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Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Imperial IPA

Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Imperial IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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 Percentile 
97
overall
Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Portland, Oregon USA

bottled
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on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5123.8/5.03.79/5.07%83.9Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Blue Dot is named after our planet: we are only a pale blue dot in this universe. A Double India Pale Ale made with Rye malt and a combination of intense hop varieties.
O.G. 1074, 100 IBUs.
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 Hank1980 (732), Athens, Georgia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/515/20
Apr 20, 2008  
22oz bomber. Poured cloudy amber with a decent-sized head. Aroma of hops, citrus, rye, and some faint alcohol. Also some floral hops present. Taste is also very heavy with citrus and rye malt. Malt much heavier than most IIPAs. Finish and taste are somewhat dry. Mouth is pretty full. Not a bad IPA.


 blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/58/103/515/20
Apr 18, 2008  
22 0z. bottle, muddy orange color with mimimal head, pretty mellow for an imperial, good floral nose and flavor with light body


 sfhodense (554), Odense NØ, Denmark
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Bottle. Cloudy golden color with a nice beige head. Aroma is fresh hoppy with notes of citrus and grapefruit. Flavour is bitter, with notes of flowers and citrus. There is also some caramel to balance the beer. Nice one.


 Boutip (2333), Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Apr 17, 2008  
Bottle courtesy of Bu11zeye: Poured a dirty beige color ale with a large foamy head with great retention and good lacing. Aroma of dry and citrus hops with dry malt. Taste is drier then expected with some citrus notes. Malt profile is definitely different then most IIPA which might be due to the usage of rye. Good carbonation with full body which seems to indicated limited filtration and no apparent alcohol. While I appreciated this beer and like how it is trying to do something different (rye) for a style too often populated by clones, I thought it was a bit too dry and lacking some floral notes.


 garthicus (1215), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Apr 11, 2008  
Thanks for sharing HogTownHarry: I’m always excited to try a new Hair of the dog brew. Huge gushing bottle with a huge gushing head to match. A honey comb colour with flecks of hops - BRILLIANT! Aroma: Deep pineapple & hops (malt too). Flavour: HOP, HOP, HOP!! Some candy floss too, Wow, another cracking beer from HOTD


ManvsCity (88), Redmond, Washington, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Apr 9, 2008    Updated: Jul 22, 2008
22 oz bottle from HOTD Earth Day open house, 2008. Thin almost non-existent pale head. Rye hop flower notes. Body is dark wild mountain honey with slight brown yeast swirl at bottom. Nice and fresh hop bite doesn’t overwhelm other flavors of carmel, almond, and honeydew melon. This batch has ruined me on any other NW IPA.


 shintriad (698), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Apr 8, 2008  
Impressively thick and still, with large strands of sediment just floating there near the bottom of the glass. Peach-coloured, which makes me wonder if the apricot notes I detected in the finish were psychosomatic. Nevertheless, there was a fresh fruity presence somewhere in the bitter, almost brackish concoction, with sharp malty notes I’ve come to expect from this brewer. It’s a nice variation on their skull-crushing, heavy, sweet Belgian-style beers, but a bit left-field for my tastes.


 pnista (1008), Bloomington, Indiana, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Apr 8, 2008  
On tap at Henry’s Tavern. Pours a lightly hazed goldn yellow with a decent enough dense enough cream colored head. The nose is full of fruity hops. Bitter, so sure, but more so, flavorful. Strong ass bite, but the sweetness and alcohol to support it. Creamy on the tongue. Light carbonation. The flavor is in the line with the nose. As it warms, the creaminess drops out a bit, but it’s still lovely. Mainly, the beer goes from malt heavier and fruity to lighter and broader hop flavors. Really enjoyable. I couldn’t taste the rye, and this is kind of low ABV for an IIPA, but it’s delicious, so who cares?



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