Hair of the Dog Brewing Company Adam from the Wood - 1978 Heaven Hill Barrel

Adam from the Wood - 1978 Heaven Hill Barrel
(Batch of Adam from the Wood)

 

Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Traditional Beer - Adambier Special Out of Production
Score
7.70
ABV: 12.5% IBU: - Ticks: 36
Special version of Adam from the Wood aged in Heaven Hill Barrels which were filled from 1978-2010. Then, Adam was aged in these barrels for 5 years.
 

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From tap at Borefts ’15. Aroma of malt, lots of vanilla, wood, cognac, bourbon, booze. Flavour is massively sweet. Medium to heavy body. Very smooth and powerful, but rather boozy.
Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:03

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Tap @ Borefts Beer Festival 2015. Pours greasy black. Aroma is smoky, peaty, burned wood, whisky, chocolate, malt. Taste is peaty, chocolate, vanilla, milk chocolate, black currants, smoke, tobacco, ash. Too smoky to hit anything high for me.
Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55

8.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Tap @ Borefts 2015. Deep copper color. Malt, roast, toffee, bourbon and vanilla ain the amazingly complex aroma. Very low on carbon. Strong malty sweet flavor with bourbon, vanilla and oak. Caramel. Toffee, Alcoholic. Velvety mouthfeel. Brilliant!
Tried from Draft on 26 Aug 2019 at 12:05

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
25.09.2015, tap @ Borefts:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry, oak, dark malts, whiskey, weeds, chocolate, grass, vanilla, burnt sugar. Taste is slightly sweet and dry, dark sugar, oak, dark malts, chocolate, whiskey, bark, grass, weeds, vanilla. Medium bitterness, slightly dry boozy mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 26 Nov 2018 at 19:53

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Borefts 7th edition day 1 25/09/2016. Aroma is big solvent, alcohol, caramel, brown sugars, paint stripper. Black / caramel brown coloured pour with a fading tan head. Flavour is composed of caramel, smooth roast, warming bourbon, tangy apple, solvent. Palate is velvety smooth, sticky, moderate carbonation. good.
Tried on 20 Jul 2016 at 16:20

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught @ 7th Borefts Beer Festival 2015, Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As Hair of the Dog Adam from the Wood - 1978 Heaven Hill Barrel ].Unclear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, sweet malt, dried fruit, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, buzzy, alcohol, chocolate, dark malt. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light moderate alcoholic. [20150925]
Tried on 07 May 2016 at 15:25

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Borefts Beer Festival 2015. Cloudy dark brown with a tiny off-white head. Aroma of licorice and chocolate, with oak and bourbon notes and quite a bit of booze. Sweet chocolate and malt flavour with lots of bourbon and a touch of dried fruit.
Tried on 03 Jan 2016 at 16:00

8.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Had this one at Borefts, from the tap. An excellent beer, with an extremely complex aroma and taste - chocolate, coffee, vanilla, macerated fruits, apples, pears, grapes, cherries, cherry liquor and so on. Super smooth mouthfeel with a heavy bourbon taste that I enjoyed quite a bit.
Tried from Draft on 31 Dec 2015 at 08:09

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Borefts 2015, Day two. Tap. Zoet, bourbon overheerst erg maar wel heel lekker. Backlog from 2015/09/26. --- Beer merged from original tick of Adam from the Wood (1978) on 26 Sep 2015 at 14:56 - Score: 8. Original review text: Zoet, bourbon overheerst erg maar wel heel lekker
Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2015 at 04:52

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is wooden, acetone and dark toasted malt. Solid alcohol presence. Dark malt. Wooden. Dry and warming finish. Too much.
Tried from Draft on 15 Nov 2015 at 05:16