Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (2001-2002)

Formerly brewed at Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Portland, Oregon USA

12 oz. bottle. 2002. Copper and orange color; clear. The head is thin but consistent. The aroma is orangy, malty and with alcohol. Hops aren’t too apparent in the aroma. The flavor is fairly bitter (simcoe, no wonder!) and not too sweet or malty. The alcohol flavor meshes very well with the bitterness. There is a creamy mouthfeel and it is not as oxidized as expected. Great beer!

Copper color and the amarillo hop aroma had a stong pressence. Some paticles floating in glass were also present and beer had a good head to it. Alcohol was present on the finish

bottle from New Beer. 2002 bottle. piney sweet aroma fulffy white head. nice hstrong hop flavor.heavy sweet hop taste medium body. i like it

2002. Cloudy dark yellow with a light head. Intoxicating hop aroma of a delicious IPA, with no malt or spice scents. Flavour is like an awesome high alcohol IPA. Well balanced and delicious as hell. Not what I expect for a Barley Wine but an excellent beer.

Pours with a five-finger+, bubbly light tan head that explodes out of the bottle, fades slowly and leaves a good lace. Cloudy amber color with chunky bits at the bottom. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Nose is raisiny. Starts on the sweet side but some bitterness comes in and lingers. There are better barley wines like Dogfish Head’s Old School. $4.25 for a 12oz bottle from Vintage Cellar Blacksburg, VA.

2002 sampled in a flute at cellar temp. This foamed heavily upon opening. Not a gush but a slow continous eruption and poured a huge head that wouldn’t die down. Peaks like merengue. The bottle continues to push foam out for 10 minutes after opening. The body is hazy and golden in color. Very fruity aroma with oranges and caramel. The flavor is sweet and fruity but not cloying in any way, alcohol and hops at the back. Very well balanced and warming. Good body and mouthfeel but this isn’t a heavy syrupy type Barleywine. Enjoyable sipping.

Bottle 2002. Hazy, dark orange color with a small off white head. Sweet, malty, caramel aroma. Flavor is an odd mix of caramel, toffee and grapefruit. Kind of thin bodied with very little carbonation. May be an off bottle as most people have told me this beer has a fairly aggressive carbonation. Still was rather enjoyable. Rerate 8/4/05 Picked up another ’02 and felt a rerate was necessary. Same aroma and flavor profile as previous bottle, but this bottle poured with a huge off white head and was nicely carbonated. Will raise the appearance score froma 3 to a 5, the palate from a 3 to a 4, flavor from 6 to 7 and overall from 14 to 16.

light brown/dark orange.. nice lasting frothy head. Yeasty, very citrusy, mouthwatering bitterness, lively very carbonated mouthfeel. Black tea. very thin for the style. Not what i was expecting,,but wtf. its good