Fred from the Wood
(has 3 batches)
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.01
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Fred from the Wood is aged in new, medium toast American oak barrels for at least 6 months.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught@brewery’s tap room
Deep nut brown color, medium-sized off-white head. Aroma of dark fruits, vanilla, calvados and wood. Medium to full-bodied, liquerish palate. Sweetish flavor: lots of candy sugar, bourbon and loads of vanilla. Beer to age, but already good!
Deep nut brown color, medium-sized off-white head. Aroma of dark fruits, vanilla, calvados and wood. Medium to full-bodied, liquerish palate. Sweetish flavor: lots of candy sugar, bourbon and loads of vanilla. Beer to age, but already good!
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Jul 2011
at 09:06
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
A reddish dark amber Fred with a thin off white head. An intense and just superb sweet grapes in wooden barrell aroma, wood extracts, musty. In mouth, a hyper smooth blend of sweet candy sugar, funk barley wine qualities, plum jam and maple. Wow and rewow! On tap at Hair of the Dog, Sept. 4, 2010.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Oct 2010
at 19:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz glass on tap at the HotD Tasting Room. Pours a transparent, ruddy amber with an active white head. Nose was really great, woody, vanilla, fine bourbon, caramel, I got some apple brandy. Flavor was sweet, very well balanced, caramel, oak, bourbon, toffee, apples, vanilla, a little fruit punch. Full bodied, slight alcohol burn. Loved it on tap, not sure how the bottle will effect it.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Aug 2010
at 17:16
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle pours hazy light amber with a medium tan head. Aroma is fruity, figs, apricots, light booze. Flavor is sweet, lots of vanilla and earthy wood notes, an excellent sipper. Dried fruits, lots of heavy booze and aged hops. Excellent!
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2010
at 11:21
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy gold with a light, filmy head. Aroma is oaky and sweet, with alcohol and caramel notes. Flavor begins sweet with more caramel, bready malts and golden raisins. Medium to full bodied with relaxed carbonation and some warmth. Finishes rather sweet with mild bitter notes, booze and lingering malts. Excellent beer all around. (4.3)
Bottle at Paul’s Birthday Drinks - CBC Clerkenwell, London. Bottle Vintage 2008. Great stuff. Some bread, rich gingerbread like, a bit of brown sugar. Full, rich. Yeah, still great stuff. (4.1)
Bottle at Paul’s Birthday Drinks - CBC Clerkenwell, London. Bottle Vintage 2008. Great stuff. Some bread, rich gingerbread like, a bit of brown sugar. Full, rich. Yeah, still great stuff. (4.1)
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Aug 2010
at 12:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Malt and caramel aroma with oak and some fruitiness. Malt and toffee flavor with oak and red fruit. Medium-plus bodied. Oak and vanilla lingers with toffee and red fruit. Brown sugar, oak, and sherry throughout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Aug 2010
at 10:48
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Surprise bottle with many thanks to riversideAK! Pours a murky nut brown color with white head. Nose is apple tart, cinnamon, baked fruits, oak and dark fruits. Taste is very smooth caramels, cinnamon, oak, vanilla, lightly toasted almonds and nutmeg. The caramel really shines through.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2010
at 23:23
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Suzygreenberg. Pours a hazy orange gold with no head. Aroma is hot with an alcohol burn, apple, apricot and oak on the nose. Flavor has a strong apricot note with undertones of alcohol, apples and a hint of oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2010
at 15:52
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
courtesy of tpd975. ’09 bottle. pours copper/orange, off white head. Aroma of caramel, grapefruit, oak barrel goodness white grape giving a nice fresh white wine aroma. Flavor, thick wood/barrel palate, thick malty caramel mouthfeel with some dark sugar, dark fruits, white grape/wine-like freshness of the barrel that reminded me of French oak, but apparently this is American oak. Nicely done. As with the rest of HOTD beers, it’s always hard to see the last drop disappear.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Mar 2010
at 19:13
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
17th August 2008.
Cloudy amber brown beer with a woody nose. Rich almost salty barleywine underpins sweet oak and vanilla. A soft palate with medium dryness. Some grapefruit hop at the end. Complex and moorish. Original rating 3.8
21st November 2009
Hazy dark amber beer. Thick frothy white head. Oaky vanilla nose. Light frothy palate. Light creamy vanilla oak start. Sweet creamy mid with mellow but fruity hops which contrast nicely with the oaky sweetness. Finishes frothy and soft with some peppery spice. Slightly bitter aftertaste. A wonderful medley of top class beer flavours!
Cloudy amber brown beer with a woody nose. Rich almost salty barleywine underpins sweet oak and vanilla. A soft palate with medium dryness. Some grapefruit hop at the end. Complex and moorish. Original rating 3.8
21st November 2009
Hazy dark amber beer. Thick frothy white head. Oaky vanilla nose. Light frothy palate. Light creamy vanilla oak start. Sweet creamy mid with mellow but fruity hops which contrast nicely with the oaky sweetness. Finishes frothy and soft with some peppery spice. Slightly bitter aftertaste. A wonderful medley of top class beer flavours!
Tried
on 18 Nov 2009
at 14:28