Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam from the Wood

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Traditional Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

This bottled brew from MSprinkle at a DLD beer festival poured a very small sized head of foamy brown colored bubbles that were quickly diminishing and left behind a opaque no visible carbonation brown colored body and a oily lacing. The strong aroma was mild malt woody and cherry. The semi-flat mouth feel was weakly tingly at the start mediumly tingly at the finish vinous aftertaste. The flavor contained notes of cherry and wood. A decent one that I would consider drinking again.

Thanks to MJ. Nose is faint but with burning alcohol and low tones of bourbon, chocolate, and dark, overripe cherries with a delicate and fluffy backing of vanilla. Flat headless appearance, thick, almost leg-inducing, and a seriously muddy dark brown hue. Severely alcoholic and bitter intro to flavors at colder temps, it had to warm up before it was coherent...once there, it was a very complex mix of booze, wood, grassy bitterness, tart yet chalky cherry, tannic red wine, and a touch of vanilla. It’s severely boozy, vinous, and the cherry and wood influences are complexly strange, the bourbon is in your face...and the bitterness is unexpectedly strong and tannic. It’s insanely warming...but it’s almost too much to handle.

Bottle at lithy’s Septemberfest. Pours very dark ruby brown with slight head. The aroma is cherry, tobacco, raisin, smooth roastiness, and bitter chocolate. The flavor is slightly smoky with very subtle cherry notes, little bits of oak and vanilla, smooth ashy caramel, some molasses, and a hint of licorice. I was so afraid that the fruit would ruin the beer, but it is so subtle it really does add a great deal of complexity. I could drink a ton of this. Complex, balanced, and delicious.

It’s been a long time since I’ve had regular Adam, but I remember it being a huge mish-mash of flavors and very good. So I sample this and tried to start picking out flavors - started with prune, oatmeal cookie, cherry, etc - actually pretty pointless to sit here and just do a laundry list of flavors. But is certainly awesome , and I would love to try this again...Sampled at lithy’s Septemberfest.

Pours a murky reddish brown with off white head. Aroma of cherries, chocolate, molasses, caramel malt, dark fruit. Similar taste, somewhat smokey.

Sampled at Lithy’s Septemberfest Tasting. Nose of great chocolate, some cherries, a little alcohol. Some smoke joins the flavor, with some port qualities. Bourbon, molassis, and vanilla oak. Like a cherry imp stout. AWESOME.

Trade bottle compliments of DA. Pours a reddish brown color with no head. Aroma of sweet fruits, bourbon and sherry. Taste of bourbon, dark cherries, booze, sherry, and oak chips. Low to medium carbonation, more than the regular Adam. Overall very enjoyable. Gets better as it warms up. Liked this better than the regular Adam. Thanks Derek!

Bottle shared by alexsdad06. Poured a clear dark reddish brown color with an average frothy brown head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Good aroma of roasted malt, dark fruit and wood. Medium to full body with thick smooth texture and flat carbonation. Medium to heavy cherry bittersweet flavor with a medium to heavy complex bittersweet finish of medium to long duration. This is a standout beer.