Hair of the Dog Greg

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Portland, Oregon USA

Had this on tap at the brewery OBF party. Light yellow color with a white head and lacing. Not much of a squash flavor at first but then I get it. Neat idea. Light and refreshing beer.

Had this at HotD on July 28th, 2006. Squash Beer! no hops added to it. very light beer. at least for HotD! The squash seemed to add some sweetness and balance with the malt. Resulting in haveing no need to add hops. Very refreshing beer.

Bright amber colour. A bit strange - not distinctively gourdy, but at least a clean, crisp, moderately malty amber ale with toasty/caramelly accent. Hrm.

Nice treat at the brewery. Had a couple of sampler glasses. No hops? Interesting. A picture of a large pile of squash was on the wall. Gentle alternative to summer wheat on the patio. Don’t notice the squash flavour until it is pointed out to you. The squash refreshing meaty body to the beer.

Sampled on draft at the HotD Brewery. Sipped this one while discussing it with Alan Sprints and learned that it was brewed using no hops at all. The tannins in the squash provide the bitterness. Perhaps if the squash is in the full boil, then that’s why there are no noticible squash characteristics. This beer cost more to brew than any other Hotd brew. An enjoyable beer and a good conversation.8

On tap at Barcade. Yellow and cloudy in color with little or no head. Spicey and fruity aroma. Pumpkin and squash notes. Sweet tasting. Finish is bitter. Not much to say. Ok beer.

Draft @ Barcade. Cloudy yellow with a small head. Aroma is dough and spices, maybe pumpkin but definatly a ord of some kind. Taste is smooth and on the sweet side but not cloying. I know I’d be really confused if I didnt know it was squash. This is a beer you need to drink at least a pint of to understand. Well, I drank my pint and didnt care for it.

This is a very exquisetely tasty little beer, that you would really never know was made from squash. Balanced and medium-bodied with some vegetal notes that are very washed out by something that I cannot quite put my finger on, perhaps it is a spiciness or the hops that are present, but I will have to try this again to try to narrow down what else I am tasting, this one is different and eldues me but is still pretty tasty.