Hair of the Dog Rose Cassis

Formerly brewed at Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Style: Fruit Beer
Portland, Oregon USA

(12oz bottle, thanks kmweaver) Murky purple/amber body with small off-white head. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, currant. Taste is moderately sweet, strong currant, some cream, light alcohol. Medium body, some creaminess.

2005. Sludgy pour, fairly still, of a sickly tanned pink flesh tone. The rosy cheeks of a tanning-booth girl. Currants are still powerful on the nose. Wet wood and a hint of vinegar betray the age. Some cream and baked brown sugar on the back end. Tastes mild in general to start, a bit like beets. Suggestions of tomato, spice and raspberry in a hot cherry cough syrup body. Finishes dry and tannic – massive like a bold Zinfandel. Waxy and hot in the mouth, retaining a bit of framboise-like sparkle. It’s hard to say if age has benefited this any, though it’s evolved into something that’s interesting, at the least. Thanks for sharing, Ken!

Light brown/pink muddy color. WIne like aromas, dried fruit, sweet berry aromas. Good balance of sweet and sour especially in the finish.

Bottle from trade with SamuraiArtist. Thanks Ezra! Pours a muddy pinkish red color with a light pink head. Aroma of cherries, apples, fermented fruit and spices. Taste is strong currents, smoky with hints of orange, apples and yeast. Has a very unique flavor of dried fruit and alcohol. Smooth and easy to drink with a bit of a sweet finish.

12-oz. Thanks, Pitonka! Pours surging, opaque mauve with a thinnish, fizzy lavender head. Looks grainy and murky at all times. Smells massively dusty, almost a hot summer dirt road sense. Light tones of cherryish/black currant too. Soft medium body with light pleasant carb and very fruit-forward flavors. Nice stuff. Mid-palate is more modest bodied currant flavor business. Slight sticky sugary finish.

Bottle courtesy of larry pitonka. Pours a red and cloudy beer with a thin tan head. Smells of currants, lots of sourness and buttery. Taste is very sour with a nice compliment of black currants. Great take on a fruit beer!

12oz bottle via bonus with robertsreality. Damn Rob thanks again. I’ve been wanting try this for a while now. Pours reddish strawberry brown, like a smoothie made with old fruite. Head is 1 finger wide and a reddish white. The nose is light and slighty fruity. The taste has a big alcholic punch and is very vinious and sharp. Not the best taste or feeling from a fruit beer but its not horrid either. I would have hoped perhaps after almost 2 years that this may have mellowed some.

12oz bottle pours out a cloudy amber topped with a small off white head. A little fruit and wood on this one.