Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood 4.07 494

Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood

	Percentile
	100
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
494	4.08/5.0	4.07/5.0	Special	10%	98.8	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Fred From the Wood is aged in new, medium toast American oak barrels for at least 6 months. This Beer is available from the brewery and at select retailers.

RateBeer Special Release 06/06,Batch 64: We hope you enjoy this release of Fred from the Wood, the first of RateBeer.com’s Worldwide Masters Series. This request edition beer showcases the artful strength and technical brewing excellence of Alan Sprints of Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon. Sprints is consistently rated by RateBeer’s thousands of beer enthusiasts as one of the world’s most elite brewers. He has kindly honored our request for a special edition of Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood, which is aged in oak barrels for six months and is truly world-class beer. -- Joe Tucker, RateBeer.com

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bierkoning (6087), La Tropica, Netherlands

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	3/5	9/10	3/5	16/20

Mar 18, 2009

Bottle from TheEpeeist, thanks! Orange color, pours a lively head. Huge maltaroma with nutmeg, figs, pipe tobacco and oak. Malty sweetish, alcoholic flavor with pepper, oak, pipe tobacco, Sauternes wine and dried fruit. Good complexity, though the oak reveals itself very strongly. Excellent!

Zinister (1207), Houston, Texas, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 15, 2009

GABF 2008 at Dr. Bill’s tasting. Dark orange pour with tan head. Nose of wood, vanilla, tobacco leaves and fruits. Flavor is wonderful...just a great beer.

Hophead22 (1105), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 15, 2009

12oz bottle brought over by DuffManSW, huge thanks Sean. Sweet malty aroma. Dark gold pour with very little beer. Super smooth, very rich a flavorful, with a nice boozy finish.

aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	16/20

Mar 15, 2009

12oz bottle from a trade, I honestly cant remember who. sorry. Batch 64. Pours a dark orange to brown in color with a nice tan head, Aromas of wood, tobacco( I didn’t realize this one until I read the previous ratings, but once I saw the word it became so obvious) vanilla, and a little more wood. Flavors of vanilla, sweet malts, oak, and just a nice mellow fruit flavor. This is a really good beer, and puts regular fred to shame. I have a hard time believing they are the same base brew. Thanks again to whoever sent this.

travita (1941), Frisco, Texas, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	9/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 9, 2009

Bottle thanks to lumpy. Batch 64. The smell is spicey, spruce, tobacco, wood, pine neddles. caramel, candy, vanilla, and alcohol, The look is almost clear, thinner white head, darker golden color. The taste is alcohol, fruits, wood, spices, malts, and goodness. Nice feel and finish. Verrry good.

jkwalking05 (1485), Arlington, Texas, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	9/10	4/5	9/10	5/5	17/20

Mar 7, 2009

Bottle thanks to Lumpy. Orange in color with a small off-white head. Aroma is of vanilla, bourbon, rum, wood, and tobacco. Taste is of toffee, vanilla, bourbon, cognac, wood, and rum with a full body and a slightly dry finish.

Swalden28 (1514), McKinney, Texas, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 6, 2009

Bottle thanks to Lumpy.....Pours a amber with beige head. Aroma has some sweetness to it, as well as tobacco, some spice. Flavor is much the same, sweet, licorice, tobacco, wood, and some malt. Mouth feel is full body, ow-medium carbonation. Overall, a very tasty Brew!!!!

skortila (2913), Bunnik, Netherlands

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	17/20

Mar 1, 2009

Bottled. Aroma has overripe fruits, oranges, oak, caramel vanilla and hops. Hazy, orange coloured with an off-white head. The taste is sweet and has bitterness. Quite well balanced. It has caramel, overripe and fresh fruits, oak and some port/cognac/whisky tones. Well bodied & full. Good beer

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