Hair of the Dog Doggie Claws (2003-)

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Portland, Oregon USA

2005 Bottle. Poured a ruby color with a creamy tan head that had some lasting and left light lace. Nice aroma of chocolate and honey with a light hopped undertone. The flavor found honey, caramel, chocolate and a hop background. Medium to full body, sweet, and a honey aftertaste. Very nice.

[Bottle] brought back from S.F. Pours a hazy caramel with a soapy beige head. Powerful malty aroma with some citric hops, caramel/toffee, and significant alcohol. Flavor is a bit different from the aroma, and is lighter than what I was expecting. Plenty of alcohol presence, caramel, fruity yeastiness, somewhat oily palate, and a touch of butter.

08 vintange bottle shared with the kid. Pours a cloudy amber brown with mild carbonation that looks a little oily on the glass. Malty, bready but not much for a hop aroma as far as I can tell. Alchohol warming over the tongue with a load of sweet caramel and bit of a butter to the taste and a little oily on the tongue. This one may have been consumed while it was a bit young but it was very good none-the-less.

2007 bottle thanks to my sis in law who said "This looked neat and I thought you would like it!" HA! 12oz bottle pours medium copper brown with a slight off white head. Alot of dark fruits come out in the aroma. Some figs, toffee, creme brulee, caramel and even some oak in the taste. A bit of chocolate at the end. Some alcohol bunr, but not overly noticeable. Very easy drinking and just what I needed on a Friday.

Plumb and malt and sweetness. As amazing as this barley wine is, it baffles me since most Hair of the Dogs defy taxonomic categorization. But this...this is a barley wine. No doubt about it. A great barley wine. Caramel. Sweet. Really nice.

A very interested brew. I was told that it should be left to age, and would better with age, but I’m not typically one to cellar beers, so I consumed it upon returning to my home. This was the most tasty, drinkable barleywine I have ever encountered. I usually have a hard time consuming them. Citrus aroma and sweet caramel malts. Fresh hops up front and ends sweet with a slight hint of alcohol. Very good beer!

Courtesy trade with Chewy. Thanks man! Yet another beer I thought I’d only read about. A nice barley wine and a lot more drinkable than most. Aroma was good. All caramel with nothing else. Pour was perfect. A thick and soupy mix with no bubbles and a light tan film for a head. Looks like sewage and that is fine with me. It’s actually intimidating. Taste was very mellow and easy to drink. This beer tastes like a liquified Sugar Daddy. It’s all sweet caramel malt with no hops present. Just a hint of carbonation rounds this beer out. Very interesting. Imagine drinking a glass of lightly carbonated caramel and you have this beer.

Bottle from South Bay Drugs and Liquor. There was a bold and upfront aroma of lightly citrus scented hops and sweetness from a sugary caramel malt. Appearance is a glowing mahogany color with a firm development of foam head but it will die out after some time has passed. The flavor is extremely sweet and also possesses a bitter hop profile that creates a sticky resin coat inside my mouth .