Adam - Hair of the Dog Brewing Company / Brewery and Tasting Room

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rAvg: 4.27
pDev: 10.54%
Reviews: 919
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Hair of the Dog Brewing Company / Brewery and Tasting Room

Oregon, United States

Style | ABV
Old Ale | 10.00% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (894), on-tap (23), nitro-tap (1), can (1).

Notes:
A re-creation of an historic beer style originally made in Dortmund, Germany. Adam was the first beer produced by Hair of the Dog.

10% alcohol by volume
50 IBUs.

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Reviews by cptierney:

cptierney

California

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into my beautiful North Coast snifter.

Excellent head on the pour. A deep, deep brown verging on black liquid. Two fingers of solid foam that quickly recedes to some sustained lacing.

Lovely, sweet aroma. All sorts of leathery fruits come to the fore, particularly fig. Nice notes of caramel as well, I almost want to take a bite out of it.

The mouthfeel is really unique on this brew. It has both a light and heavy texture all at once that is hard to describe. Carbonation is consistent, however.

Flavor is really sweet. The fig and caramel are really present as well as a strong bitter that comes into play on the beers finish. You are aware of the alcohol, but not in a way that distracts from the brew's complexity.

Not too high of marks for drinkability, as everything about this beer cautions me from drinking another. A tasty example of the style, however. Maybe, I'm coming around to the strong ale and barleywine camp. I need more empirical evidence.

Serving type: bottle

09-25-2009 05:23:42 | More by cptierney

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cyrushire

Florida

4/5 rDev -6.3%

05-24-2013 06:25:46 | More by cyrushire

Lantern

North Carolina

5/5 rDev +17.1%

05-24-2013 00:33:12 | More by Lantern

jaylib

California

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

05-23-2013 21:17:07 | More by jaylib

hannydawg

Illinois

4.5/5 rDev +5.4%

05-23-2013 14:01:25 | More by hannydawg

Callmecoon

California

4/5 rDev -6.3%

05-23-2013 02:23:24 | More by Callmecoon

randylangford

Pennsylvania

4.75/5 rDev +11.2%

05-22-2013 22:30:00 | More by randylangford

ChugMan

Washington

4/5 rDev -6.3%

05-22-2013 03:43:36 | More by ChugMan

PlinyBeMiney

California

3.25/5 rDev -23.9%

05-21-2013 23:17:50 | More by PlinyBeMiney

brian4beer

Indiana

4.5/5 rDev +5.4%

05-20-2013 00:48:52 | More by brian4beer

NJB145

Michigan

4.5/5 rDev +5.4%

05-20-2013 00:33:14 | More by NJB145

DJButters

California

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

05-20-2013 00:15:54 | More by DJButters

Gtreid

Florida

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

05-19-2013 23:42:59 | More by Gtreid

FondueVoodoo

British Columbia (Canada)

4.34/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Big thanks to lazarus25 for bringing this up north.

Batch 87

A: Pours torched oak colour - Deep brown with tan-yellow highlights. Just a whisp of sandy head, that really there just to prove it's not a wine. The ale is murky and appears thick in the glass - full of sediment & rustic.

S: Full of alcohol esters with smooth vanilla & dark dried fruits, cherries, plums and raisins. Sweet chocolate with a solid presence of oiled leather and fresh wet wood. Overall sweetness of buckwheat honey shines through.

T: Molasses and smooth vanilla with nuts that give way to grains and finishes earthy and rustic. Alcohol vapours is noticeable on the tongue, but lacks any burn or fire breath.

M: Thick and chewy with a syrup feel on the palette. Offers some puckering dryness at the mid point and on the finish that support the flavours.

O: A sophisticated drink that might pair well with cigars and smoking jackets, in a formidable leather wing back chair with your hounds in front of a crackling fire recounting that day's pheasant hunt.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 04:01:57 | More by FondueVoodoo

Photekut

Azerbaijan

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

05-18-2013 22:20:11 | More by Photekut

bbadger

Texas

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

05-18-2013 06:48:18 | More by bbadger

chossboss

Oregon

4.5/5 rDev +5.4%

05-17-2013 04:50:05 | More by chossboss

Pelican5

California

4.25/5 rDev -0.5%

05-16-2013 07:25:14 | More by Pelican5

MontereyBay831

California

5/5 rDev +17.1%

05-16-2013 04:45:09 | More by MontereyBay831

Bouleboubier

Pennsylvania

4.49/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: dark, baked wood-meat color... interesting sort of chestnut or chocolaty brown hue... somewhat turbid and primitive.... some foam on the pour, but it took a nap

S: cocoa-dusted coffee cake... measure of toasted bread crumbs... mild phenolic mist coming through the cracks, floral-wood.... superb balance of the elements

T: like a smoky doppelbock - immediate comparison to a slightly silkier Celebrator, but with an almost cherrywood-smoked melanoidin-caramelized quality.... but clean... undeniable salivatory concentration of flavor, but floats wonderfully atop the smooth phantom-fruity alcohol

M: the core is concentrated on the top, soft fresh water carries it.... not as dense a malt foundation as it suggests.... still solid, hardly meek... surprised how clean the finish is.... it sits on the palate momentarily before quietly washing off....

O: I don't see how you can call this an "Old Ale" - it's an old style, I'm sure.... straddles a few styles.... excellent and more or less unique for what it is

Serving type: on-tap

05-15-2013 19:38:29 | More by Bouleboubier