Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Double IPA

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

Bottled. Cloudy golden, rich but faint head. Rich hop aroma of peach and lychee. Medium sweet with solid body. Dominated by aromatic hop flavours - grapefruit,lychee and sweat. Malt only backs it up. Long very bitter finish.

Finally I get to try a DIPA from one of my favorite breweries. Pours a cloudy golden yellow hue with a light- frothy white head. aromas of pine, citrus, floral, and some grassy grapefruit. Mouth feel medium bodied. Flavors almost belgian-esque. While hoppy and flavors similar to the aroma, it has a slight funk not unlike some Belgian golden and an effervescence that follows the trend as well. A lingering finish and only gets longer as it warms. A refreshing take on style in which flavors rarely stray from the norm 8/5/7/4/15 3.8 Rerate--1/14/2008---wow..... I may have been a little disappointed that the alcohol was a little light for a double IPA, but this years batch is awesome. This is the quintessential IPA that both coasts should strive for. The appearance is a lot better than I remember it with a nice frothy head and nice golden amber hue. The same with the flavor and the palate. The balance between hop bitterness and malt sweetness is in perfect balance.... mmmm.....

22oz. Bottle: Aroma of hops, pine, slight toasting, light citrus, light lychee, some grapefruit. Poured amber in color with a small, creamy, dense, head that lasted throughout. Cloudy. Sparkling. Full of tiny, small, and large-sized particles throughout. Excellent lacing. Flavor is heavily bitter and lightly sweet. Tastes of hops, pine, grapefruit, lychee, resin, and light caramel malt. Medium body. Dry texture. Average carbonation. Hops, pine, lychee, and slight caramel malt finish is bitter and dry. A delicious IIPA.

Hadn’t heard of this brew before stumbling across it at Bevmo, Mtn View. Dry, citrus aroma with some sour notes and hints of Belgian yeast. Murky, light orange body with a large, frothy, small bubble white head. Belgian qualities. Fairly heavily carbonated. Sweet, not overly hoppy in a west coast sense. Different. Not a knock you over the head hop monster. Very nice.

Thanks to beastiefan2k for bringing this to the heavyweight open house - actually quite a low alcohol brew to come from these guys, and very heavy considering it - most IIPAs can only hope to reach this kind of balance - there isn’t much to add, the grapefruit/citrus character and chewy, caramel malt flavor expected of this style is all there in perfect preportion - you can’t really state in language the superior quality of a brew like this - just trust me...it kicks ass.

Skyview is da man! Cloudy gold color with a large head. Big orange Cascade hop aroma. More of the same in the flavor, but despite it being very hop strong, it seems quite well balanced with malt. Lots of carbonation.

Draft - Draft at the Horse Brass. Poured an orangish color with a white head. Citrus Floral aroma that was very nice. Excellent citrus malt flavor. Perfectly balanced and really great.

Pour is opaque golden orange with a dense big sticky tan head...smell is orange, sweet and hints of pine...taste is sweet and malty up front with a nice bittersweet finish...