Hair of the Dog Fred

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

Thanks to Dansting. 12oz bottle, Batch 71. Served in a Duvel tulip. Bottle conditioned. Poured a hazy reddish gold with a thin white head. Spicy aroma with burnt sugar sweetness. Also a little alcohol. Full bodied and rich mouthfeel. Great malt complexity. Raisiny fruit. Some yeast esters. Maybe a little oxidation. Hop bitterness is restrained. Alcohol is warming. Definitely a sipper. Unique beer, very enjoyable.

12 oz bottle. Pours a nice clear amber gold with a yellow-white head. Strong rye nose balanced with a pleasant hopiness. Sweet caramel and strong rye come through clearly with an underlying hoppy bitterness. Very full body and a nice dry finish.

Poured a big, beautiful head from a 12oz bottle. Sweet smell hits you as soon as you pour it. Strong alcohol warmth, but its balanced by a sturdy hop taste. The hop bitterness hit me before the malt sweetness, but it certainly wasn’t overwhelming. Tasted a bit of raisin and definitely sugary syrup. Above average carbonation, especially for a "barley wine." Overall decent complex tasting beer you can’t necessarily afford to have too many of.

bright and sweet. hoppiness is balanced with a almost thick maple syrup sugary malt.

Bottle 35,5cl. Amber orange slightly hazy and very thick looking body with a small quickly disappering head. Lots of fat alcohol in the nose along with complex notes of wood, mud and hops. Very full and sweet body that hides the alcohol pretty good. Notes of hops, malt, alcohol and mud. Hops in the finish. Too fat and strong for me.

Bottle found at Beer Paradise in Holstebro. Hazy amber color with a nice orange head. Hoppy aroma with wood and raisin notes. Sweet taste with lots of hops , caramel and raisins. Nice and complex.

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy gold-orange, hugely effervescent, with a thick, creamy, long-lasting off-white head. Nose is orange and vanilla, spicy alcohol and apricots, sweet caramel. Hugely rich, sweet, and fruity, with different aromas wafting in and out of the mix. Taste is superb - balanced from beginning to end, but ever changing. Starts off with a toffee sweetness, some citrus, and dry, spicy alcohol that never turns boozey, all the while with a restrained hop bitterness sitting underneath the flavors without truly emerging. As the flavor progresses, the alcohol comes out a bit more, with the hops poking through on the palate just long enough to leave a restrained bitterness to counter the sweet, over-ripe golden fruit and rich toffee that also assert themselves towards the finish. A bit of alcohol bite contributes to the dryness of the tail end of the finish, along with just a bit of spicy yeast presence. Mouthfeel is effervescently creamy, if that mikes sense - soft but persistent carbonation and a medium mouthfeel, with a head that never goes away.

12oz bottle served in a Duvel tulip, from batch 59. Pours hazy orange-amber with a one inch off-white head. Smells of dried fruit, caramel, and a kiss of chocolate. Sweet toffee and rum are the main flavors as well as some vanilla, citrus, and light spiciness. Full bodied, nice carbonation. Get some!