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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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle pours out a dark brown with some red highs with a small head. Aroma of wood all over the place. Also a nice cherry and some other pit fruit. Tast more and more of the wood. A nice dark fruit tast along with some of the ABV. Still a little hot. I think let this baby sit a year or 2 and it will be even better.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jan 2009
at 23:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
The bottle looks really good, the beer in the glass also. Starts mild with an increasing maltiness, very light cherry juice notes in the background. The finish is a little bit unbalanced. Maybe I should have it again in a few years. Thanks to after4ever for this beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2009
at 01:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 oz bottle generously given to me by acrdz. Bottle opens with only a soft whisper. Pour is a murky deep brown, with ruby highlights. Only a very small off white head is visible on the pour, which falls fast. Aroma jumps out of the glass with cooking brown sugar, dark cherry fruits with the wood and Bourbon behind. This is a big nose, alcohol is present put not distracting. The taste is much more about the wood, it takes the lead with cherry following soon behind. Very much a dark, black cherry taste. With the wood and the fruit, I really got a wine taste from this one. The Black Cherry gives a bit of a sour edge which really complements the wood nicely. The Bourbon appears mid palate and is very mild and refined. Palate is medium to heavy, coats the mouth and has almost no carbonation. Alcohol is barely present (only a pleasant warming in the after taste), which is actually quite remarkable given the ABV and barrel aging. The sweetness, wood, and alcohol are all really nicely balanced in this one. Mike, absolutely incredible of you to hand this one to me last week. Avery was fun, but this is the highlight of meeting up with you!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2008
at 17:39