Hair of the Dog Fred from the Wood

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

A hazy amber beer with a thin though dense off-white head. The aroma is sweet alcoholic combined with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet with powerful notes of alcohol and caramel. And the body is thick - a bit like drinking a mixture of molten caramel and alcohol. Nice Barley Wine.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Slightly hazy amber golden with a dense, creamy, yellowish head leaving a pretty lacework. Sweet - somewhat medicinal - oak aroma. Very full-bodied, sweetish malty - caramel - and then a distinct, hoppy finish. Lovely. Courtesy of Storm. 120207

12 fl oz bottle, courtesy of Papsoe. Pours clear and golden orange with a slowly diminishing white head. Wineous and fruity maty aroma. Flavour is sweet and vanilla with a distinct hoppy note coming through. Sweet malty and slight roasted malty into a smooth finish. Lingering sweet flavoured.

Bottle. Medium orange red color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy vintage, fruity - date, wood, toffee, tobac, alcohol. Flavor is heavy to moderate sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. ;o)) (220108)

Bottle. Aroma very much of vanilla. Cloudy orange colour, small head. The flavour is nice, there is some vanilla, fruit, wood and cigar box. A bit of sourness, but that balances the sweetness. Good mouthfeel, probably due to the alcohol content.

Bottled@Olutkellari Helsinki. Deep reddish brown colour, mediumsized beige creamy head. Aroma is fruity, sugary, alcoholic and some hints of some nectary and vanilllaish notes. Flavour is quite sweet nectary and wooden notes along with vanilla, alcohol and some nice fruity notes.

Bottle. Cloudy golden coloured with an off white head. Aroma of fruits, vanilla, oak and wood. Flavour of fruits, caramel, oak, vanilla and hops.

Date: June 18, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog I
Vintage: #64
Appearance: opaque brown, headless
Aroma: huge woody vanilla aroma
Flavor: flavor is all wood, lots of vanilla, lots of ripe fruit from the dark malts, well balanced bitterness, a hint of alcohol after warming

Date: June 13, 2006
Mode: bottle
Vintage: batch 64
Appearance: opaque copper, thin fine head leaving some nice lace
Aroma: huge oak aroma with tart woody character, a trace of alcohol shows in the aroma from time to time
Flavor: flavor is very smooth and balanced, mellow carmel malt, picking up traces of ripe fruit, nice earthy hops with a long bitter finish that lasts forever, very dry, initial kick of alcohol mid way through that settles down and does not reappear

Date: February 01, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Vintage: #64
Score: iii
vanilla sweetness is getting thick and sweet, lots of fruit and wood, aging nicely

Date: February 29, 2008
Mode: bottle
Vintage: batch 64
Score: 4.0 to 4.3
Aroma: smokey oak aroma with dry caramel, fleeting hint of tartness, touch of peppery alcohol
Body: very creamy yet sticky body
Flavor: flavor is a strong yet well balanced oak and caramel, fruity character adds more complexity, underlying sticky caramel and vanilla sweetness that continues to grow but the oak stays in step, touch of alcohol in the form of hot caramel, earthyness adds balance but the sweetness eventually wins

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 18/20
Rating: 4.3/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***4

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