Adam from the Wood - Cherry
(has 8 batches)
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Adambier Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.95
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Cherry Adam from the Wood is aged with locally grown black cherries in oak casks for 15 months. The fruit lends a sweet tartness to the finish, melding with the wood and adding a new dimension of complexity. The 2008 bottling celebrates 15 years of business for me and was aged in Bourbon and Sherry barrels. The 2009 bottling was aged exclusively in Elijah Craig Bourbon barrels.
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8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
2008 bottle thanks to Suzygreenberg. Pours a dark purple brown with minimal head. Aroma is complex with notes of sherry, cherry, caramel, dark fruits and caramel. Flavor is similar and begins with a flavor similar to regular Adam with notes of caramel, alcohol and dark fruits. The finish has additional notes of cherry and sherry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2010
at 15:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Thanks to brewolf for this one. 2009 bottling. Slick pour of dark brown with no head whatsoever. Strong alcohol and molasses aroma. Dark fruits. Sweet, slick, boozy palate. Definitely a sipper. This one should age nicely and would probably have been better if I had cellared it a year or two.
Tried
on 29 Mar 2010
at 15:57
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
2009 version. I am biased as I love Adam in general. It is a top 5 beer for me. So when I heard the hype around this I was excited to say the least, though a bit worried there might be a lot of heat, given young examples of Adam in the past. However this showed no heat, though aging 15 months helps and immense complexity on top of a complex beer. The bourbon and cherries take a sophisticated, well balanced beer to the next level with smoothness, a touch of bourbon booziness, a bit more sweetness, a tang of black cherries, but all put together perfectly. Ok, I am biased, I loved Cherry Coke when I was a kid. This is the adult, hyped up, supped up version that has none of the cloyingness or sickley sweetness. I could drink this all night. Amazing. Amazing.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2010
at 08:43
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Courtesy of TampaBrew. It pours brilliant deep mahogany that I can just see through with ruby edges and thin white head. This beer even looks yummy. The aroma is bold rich double strength yum nearly pulling drool out of my mouth. It is loaded with thick roastiness, a dash of sweet ripe cherry, some wood notes and dark to black strap molasses. The taste is just as rich with a thicket of malts, molasses, some smooth cherry, smooth barrel woodiness like oak, a dash of vanilla and some bourbon booze. Wow! This is amazing. As luck would have it I’m a proud owner of one of these courtesy of the ever generous douglas88.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2010
at 19:22
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Vintage 2008
Dark brown color, almost black. Mature malt and caramel aroma, oxidised, deep, characteristic of Hair of the Dog, with very light fruitness and light smoke touch too; woody. Good body strength, rich caramel and chocolate flavor, quite sweet; a light sourness (from the cherries?) is a good complement for it, and the very light vanilla too. The final is a bit more astringent, very dry in the end. Maybe not a beer for everyday, but interesting anyway, and surely complex.
Dark brown color, almost black. Mature malt and caramel aroma, oxidised, deep, characteristic of Hair of the Dog, with very light fruitness and light smoke touch too; woody. Good body strength, rich caramel and chocolate flavor, quite sweet; a light sourness (from the cherries?) is a good complement for it, and the very light vanilla too. The final is a bit more astringent, very dry in the end. Maybe not a beer for everyday, but interesting anyway, and surely complex.
Tried
on 12 Dec 2009
at 00:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown with a medium beige head. Sweet aroma with hard roasted malt, caramel and dark chocolate. Sweet flavour with bruned malt, dark chocolate, bourbon and sherry notes. Finished sweet with warming alcohol. Nice one.
Tried
on 30 Nov 2009
at 16:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled. A pitch black with a lazing thin tan head. The aroma has strong notes of roasted malt and cherries as well as some alcohol. The flavor is strong with notes of alcohol roasted malt, wood, cherries, and some soy sauce, leading to a dry alcoholic finish. Thanks Papsoe for sharing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2009
at 12:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 35,5 cl. Courtesy of mj. Pours a clear deep brown with a reddish hue and a small, rough beige head. Tart, fruity and oaky aroma. Medium body, rather low in carbonation. Tart, berry-like fruitiness with distinct notes of bourbon. Warming alcoholic finish. 301109
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2009
at 12:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12 fl oz bottle and tap. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is dark wooden and light vanilla. Sweet, malty and vanilla flavoured. Mild acidic and dark dense chocolate malt flavoured. Dark lingering malty flavoured into a lingering dense malty flavoured finish. Light fruity far finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Nov 2009
at 12:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.[ Trade by VikingHammer ]. Clear dark brown color with a small small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dark berry, moderate to light heavy wood, sweet cherry notes, soy sauce notes, bourbon notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet, moderate acidic and moderate to heavy bitter with a average to long duration, tartness - vinegar. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090619]
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2009
at 04:16