Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Imperial IPA

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Portland, Oregon USA

Bottle from Market of Choice in Ashland. We had a Hair of the Dog Adam a while back, and it was impressive to say the least. The DIPA isn’t any different. Distinct flavor of grapefruit juice, and that’s it. Nice aftertaste and control on the palate. Tough to say it was better than Stone IPA, but that’s the truth. A definite re-buy.

Timfoolery scored this gem on a trip to Ashland, OR. Poured a cloudy yellow with a citrus aroma. Tastes of grapefruit and other citrus flavor. Not as bitter as most Imperial IPA’s, which was a very pleasant surprise. My favorite IPA to date.

Thanks to Brian for this one. Very cloudy pale orange body with moderate fluffy white head. Citrus sweet aroma of grapefruit, flowery hops, and subtle brown sugar. Light lemony sweetness in the flavor, also a dry hoppy bitterness persists. Dry light body with a clean finish.

Cloudy gold color; head of mixed amber and brown bubbles. Big aroma of floral hops, straw, cat litter. Rich piney hops and grapefruit notes, mango, peach, persimmon and star fruit, candy sugar, slight minty freshness. Overall a damn tasty double IPA.

Bottle. Pours a hazy light golden color with a big off-white head. Aroma of hops, caramel malt and pine. Taste of grapefruit and yeast. Has a medium body with a dry semi bitter finish. Nice very complex beer.

Man I wish this beer was carbonated! This may have been an old bottle? Aroma was nice and big. All pine and citrus hops. Pour was pretty unique. No head but a cloudy and no see through light brown. Looked like dirty toilet water. Taste was the way I like my IIPAs (similar to Hop Wallop) all pine and citrus hops with not much malt to speak of. The thin mouthfeel and lack of any carbonation brought this beer way down. Grapefruit bitter aftertaste. Nice try.

22 oz. bottle. Pours a very cloudy, dull, ugly pale gold with a very thin white head that disappeared before the first sip. Huge aroma of spruce trees and grapefruit. The aroma was actually very refreshing. The flavor was very one-dimensional with strong grapefruit and to a lessser extent pine. No malt backbone at all. This was like drinking hop tea, which I understand will appeal to some people, but not me. Bitter finish but not overly acrid. Disappointing.

Bomber poured a cloudy orange with a small diminishing off white head. Aromas of pine, orange, pink grapefruit, light carmel and a hint of spice. Palate was light to medium bodied smooth and slightly dry. Flavors of orange, grapefruit, light apricot, light pine and a hint of carmel with a smooth lingering bitter finish.