Hair of the Dog Brewing Company Maja

Maja

 

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

Collab with: Omnipollo
  Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production
Score
7.51
ABV: 10.8% IBU: - Ticks: 71
The chance to brew with long time idol Alan Sprints of Hair of The Dog is something we will cherish for the rest of our lives. Maja is a bourbon barrel aged barleywine brewed with maple syrup, lactose sugar and vanilla beans. Conceptually you could call it a “maple muffin barley wine”.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From tap at Borefts 2019. Aroma is big sticky maple syrup with honey, malt, dried fruits, vanilla, and caramel. Alcohol. Sticky sweetness, sugary flavour, full body. Rich and warming.

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:55


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Borefts 2019: Clear dark golden colored brew with an sweet bitter taste, hints of caramel, maple syrup, vanilla, fruits and some booziness.

Tried from Draft on 29 Dec 2024 at 11:16


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is toffee, some plum, figs, mild citrus with some alcohol and very sweet maltiness. Flavour is sweet malts, some honeyish syrupy tones with mild alcohol, some vanilla and mild wooden tones too.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2023 at 13:55


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Sample from 2019 bottle during Blarney Wine Festival 2023 on 03/19/2023.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2023 at 16:01


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

355ml bottle at tasting. Vintage 2019. Poured brown in color. Aroma has a lot of raisins, whisky and malts. Flavor similar with soaked raisins, sweetness, vanilla and bourbon. Heavy.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Mar 2023 at 05:34


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle from 2019 , kept seemingly endlessly , anticipating for 'the right moment' , which turned out to be a random night after work, in need of a good beer. Expectations are high for this one (maple! vanilla! BW! HOTD! ) yet ratings seem to be much lower than expected. Hope i'll be able to have a different opinion.

Pours unclear, amberbrowned blonde. Small white head with medium to medium low stability. Scent is very intense, dried fruit, but to a gasoline-like background. Gasoline might sound very strange , and it doesn't smell like gasoline at all, yet the intensity, the burn-in-the-nose , is what makes me think of gasoline. Typical HOTD maltyness and yeast, almost got a herbal touch to it. Wouldn't be able to guess maple nor vanilla from this one, but the HOTD and BW part are clearly present. Taste is fairly full and sweet, but nowhere near pastry level. Alcohol a bit too high, and too clinical, providing an almost plastic-y note ( though , again, not actually plastic, as this seems very natural, and it's just rough and robust) . Vanilla still far away, a touch of maple can be traced though. Dried fruits, where the gasoline / Plasticy thing goes hand in hand - as negative as it sounds, it's not bad at all. Surprisingly high carbo for a HOTD beer, medium to even medium high in general. Medium thick body, which is lower than expected for a BW. Sure as hell this is a sipper, due to the intensity and complexity. Woody aspect rises the more you sip. This is very different than expected, but it makes a lot more sence for HOTD, compared to my expectations. As this is my second last bottle of HOTD (whom now stopped production) I can happily say i'll remember them for amazing beer, as this is truly something unique, that works, and was worth seeking out and paying a premium for. Kuddo's, and much respect for quiting on a high, rather than selling out, Alan !

Tried on 24 Mar 2023 at 18:54


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Flaska från Bier Bazaar, 2019. Lite orange-brun murken och grumlig med smutsvit krona. Klassisk HotD BW i grunden, lite ljusare i smaken, med torkad aprikos och kolaremmar. Lönnsirapen långt fram utan att ta över, vaniljen ger en extra skjuts av kexighet och marshmallows. Fat, bourbon, lite trä. Gott.

Tried on 22 Jul 2022 at 09:02


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled 355ml (Beerdome, vintage 2019)
Murky amber colour, tiny head. Aroma has toffee, raisins, touch of bourbony alcohol. Medium to full-bodied. Flavour has ...also toffee and raisins, even grapes. It has also syrup and vanilla. Smooth toffeish mouthfeel. Touch of alcohol and hops. Nice one.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2022 at 18:53


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle Bier Bazaat 2022-05-28 Göteborg Champion League-Leauge Final RM vs Liverpool 0-0 45 minutes AR: white peppery, syrup, white raisins, wee French oaky, light fudge AP: hazy bronze, tiny we lid F: white peppery, syrup, white raisins, wee French oaky, Warming feeling

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2022 at 21:13


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

An amber and murky beer, a head is small and blond. Aroma has lots of maltyness, caramel, raisin, some fresher apricot. Taste has sweetness of malts and caramel, dried fruits, marshmellow, some maple syrup and vanilla, hint of bourbon. Full bodied. Pretty sweet. This is very good, balanced, delicious.

Tried on 08 Apr 2022 at 10:22