Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Imperial IPA

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

Bottle. [Blind tasting session @ Sk8viking] #18 Small white head. Fair lacing. Cloudy orange color. Flowers, grass, pine, citrus, grapefruit, elder flower, light caramel. Full bodied with an extremely dry texture. Moderated flavor with some light bitter notes. Crisp dry and long lasting finish. Wow what a hoppy experience.

Bottle. Grassi bitter sweet aroma, drink this on a long friday night with youre beer loving girlfrind.

Blind rating at sk8viking´s. Pours a hazy golden with a white head. Bitter Smells slightly of grape fruit. Fruity hopsprofile. Gunsmoke burps(?). Medium to low carbonation. Full bodied. Long bitter finish. A bit too bitter.

[Bottle from Beermouth tasted with the hop-bros at Jess’ cosy inn.]
Unfiltered look with medium white head and freshhoppy aroma in combination with some spices. Flavor is a mix of yeast, malt, caramel and mediumhops ending up in a mediumbitter aftertaste. Had expected more!!

Bomber from a trade. Aroma of hops, hazelnut, vanilla, oak twigs, maple syrup, incense. Really quite nice once you give it a vigorous swirl and drown out the hops. Pours with a huge head and a ton of yeast sediment, making the cloudiest IIPA I’ve ever seen, not to mention one of the palest. Very mellow in the mouth for a IIPA. Whereas you can definitely notice the hops in full force, the oakiness and vanilla notes are wonderful, leaving a very nutty, rich butter chocolate taste in the mouth. A gentle giant, for sure, and a lovely brew.

Tasted with Fisherman34 during MB DIPA Throwdown 07. A rare treat that Piscator34 was way too generous to share for the throwdown. High expectations going into this one. Poured a beautiful classic lPA hue with a fluffy cloud white head. Smell- hmm- somethings up here. Not quite right. Taste- confirms the suspected. Some sort of rogue yeast had snuck into this thing. Sour wild yeast tasting on initial sip that gives way to a decent malty DIPA. What a shame- this beer had serious potential. Definitely infected by something. Not being a beer snob by any means I still have it a chance for what it was and actually didn’t mind it. Just way too weird due the infection. Jolly Pumpkin like on the start and normal DIPA on the finish. Can’t say that every day. No matter- huge thanks to Kris for cracking this one.

Bottled sample via Oakes. Sampled on on IIPA Saturday with Oakbluff. Clear orange in colour with lots of carbonation. Aromatics are a mixture of citric and grassy hops, black pepper, and wild yeast. Flavor wise, it’s an odd mix of sharp citrus, flat caramel, dried fruit, and earthy wild yeast elements. I’m not sure if the infection element of this beer is intentional or not. It’s definitely different, but I still couldn’t finish my half pint of it.

Bomber: Large offwhite head, retention is good with lacing that starts out thick and coating but ends up spotty and scattered. Pale gold appearence is moderately hazy. Spicey hop nose with some funky notes, lightly earthy and fruity. Body is medium, palate is neat with a soft carbonation that gets a bit aggressive followed by a tart creaminess. Flavors of citrus and pineapple, rye spiceyness, earthy notes, grapefruit and lightly doughy. Finish is dry, fruity, good hop bite. Props to EDA for this very cool brew. Thanks Mike!