Hair of the Dog Ruth

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

Aroma of sweet citrus and peach. Taste is similar with a bitter finish that lingers. This is a really nice blonde ale that I think is under rated.

Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with one finger off white head. Nose is floral hops, malt and sweet citrus. Taste is caramel, orange which fades to grapefruit and finishes with a bitter resin that lingers for a bit. Medium mouth feel with decent lacing. Better than the ratings show. This is a very nice blond ale.

Pours a hazy pale gold with a thin frothy white head. The nose is sweet, citrusy, light alcohol, grapefruit, a little dry, hoppy. The flavor was citrusy, had a little diacetyl, a waxy bite, a bit dry, some mandardin orange, earthy. A bit watery in the mouth with a waxy bite. The finish was a bit citrusy.

The color was light golden with a thin, white, and fizzy head. The aroma was diacetyle acid, hops, and citris. The palate was average. The finish was hoppy.

Pours clear oily gold with a squatty white head. Sweet aroma of crystal hops, lemon, and corn syrup. Taste battles between sweet and bitter and it differs with nearly every sip. Grainy taste throughout mixed with the crystal malt, some grapefruit and pears, then back to the grainy, cereal finish. Decent, not great.

Chunky beer, bizarre.. Hazy dark apricot color, white head. Would have rated a lot higher if it weren’t for the chunks. Spiced, fruity notes, very bitter back end. My least favorite hair of the dog.

Received 12-oz bottle from Liquid Solutions.biz in Portland, Oregon. Pours a clear golden blonde brew with a creamy white head that has some nice retention and spotty lacing. Aroma of golden grain malt, some piney and citrus zest hops, with a touch of bubble gum. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonated with flavors of golden grain malt, a touch of caramel, fruity pears and some grapefruit. Finish is slightly bitter with a more grapefruit and light golden grain aftertaste.

This seems well-made and has some good qualities, but it is not my type. It’s hazy gold with a faintly off-white, big head that steadily shrinks to a medium, lasting head and a little weak, foamy lacing. The aroma is like a wheat ale, mostly pears, banana, hints og bubblegum, pine, bread, and citrus. The taste is zesty, a bit tart, pears and light but definitely dominant fresh grapefruit. It’s dry, a bit too dry, with a light 7-up quality, light bitterness, a quick finish of lightly bitter grapefruit, and no real aftertaste. It’s very dry and fizzy. In the end, the character vanishes fairly quickly, it’s dry, bland, and boring, yet still seems solid in the middle. This is not my type of "refreshing" beer but it’s ok.