Hair of the Dog Blue Dot Double IPA

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

On tap at the Hop Devil Grill. Poured into a 1/2 pint glass. Right away - PEACH. An amazing fruit aroma akin to fresh sweet peaches. Cloudy dark yellow color, lots of luminance but cannot see through the beer. Mouthfeel is amazing, a beer version of silk. This is the only 5 I have given out for palate. Its as if the beer evaporated in my mouth. Felt great on the tongue. Leaves a faint soul of it self in my palate. What a great IIPA and unlike most others. Nowhere near the roughness of most IIPAs. Great balance and actual delicate flavors. 9/4/8/5/18

Rerate: 06/05/07 from 22oz bomber (from either Chriso_420 or Wolfhs, I got one from each, thanks). Opened it at the Heavyweight Open House. The bottle is definitely a bit different. The aroma is less all peach and more a blend of different tropical fruits. The mouthfeel is the most discernable difference. A bit more carbonated, definitely felt the bubbles on the cheeks more. The score goes down just a bit.8/4/8/4/18.

rerate: Year plus old bottle. A little bit of an experiment to see what would happen. Cellared for about 6 months, closest stored then for another 6 months and been in the fridge for the last 2 months or so. Very worried that this beer would have gone completely to crap now but it actually developed rather nicely. Poured with a large head and still that beautiful shade of orange (earlier description of color was in a dark bar so it was off a bit). Overall the beer still has this tropical fruit presence and I would say its heavy apricot now. Part of that is the malt is nicely present there creating apricot and biscuit, which equate to a heavy/looming apricot flavor. Its still noticeably hoppy, nothing in the way of the young bottle but you would give this to most people and they would scream IPA for sure. Enough heft in the body with the strong carbonation creates a nice mouthfeel.8/4/7/4/17

another really freaking good ass brew. nice hoppie flavor. light brew. spicy brew. went pretty good with a spicy ass sausage. got it on tap in san fracnisco. ho11a if you hear me.

(Draft: Hair Of The Dog Brewery in Portland, OR) & (Draft: 2005 Hopfest at Brouwers Café in Seattle, WA) Oh wow, what a great nose! Incredible, fresh, grapefruit hops, but also sweetness and herbal tea, plus some sweet orange citrus as well. The flavor showcases a nice, moderate grapefruit hoppiness, but it’s not over the top and not killing my palate with bitterness. Along with the grapefruit is an herbal and somewhat tea-like flavor, plus a really nice fruitiness. Solid pale malt body, probably one of the less sweet and malty double IPAs out there. It’s lightly sweet and malty, but minimally caramely, and the color will tell you that. Dark golden color is fairly hazy, and the off-white head, though fairly small on the pour, shows fantastic retention, maintaining a thin, full layer for the entire session. And it leaves a dense curtain of lace all the way down the glass. Clean and crisp on the palate, but with significant pale malts for a medium "plus" body, but still less body than many in the class. It’s a very restrained double IPA at first, but the more I drink this, the more I love it. I keep raising the flavor grade. It starts off so unassuming, but just woos you, capturing your heart and taste buds. Superb!

Finally I get to try this fantastic brew. Pour is a nice golden yellow with medium sized head. Sugary sweet piney delicousness. Very drinkable.

Sampled on draft at the HotD Brewery. Sipped this one while discussing it with Alan Sprints. This beer gets its name from an astronaut’s description of what the earth looks like from space. An American hop bomb that is oh so drinkable for the style. An enjoyable beer and a good conversation.

bottle from joel. aroma is grapefruit, floral hops. medium body. the flavor is excellent. perfect blend of floral hops and malt to balance out the slightly higher alcohol and the extra maltiness. this is stellar. mini-imperial IPA?

Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow-gold with a huge mostly-lasting rocky white head. Lovely, huge hoppy aroma -- there’s some malt there but it’s mostly about the citrus hops. Flavour: Oh boy, that’s delicious! A wonderful hop medley with just enough malt backing it up and a long and very bitter finish. Nice medium to full body. Simply fantastic, I loved it!

Thanks to hopdog for sharing this one off my wants list. Pours a hazy golden orange with a bubbly off white head that diminished quickly. Aroma of a handful of fresh American hops. Orange, grapefruit, some floral notes, Tang, tropical fruits and caramel. Flavor of caramel malt sweet malts, pine, grapefruit and other citrus.