Hair of the Dog Matt

Brewed by Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Traditional Ale
Portland, Oregon USA

bottle, thanks to americanbrew, black coffee colored pour with resinous legs, no head, meaty, smoke , cognac nose, flavors are oaky, vanilla, soy, caramel, great lingering finish

huge thanks to americanbrew for this one and my 1100th rating. deep chocolate brown pour with a thin cream head. nose of smoke, tobacco, wood, vanilla, and so much more. great thickness, very sweet with smoke, vanilla, wood, dark fruits and all kinds of good stuff. very warming once it’s all the way down and very thick. incredible beer right here.

Thanks to Trevor211 via trade. Pours opaque brown with a small trace of a dark drown head. Aromas of tobacco, cherries,oak,apples,maybe currants,caramel and a hint of some booze. Acidic sweetness end with a nice bitter bite. Smooth texture with a full body. Awesome beer. Wish I had a few bottles.

Huge thanks to AmEricanbrew for this one, now I just need another one! Pours with a very sparing head and a murky, deep brown body. Aroma of light smoke, bourbon, calvados, oak, chocolate, spice, sherry, tar, marshmallow, dark fruits (special B?), vanilla and tobacco. Taste is sweet, with smoke, tar, meat, dark fruits, really thick and eminently complex. Long, long, long duration, finishing woody with a light rochefort cheese note. Amazing. Syrupy, and warming. This beer completely lives up to the hype.

Name: Matt
Date: March 27, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: opaque dark brown, wispy head, streaks of lace
Aroma: sweet dark caramel aroma, lots of tart cherry and oak
Flavor: rich dark malt flavor, caramel sweetness, touch of fruityness with a nice apple sweetness, light tart cherry, touch of growing chocolate, hint of bourbon and vanilla, light alcohol
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+/4

CPLYFO 09. 12 oz bottle shared by Fogdog. Pours a deep dark brownish almost ruby color with a slight haze and a nice lasting thin head. Aroma is tobacco leaf, tons of big toasty malts, molasses, fruity - figs and dates, dark candi sugar, good cold meaty smokeyness, tar notes sweet toffee, slight cidery sweetness along with hints of vanilla and oak but the big malts come through first. Flavor is so big yet not cloyingly sweet, and not too thick to drink, just tons of big malts and sugars that work so damn well together. Earthy and leathery hints along with more tobacco wrapper, ashy smoke, meaty, nice phenolics, vanilla, apple, and big sweetness. Huge, smooth and somehow way too easy do drink. Wish i had a whole bottle to myself. Actually, I wish I had about a case or more. Ridiculously good.

12oz bottle shared once again by pantanap. pours dark ruby with small tan head. nose of smoke, sherry, apple, cherry, plums, vanilla, wood, and honey. flavors of apple wood, sherry, cherry, smoke, with a wonderful finish of cigar ash, port, and chocolate. very low carbonation with a tad thin body. in some sips the alcohol overwhelmed the flavor profile but that and the moutfeel are minimal faults. at times this reminds me of dave. wow! this is one killer beer. I need some!

Thanks Andre. Rich beer full of cherry, apple, heavy malt, wood, brown sugar, and chocolate. Only downfall is the heavy alcohol and bitter smoke flavor. Overall, the apple makes this one a winner, and this one should only get better with additional time.