Hair of the Dog Fred

4.1/5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20

12 ounce bottle into snifter, batch 77. Pours a hazy dark orange-brown color with a huge 4 finger off white head with incredible retention that reduces to a lacing cap that leaves nice lacing. Aromas of dark fruits, molasses, caramel; with a bit of wood, citrus, spice, and booze. Taste of dark fruits, molasses, spice, citrus, and caramel. There is a bit of a delayed hop bitterness on the palate after the finish, with strong sweetness on the front that lingers after the finish. Very smooth and full bodied mouthfeel, with medium carbonation. There is also some well pronounced alcohol warming after the finish, but the alcohol strength does not detract from the flavor at all. Overall, this is definitely a great beer, and is very unique and interesting. Too bad I will not be able to try any other HotD beers at this time unless I trade some, but I am glad I was able to experience a few of them.

Another good one from Hair of the Dog. I am interested in trying out some of the other Adam and Fred variants out there(wood aged, cherry etc). Will definitely have to trade for them in the future.

Hair of the Dog Adam

4.3/5

AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20

12 ounce bottle, batch 77 into snifter. Pours dark brown with a small light tan head with good retention that reduces to a lacing cap. Aromas of figs, raisins, chocolate, and molasses. Taste of raisins, a lot of chocolate, molasses, and smokiness. Absolutely no alcohol noticed, except for warming, and there is a slight tart/sour feel to it with some bitterness. Finishes very smooth with lingering tastes. Medium body and carbonation. A very interesting beer, which is like nothing that I have had before. Kind of a cross between a Belgian dark ale and a stout I guess. Fantastic.

A beer, that you will likely never find in Ohio or any of the midwest, unless you are lucky like I was finding it in Indiana at Belmont Beverage. If you are in Indiana, and have a Belmont near you, they may have some left. A interesting and great beer, really smooth.

Hair of the Dog Ruth

3.6/5

AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20

12 ounce bottle. Pours hazy amber-orange color with a 2 finger white head with very good retention and nice lacing. Aromas of citrus, floral, caramel, and spicy yeast. Taste of citrus, and floral with some spiciness, then a nice clean bitterness on the finish that lingers for a bit, but has good balance. A slight amount of alcohol warming noticed after the finish. Has a fairly light body feel with medium carbonation. Overall I would say this is a solid pale ale, with good mouthfeel and taste.

I was amazingly lucky to find the Hair of the Dog beers in Indiana because they only distribute locally normally which is Oregon and surrounding states. This was pretty good, but I am really excited to try "Adam" and "Fred" soon, which are some of the highest rate beers on ratebeer.