Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood 4.07 498

Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood

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	100
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Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Barley Wine
Portland, Oregon USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
498	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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travita (1970), 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 (1501), 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 (1531), 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 (2915), 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

Blom (527), Odense, Denmark

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Feb 25, 2009

Cloudy amber with a huge head. Fruity and oaky aroma with a lot of herbs in it. The flavour is very fullfilling for a barley wine: a bit heavy on the alcohol with dusty hop notes and a lot of sweet caramel and vanilla.

nightrider (387), encinitas, California, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	19/20

Feb 12, 2009

Poured from a 2008 bottle revealing an orange gold color with a thin white head. Aromas are sweet with orange, honey, and peach. Mouthfeel is ultra smooth. Luscious complex flavors of caramel, fruit, malt, and fresh oak. Good long finish leaves you wanting more. Great beer!!!

nbutler11 (773), Phoenix, Arizona, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Feb 7, 2009

Bottle from the Pizza Port Carlsbad shop. Pours a murky copper color with a trim off-white head. Smells of orange rind and oak. Loaded with malt and caramel in the flavor, very chewy, with a strange element of tobacco. A hearty brew.

poolboy (66), Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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

Feb 4, 2009

Orange color with large (for a barley wine) off-white head. Plenty of wood taste. Mild spices. Good roasted malt taste. Fruity aroma. Reasonable aftertaste.

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