Hair of the Dog Fred

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

Picked this up @ High Time, they seem to be getting some constant stock on it somehow! Pours dark golden, with a slight haze. No head at first, developing a white, lacing head. As I pour it, I can already smell the northwestern hops. Other aromas may be citrus, honey, floral. You can taste the candied sugar, 10 hops provide a slight aftertaste of bitter. The alcohol is well hidden except a slight warming in my stomach reminding me this one is 10%. Medium bodied, smooth and quite drinkable.

12oz bottle courtesy of mfielden. Pours a hazy golden caramel color with a massive bubbly white head that settles slowly and heavily laces the glass. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of floral hops, caramel, candy sugar, hints of honey, flowers, ripe citrus. Flavor is sweet and malty with a subdued and smooth floral hop presence. Vigorous carbonation with notes of candy sugar, cotton candy, caramel, honey, hints of ginger and spice. Generally medium body with more significant hop notes on finish.

Bottle at Stone Bistro. Pours a hazy amber color with minimal head. Smell is pretty malty and sweet with a pretty good little hop kick. The flavor is pretty sweet but the bitter hops kick in quickly and balance out very nicely. Sweet fruits meet a citrusy hops and make for one hell of an aftertaste. This was a damn good way to wrap up a very nice dinner.

Bottle from Kihoskh, Copenhagen. Amber colour with short lasting head. Sweet barley and a hint of smoke. As it got room temperd the sweetness took over. No alcohol in taste, but you feel its presence.

Bottle. Pale amber colour. Smells sweet of raisins with a touch of soy. Big taste! Sweet with a touch of smoke. Lots of dried fruits. Hops.

Pours a hazy golden color with big white head. Aroma is strong, of rye and toasty malts, big citrusy hops, and lots of fruits: mango, melon, orange, tangerine, and big sweetness. Flavor is the fruitiest, most delicious hops. Lots of sweet, fruity malts. Some spices. Delicious. Awesome beer.

Bottle, batch 65. A hazy pale amber beer with many and big sediments, with a huge, compact and persistent beige head. The aroma is strong, quite malty (caramel, toated malts), and hoppy (grapefruit, resin) with notes of sugar, dark fruits, alcohol and vinous hints. The flavour is very sweet at the beginning, then you are hit by the citric hops. Again very sugary and fruity. The mouthfeel is lightly abrasive, though not excessively. Medium to full body, average to lively carbonation, long finish with medium lingering bitterness. Good, but not totally my beer.

Thanks to the group at the OTH for sharing this beer. She pours a golden color with notes of apple, sour, vinegar, malt, and some fruitiness- almost sugariness to it. Flavor is apple, malt, caramel, cinnamon, and spice. some sweetness, very little hop bitterness. Very good, but not what I expected.