Hair of the Dog Adam

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

12oz bottle (Batch 75) brought back from Philly. Pours a deep and dark brown body with an inch thick, extremely creamy, tannish-brown head that dissipates slowly and leaves lots of creamy lacing. A ring is left on the glass after each sip. Gorgeous. Aroma is quite comlex. Toasted caramels with a light roast, pitted fruits, plums, and chocolate lead the way. Behind that comes some earthy, woody hops and licorice. Molasses, smoke, leather, figs, and bourbon. Wow. Flavor is just as rich, sweet, and complex. Lots of caramels and chocolate with an earthy, woody roast. Some coffee and smoke, plenty of dark fruits, toasty toffees, molasses, figs, plums, and a hint of bourbon. Finishes with a moderate, somewhat sharp bitterness that dries and leaves a lengthy, complex aftertaste. Medium body, very creamy, and a soft carbonation. Coats the mouth beautifully and leaves just a slight alcohol warmth. Overall, damn this is good. Extremely complex and superbly balanced. Rich, sweet, roasty, and delicious. I’m at a loss for words when trying to describe how impressed and happy this beer makes me. Easily jumps into my top five. Thank you, Adam, for reminding me why I love beer.

Reviewed 11/15/2009 (bottle Batch Number 74): Bubbles falling down. Pours a huge creamy tan-brownish color head, extremely lasting. Thick and foamy. Muted aroma, some rosted notes, some light mustiness, earthiness. Inhaling deeply, some dark fruit and coffee. Some alcohol too, but overall very muted. Somewhat thick mouthfeel, strong taste. Roasted coffee, some toffee, alchol. Some bitterness from the chocloate and roast. Some smoke and dark fruit. Imperial stoutish as it warms up more, chocolate, coffee, roasted notes. Strong, a sipping beer.

From a bottle (batch 74). Dark brown with creamy Kahlua-like head. Nice, heavenly chocolate and Oregon coffee. Creamy, toasty, smokey and rich coffee with bitter chocolate. Long bitter finish with toasted hop. Big beer.

Batch #74 Almost opaque dark brown with ruby edges, small tan head. Lots of chocolate and prunes and a bit of coffee and toffee on the nose. Medium body. Bite of dark roast and dark chocolate on the tongue, progresses into sweet ripe fruit, prunes, sweet chocolate, and woodsy hops bite at the end. Long bitter finish of roast and hops which covers the entire palate. Very good.

Pours a dark brown with little lacing. Flavor is heavenly chocolate, coffee figs and other dark fruits. Flavor is somewhat funky peat like with a smokiness. There are also notes of chocolate, dark fruit and soy sauce. Amazing

Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aroma- raisins, walnut, leather, spice, caramel. Taste-leather, smoke, molasses, prune, dates, tobacco, shellfish, Keemun tea, I feel like I could go on forever, there are so many layers. Aftertaste is a warm sweet glow of loveliness. One of the most complex, unique beers I have ever had. batch 74

Clear and deep red brown body with a huge brown head. Excellent lacing. Prune, citrus and alcohol on the nose. Taste adds roasted malts to the aroma. Heavy sweet and light bitter. Long finish. Medium to full body. Soft syrupy mouth feel and some alcohol sting in the finish. A real treat! (Bottle, courtesy of tarjei 12.12.2009)

Bottle at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Pours dark brown with a small milky head. A very nice and complex beer! At first some belgian fruityness, then leather, soy and tarr and finishes slighty hoppy.