Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Imperial IPA

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

Bottle courtesy of bu11zeye. Pours a hazy yellow color with a thin white head. Attractive aroma of pineapple, malt and yeast. The flavor has the same pineapple, malt and yeast combo, it’s a very peculiar IIPA and I like it a lot. The body is light with a liquorous texture and medium carbonation.

Thanks to Odeed! Pours a golden color with a nice white head. Aroma is mostly citrus and piney hops. Medium to thin palate. I get only bitterness in the flavor and not much else. If this beer was a bit more chewy with more body, I would have enjoyed it more. May try it again if oppourtunity presents itself.

(Bottle,shared by Beermouth, thanx) Huge head, hazy yellow. Has an overwhelming hop nose and not much else, trademark of the 2condhand IIPAs,; thinks it´s all about tons of hops. Gets rather thin , bare holds the carbonation, but, thank God, dosen´t fadeaway with that metallic feel to the palate.

Bottle from footbalm shared with Paul and Tom this past Sunday 9/2/07. Poured a cloudy, hazy, golden yellow with a pillowy, small bubbled, white head. Nose is very perfumey with traces of the fresh resinous hops that once existed in this now about a year old ipa. Flavor is still full of tropical fruits, a little citrus, and some good malty flavors as well. Smooth mouthfeel with a slightly bitter finish. Pretty good, but I will be seeking out a fresh bottle next time this is produced.

650ml bottle shared @ BJCP - cheers Kieran & Belinda. Wow Cloudy golden yellow, full billowing head. Big full hoppy reninous, grassy, grapefruit, you name it it’s been crammed in to this. Wonderful flavours - just wish I didn’t have to share it with 6 others. Only fault was the volume of sediment. Some more conditioning to clear it up a touch & this was close to perfect

I was really disappointed. Citrus & pine nose, and much more golden color than expected. Very full, foamy head that stuck around the whole time I was drinking it. Pineapple and hops made up the flavor, with less hops than expected. Quite a bitter finish too. Probably won’t have again. I’ll stick with their Adam, Fred, and Doggy Claw!

Date: 05/01/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

opaque orange, scant head, drippy lace, supper sweet pine and grapefruit aroma, creamy body that thins upon warming, great hop flavor with tempered hop bitterness that comes out upon warming,
-------- /> Date: 05/20/2006
Source: tasting

liquid hops,
-------- /> Date: 06/09/2007
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2007
Score: 3.9 to 4.0
Words: Noog 3D

huge citrus hop aroma with malty sweetness like sugar coated grapefruit, tons of sweet grapefruit flavor, light lingering bitterness, this is the way a grapefruit beer should be

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4

22 oz bottle bought from The BeirStein in Eugene OR. Hazy dark orange color with nice aromas with hints of fruit for the most part. Apricot and some mango. Flavors were similar with the bitterness going over to the the grassy stuff. Pretty good.