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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
common

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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 miketd (679), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 21, 2007    Updated: Sep 22, 2007
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.


 JensenTaster (1585), Denmark
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/515/20
Sep 16, 2007  
(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.


 TURDFERGUSON (1594), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 7, 2007  
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.


 bozoNZ (481), Christchurch, New Zealand
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/516/20
Sep 4, 2007  
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


 AgentSteve (1334), SF Bay Area, California, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/104/511/20
Sep 2, 2007    Updated: Oct 20, 2007
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!


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Sep 1, 2007  
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,
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Date: 05/20/2006
Source: tasting

liquid hops,
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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


 fordest (1954), Santee/San Diego, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 31, 2007  
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.


 gunnfryd (3539), Kristiansand, Norway
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Aug 28, 2007  
Bottle. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is hop, citrus. flavour is hop, citrus, fruit. OK beer.



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