Hair of the Dog Cherry Adam from the Wood

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

Bottle from trade with Dubbercody. Thanks Jamie. Pours a dark hazy brown color with almost no head at all. Aroma is magnificent with many different smells. Cherries, oak, bourbon, chocolate, dates and toasted malt. Taste was just as complex and wonderful. All of the things you smell you also get the flavor of. Very nice and enjoyable experience. Has long lasting delicious finish. This is an outstanding brew. Cheers Alan.

Bottle...pours a dark mahogany with ruby tints and a thin, film-like cream head. This immediately hits the nose upon pouring...an absolutely ridiculous conglomeration of complexities abound. Notes of vanilla, tart cherries, chocolate, tobacco, oak and some very nice vinous qualities. It’s kind of hard to describe everything as this brew seemed to change by the minute. Very smooth, perfect low-level carbonation. The flavor starts out with the tart cherries and melds into an oaky, vanilla bean and chocolate middle...finishing very dry and merlot-esque. AMAZING!

Holy sweet jeezus. This beer is a hell of a sipper, to be sure. Pours a lovely dark dark brown with almost no head (not that it needs it) and a touch of rose around the edges. Aroma is a heady sweet mix of malt, vanilla bourbon, and a touch of fruitiness. This stuff tastes absolutely divine. Starting out very warm with the bourbon and sweet malty body mixing well with a touch of oak, and then the back end dissolves into a little bit of dark fruit. Just a superbly crafted beer. I gain more respect for Alan Sprints by the day.

Damn, a lost rating! Shared with Oakes and Beershine and more in early Feb I believe. Great damn beer. Reddish brown pour with a nice head. Aroma is all over the place. I mean wow. Cherries, oak, bourbon, madera wine, booze, vanilla, honey and more! Flavor is amazing. Layered and complex. Full of booze, vanilla, cherry, oak, and what seems like a light touch of smoke. Fun beer, actually an amazing beer.

Pours dark brown with a negligible dotting of white bubbles. Smells of cherries, peaty, oak, some caramel, tarte. Tastes roasty and oaky with some cherries, buttery hints (not diacetyl, more of a velvety sensation), caramel, some peatiness. Excellent!

Bottle provided to me by my main man in SD, Jon, much thanks! Very dark and almost imperial stout like in appearance topped by a small but lasting frothy head and spotty lace. oily legs as well. The nose detects massive bourbon and sherry cask conditioning, vanilla, oak, grapes, dates, heavy ripened cherries, bittersweet bakers chocolate, smoke and peat, leather and tar, EXTREMELY over-the-top and wonderful. The taste has a hard time matching the nose but damn well tried. BIG HUGE MALT and twangy fruits reign throughout. Oak, vanilla, chocolate, and smoke add an excellent depth of palate. Such an earthy finish that words escape me... mineral, wood, herbs, fire, leather, pipe tobacco.. oh heck yes pipe tobacco, and even a h9int of pine cone. The mouth feel is very oily, lush and warming. A massive winter warmer for sure. WOW, I am just floored by this beer, among the finest of the year. Complex and huge displays a carnival of aromas and flavors. A absolute MUST TRY BEER than reminds me a lot of of my first taste of Kuhnhenn Raspberry Eisbock, so much it is hard to put into words... fyi. my 1st words were motherXuck when I smelled and tasted this absolute masterpiece.

So most needed re-rate or real rate, since the version I had was in the barrel for only about 4 months compared to this 15 month version. 12oz bottle from the brewery release, one of the ones that came back with me on the plane. Pours dakr purplish black with a thin tan head that has faded a bit to a tan ring. The nose is really quite excellent, a blend of sherry, cherries, bourbon a touch of oak, and a tart sweetness. Taste is excellent, rich sweet cherry notes that provide an excellent balance for the flavor of the adam, this is as Mike said a completely different beer from both Adam and Adam from the wood. The taste and mouth feel are very vinious there is a big winelike quality here, that evokes the oak in the beer as well. Every sip I seem to get a little bit of something different. All in all this is excellent and the mouth feel is heavenly, its an amazing beer with a lot of flavor, and character, I can’t wait to see what happens to this over time. Another winner Alan, thanks for all the great beer, and here’s to another 15 excellent years.

12 oz bottle. Pours Black with hints of ruby in certain light. Fair lacing on the glass. Head was small ,off-white and quickly diminishing. Aromas were amazing. Cherries,oak, citrus hops, vanilla, cola and a hint of bourbon. Nicely balanced. Moderate sweetness to an acidic bitterness. Some vinegary flavors also. Medium bodied with an almost oily texture. Soft carbonation. So glad I could get some of this. Hair of the dog rocks.