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Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brouwerij De Molen / Tamamura-Honten (Shiga Kogen Beer)Strong Ale Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.67
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This beer has a deep roasty flavor with notes of blackberry jam and liquorish. Produced by Shiga Kogen, Brouwerij de Molen and Hair of the Dog, this bottle is a blend of Hel & Verdoemenis, W-IBA and Fred. History and tradition are intertwined with creative though and passion, producing a beverage with depth and flavor.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle - 2017 batch - this is an interesting one - I’ve never had the Shiga beer, but have had the HotD and De Molen - I can distinctly taste both beers - the deep roast, vinous notes, and licorice of the Hel and the treacle and deep fig of the Fred - there is a back-end spiciness and a hint of smoke, leading to a warming finish - starting to get a little thin with age - not sure I would cellar further, but it is quite good right now.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jul 2025
at 02:40
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8
Delish. 12oz bottle. Licorice and anise. Chewy malt. Some dried fruit, but tons of roast and burnt toast. Bitter. Dry. Full bodied. Really nice. Oldest old school. 8 8 8.5 9 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jun 2025
at 15:08
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at the June DCBeer share. Poured a near-black color with a small tan head. Flavor was super rich with velvet chocolate and layered sweetness. A decadent and smooth sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2025
at 18:41
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap at Borefts 2017. Aroma is dark roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, raisins, some alcohol, rich chocolate cake, and sweet dried fruits. Flavour is sweet and a bit boozy. Body is full and sticky. Wow, such a nice blend, lots of depth and complexity. Delicious.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Feb 2025
at 10:37
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2017 bottle
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2023
at 18:28
7/10
Tried
on 10 Dec 2022
at 16:56
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
(Draught at Omnipollos Kyrka, Sundbyberg, 19 Feb 2022) Dark brown colour, almost black, with frothy beige head. Malty, roasted, vinous nose with chocolate, caramel and roasted malt. Malty, vinoustaste with notesof caramel, roasted malt, dried fruit, oak wood, vanilla and a mild roasty bitterness in a vinous and warming finish. Full body, quite sweet. Tasty and powerful, still in excellent balance. Very nice.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2022
at 21:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Borefts Day 2 23/09/2017. A clear cola brown with a sticky halo of beige head. Aroma is milky chocolate malts, brown sugars, soft roast. Flavour is composed of spicy roast, cinnamon, milky choc, coconut, spicy nutmeg. Palate is mellow roast, woody, moderate carbonation , creamy.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2021
at 23:19
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. A very interesting beer, very complex with lots of stuff going on. Roasty, with coffee, licorice, chocolate, light lactose, light sweetness, crazy complex malt character. Hop and rye, light grapefruit and orange. Chocolate ice cream notes, somewhat dry finish. Vanilla. Wow! Very impressed by this. So complex, the combo of styles makes this so interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 20:33
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught @ Borefts 2019 Aroma has coffee and sweet molasses. Flavour has alcohol, licorice, some herbal tones and mild raisins. Heavy and sweet alcohol-loaded IS. Works as a slow sipper.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2019
at 15:21