a hint of alcohol, but it’s not boozy. Very rich roasty body, carbonation low. Retronasals sweet and burnt, and a tiny hint of glue once in a while. Tingly body. Bitter, but mellow and well-aged hops. Sweet, but not oppressive. Rich woody aftertaste. Butter and hoppy, and the burnt edge is wonderful. Some apples too. Beatiful brew.

Bottle from Capones. Pours a deep dark blackish/brown or is that brownish/black with a large creamy beige head that leaves some serious lace on my La Chouffe tulip. Aroma of chocolate, figs, brown bread, dates and tobacco. Full bodied that is nice and creamy with average to softer carbonation and a roasty lingering finsih. Flavor is slow starting at first and slightly sweet then followed by a big explosion of raostiness with notes of burnt toast, toffee, burnt caramel, burnt coffee and dark fruit that is also burnt. Good stuff and once again Hair of the Dog proves that they are the real Fn deal.

Bottle at FFF. Pours deep brown with a thick, shaving cream foam head. Aroma is intense - herbs, leather and smoke. Nothing can really prepare you for the taste. Crazy deep chocolate, tobacco, dates/fig, sherry, spice. In some weird way, it reminded me of my grandma’s pecan pie. Thick body coats the mouth, keeping the alcohol burn with you long after the sip. My experience was marred slightly by the haste in which I had to finish it, and it really got to be overwhelming by the end of the glass. This could be the perfect beer for splitting with a good friend on a cold night.

(bottle from Cletus). Dark brown color. Large tan head. Roasted malt and alcohol aroma. Coffee/chocolate/roasted malt flavor. Avg duration. Smooth finish with light alcohol. Thin texture. Moderate carbonation. Spare lacing.

Bottle shared by MrPickles - Pours cloudy dark amber with a huge tan head. Smells of pine, cardamom, chocolate, leather, and pert, grassy hops. Taste is dark fruit to start, then transitions into smoke and roast. It has a light hoppy and spicy finish. Nice. Way smooth, with nice carbonation and a medium body. This beer was just as complex and contemplative as I’d hoped.

Big thanks to riversideAK. Translucent dark brown pour with a thick, silky tan head, glass-coating lace. Aroma is yeasty like bread dough, with a generous complement of roasty malts, chocolate, licorice. Flavor richly malty, dark bread, figs, chocolate, aninseed; sweetness offset by the high-abv alcohol edge. Lively palate, penetrating, decidedly warming. This is an excellent beer.

@Freaktoberfest from bottle, pours dark brown almost opaque with a nice mocca color head, aroma of cheese, herbs, malt, cherry liquor and notes of grapefruit, flavors of caramel, honey, maple syrup, molasses, wood, tobacco and even glue like flavors (did I ever taste glue ;-) ), smooth thick and very complex. What a brew