Hair of the Dog Fred

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

Bottle. Pours orangy amber with a minimal head. Malty aroma with some alcohol. Some alcohol in the flavor with malty sweetness and a hoppy finish. Not a big b-wine fan, but this one is tasty.

bottle. pours a deep orange with a quarter inch white head... beautiful aroma of sugar, hops and light fruits. medium body with apricot, light bitterness and a nice robust body on the tip of the palate. soft on the sides and a solid finish where a touch of alcohol and a good amount of fruit and hops top it off.

12 oz. bottle, batch 70. Large off-white head, good lacing, clear golden. Bright hops and bubblegum yeast nose. Smells like candy. Taste is sweet fruit, mostly pineapple and some floral hops. Light alcohol and some honeysuckle. Starts sweet and finishes bitter. Surprisingly clean. Somewhat heavy on the palate and well carbonated. A unique, surprising beer.

2008 Bottle - Pours rich yellow with a massive white head...aroma is sweet and fruity...flavour is a complex blend of burnt sugar, hop resin, tropical fruits...there is a bitterness on the end that I know is subdued in an older bottle, I just love HOTD brews...

VERY carbonated. This thing exploded all over me when I opened it, booh! Too carbonated, if you ask me. I have never seen a head like this one. This head does not go away! A very strange looking color, but unique. Wow, very malty aroma. Nice candy and malt aroma. I do not know what else to say about this beer, but it smells great. Slight alcohol aroma. Very pungent. Not as thick as I would like. Very alcoholic/hoppy/malty. The carbonation destroys the palate, if you ask me. This beer is nice, but overrated. I do not know. I think it is nice, but it is too carbonated. The beer is nice, but jeez I hate to be the asshole. It is similar to the Terrapin Gamma Ray. Not what I expected.

Batch 71. Pours a barely unclear burnt orange with a slight red tint, no bubbles, but a very lively off-white sudsy head. Very sweet juicy aroma, pineapple and brown sugar, alcohol, some creamy butter, light toffee, light marshmallow, candied rye malt and some other tropical fruits. First taste is quite sugary, slightly burnt toffee, very rich, toasted marshmallows, light pineapple, light caramelized brown sugar, lots of honey, the floral hops are beginning to oxidize. I remember Fred from the Wood being so much juicier and having a lot more pineapple. This seems to have more burnt toastiness and more transparent alcohol. The rye malt is quite evident in the finish, adds a nice spicy kick. The palate is pretty spectacular though, syrupy but carbonated by lots of very tiny fine sparkling bubbles. I have more to age, however, I wanted to see what these 10 hop varieties tasted like somewhat fresh.

Red/orange hazy body, almost no head. Aroma is citrus and hops. Flavour is fruity and sweet, aftertaste is bitter form the hops. A very good beer

Clear sparkling amber body. Incredibly dense craggy mountainous layered khaki head. Piquant hop aroma. Very creamy texture. Wow. Incredibly rich flavor. Spicy and warm up front. A lot of malt; caramel. Sturdy hop backbone. Wood notes in the middle. Awesome beer, quickly becoming one of my favorite styles.