Hair of the Dog Cherry Rose

Formerly brewed at Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Portland, Oregon USA

Rose that has 20 pounds of cherries in the cask. Light reddish color. Aroma is cherry, tart and sweet. A medium bodied ale. Malts are fruity and sweet. Cherry flavor is tart and slightly sweet, which balances the malts well. Hops are slightly spicy. Nice beer, very subtle flavors. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

RBSG 04. As Alan poured this brew he warned us to watch out for chuncks of cherry floating around, although my glass wasn’t full of them, it shows he wasn’t messin around while making this. Tons of cherry flavor, very tart with a sour finish. Color was bright red with a small off-white head with an intense fruity cherry aroma. I wish fruit beers were my style, but a bit too sour for my tastes.

Bottle from Hi-Time Wine. Baffled that I am the only bottle rating. Even more baffled I havent entered it yet as this was Spring 08. That this is based on a Tripel is the most incomprehensible. Cherry Rose is full, mellow and warming and might be cloying if not for the supreme balance.

RBSG 2004, on cask at the brewery: Hazy red with a small white head. Like Rose but with a huge sour cherry component to it. Some additional sweetness comes up front and then it ends fairly dry.

RBSG 2004 Thanks again to Alan Sprints for providing the RB crew w/ some HoTD rarities. On tap, reddish color, the cherry flavor is very nice. This is a very nice fruit beer.

(Draft: Hair Of The Dog Brewery in Portland, OR) Different from the "regular" Rose in that there is no use of beets, hibiscus or red peppercorns, but no matter, this is about as red as any beer I’ve seen. The cherry flavor is unique in that it is not sweet, so it’s more realistic in that sugars apparently aren’t added to create a more "palatable" sweetness. There’s also a gentle spicy character from the yeast. The pinkish white head maintains a thin layer, but leaves lots of foam on the glass. I only wish I could have had a few minutes to comtemplate this beer without trying to carry on a conversation with Alan. Gotta try this again.

Tap at brewery. Pours a nice reddish/purple? color. Very nice pinkish/purple head forms and last for quite a bit. Good lacing. Medium bodied with good carbonation levels. Sourish cherry aroma with a bit of woodiness. A bit tart initially although not tremendously so. Big woody/nutty presence from the pits left in the fruit. NIcely done!

Sampled @ brewery, RBSG 2004. Bright murky red, wonderful appearance with a small white head. The nose and flavor are dominated by the cherries, with a nise tartness that is kriek-like... a little wood or pit in there, nice bubbly semi-sweet cherry fruit. Thanks Alan.