Adam from the Wood
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Traditional Beer - Adambier Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.93
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Adam from the Wood is our Adam aged in American Oak barrels. First released in 2000, and released again in November 2011 in 12oz bottles. This 12% beer has lots of the typical HOTD aromas: Caramel, brown sugar, tons of raisin and tobacco. Fig, date, and plum fruitiness in that order. This has a fairly strong earthy vinousness as well as oak vanilla.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
2015 bottle recently purchased from the HotD website - still, oily dark ruby pour - nose of chocolate, umami, plum, vinous notes, oak, bourbon, very light oxidation, raisin - so dense in the nose - oily mouthfeel, full body - flavor is heavy vinous, warming, earthy, lightly savory - sweet up front, but warning, dry, and heavy oaky in the finish, finishing like a highly tannic red wine - lightly smoky notes hiding underneath everything - hints of leather - deep and complex - thank goodness I got another to cellar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2025
at 05:08
7.6/10
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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
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 10
Bottle 0,35ltr: Very dark brown colored brew with an dry bitter taste, some burn in the mouth. Hints of chocolate, vanilla, dried fruits and Bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
From a 12 oz. bottle with a huge thanks to BuckeyeBoy. Vintage 2014. Pours a clear dark cola with the feintist of heads. Aromas of woody barrels with some booze and vanilla. Flavors are sweet caramel and and over ripe pit fruits. Finish is a trifle boozy. May have lost something in the aging, but still quite special.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2021
at 02:24
7.3/10
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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
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ Hair of the Dog. 2011 vintage. Pours light reddish dark brown, still. Aromas of sweet toffee, cherries, tannic, vanilla, port, dark fruits. Taste is sweet, boozy vanilla fudge, dark fruits, toffee, butterscotch, cherries, bread, porty finish. Super unique.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
8.5/10
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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
8/10
Bardzo ladnie zniosl czas, o dzieo nadal czuc jakies beczkowe nutki, utlenienie, migdaly, gladkie, zaskakujaco dobre jak na wiek
Tried
on 31 May 2019
at 21:33
7.6/10
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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.
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
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown 2015 bottle poured into a glass. Black with small brown head. Aroma is bourbon, medium/thick body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is bourbon, oak, some vanilla, and some booze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2018
at 19:59