Hair of the Dog Adam

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

Thanks to acertain for this bottle! Batch no. 68. Pours dark brown with thick, fluffy tan head, that disapates very slowly. Big time lacing similar to a honey comb. Grain, hops and toffee on the nose. Hops & chocolate on the mouthfeel. finish’s with a hint of smoke and malts. Nice warming qualities.

12 oz bottle - batch 67 (thanks to Crosling!). Pours a dark brown with a smallish creamy off white head that quickly recedes to a thin film that laces the glass.

The aroma is grainy chocolate, coffee, dark fruits and a little alcohol.

The flavor is sweet (sugary) and smoky chocolate, black licorice and vinous fruits with a tarry alcoholic bitter finish. As it warms, the alcohol overpowers the sweetness. The mouthfeel is medium to full and slightly watery with soft carbonation.

Overall, a very fine beer. It tastes a little like a super-charged Hibernation, but with more burnt tar and anise (which come out more as it warms). I liked it better colder.

(bottle) Pours dark brown with a tan head that lasts the whole way through. Aroma is initially chocolate and piney hops. As the beer warms the aroma becomes even more chocolatey and takes on the smell of a brownie with toasted walnut. The taste is very much heavy on chocolate, cocoa, and roasted malt, a nice coffee bitterness lingers on the finish. This beer is really thick and the finish lasts forever, just a great beer all around.

Batch 63-Thanks OSLO! With this beer I didn’t get any of the piney hops from the fresher bottle. Instead, smells of chocolate, vinousness, and some red delicious apple skin compose the aroma. A light smell of smoke is present too along with toasted walnut again. The taste is huge on sweet chocolate, with a nice roasty finish. Thick and smooth mouthfeel. Yep, this was just as good as when I last had it.

[Bottle Batch 68, thanks go to my sister for bringing this back from California for me] Pours dark brown with a large dark tan head that lingers well. Aroma is chocolate, piney hops, roasted malt, some raisins. Taste is light hops up front, then roasted malt and chocolate with alcohol just a little noticeable on the tongue. Amazingly thick. Good finish. World class beer that is one of the thickest I have had.

[Bottle, Batch 63 consumed on 05/18/08] Pours dark brown with creamy head consisting of light and dark tan swirls. Aroma is chocolate, smoke and something that was almost vinous in character. Taste is also big on chocolate with just a little roasted malt. Great mouthfeel with a long finish (a little bitterness noticeable here). A really excellent beer--I’ll leave my score the same, although I could have dropped the score a point as I did slightly prefer Batch 68 from what I remember of it.

Pours dark brown with moderate tan head. Aroma of chocolate, belgian yeast, coffee, dark fruit, slight tobacco. Outstanding flavor- chocolate, coffee, sweet raisins and plums and red wine, nice bit of sourness and spiciness. Extremely complex flavor; reminds me of a cross between a belgian strong ale, a traditional ale, and a stout. Delicious.

Pours brown with medium head. Plums, dates and raisins are in the malty aroma. Flavor has overripe fruits and chocolate and finishes of rather bitter.

12 oz. bottle - fresh batch 76; ripe peat, yeast, chocolate and peat; crazy dry, sweet and smokey; while I think the wood beers are best fresh, this one sis a little rough; body hasn’t quite settled down to the creamy richness of some previous vintages; wow, love trying this next to cherry adam, which is a bourbon bonanza; nothing quite like it, but I really think that batch 73 is the sweet spot

12 oz. bottle - massive tan head over dark brown body upon puring; rich aromas of chocolate and malts with alcohol coming out nicely; equally rich flavors are a little bitter at first, but settling down well

Update 9/29/09 - batch 73, fresh; figs, dates, bready yeast; earthy goodness with slight amount of heat; tons of figs and malty sugars; this beer rocks

Batch 69 if it matters? I smell alcohol in the nose up close but smells like chocolate sitting on the table. BIG smokey flavor. Taste boozy and smooth but alcohol flavor/heat is barely noticeable. Solid Ale. Maybe not my favorite style but really glad I tried it. Definitely the best old or traditional ale that I’ve tasted thus far.