Maja
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: OmnipolloBarley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production
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Score
7.51
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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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8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Small white head over fully hazy orange beer. Vanilla, Bourbon, oak, Poire William alcohol. Superb vanilla-Bourbon flavours, with alcohol, fusels, icecream made with double cream, sweet. Very thick, viscous, chewy. Outstanding, top-class beer, unique. Thanks to D & L!
Tried
on 28 Apr 2018
at 07:35
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
23rd September 2017
Borefts IX. Day 2. Keg. Hazy amber beer, small white head. Smooth palate, semi dry and with reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth sweetish malts, well integrated maple. A little vanilla and then more maple. Mild spice. Jammy generic fruits underneath. Light dry finish. Nice enough. Would be good to try again in a couple of years.
Borefts IX. Day 2. Keg. Hazy amber beer, small white head. Smooth palate, semi dry and with reasonable fine carbonation. Smooth sweetish malts, well integrated maple. A little vanilla and then more maple. Mild spice. Jammy generic fruits underneath. Light dry finish. Nice enough. Would be good to try again in a couple of years.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2018
at 18:58
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Grant. Pours a cloudy gold with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is caramel, vanilla, maple, oak. Medium body, marshmallow, vanilla, dark fruit, boozy, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2018
at 00:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Looks lousy all mud and light brown, barrel, sweet, coconut? Weird, has a nice coconut and sweet malt note with barrel finish.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2017
at 20:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Black Christmas 2017
Hazy light amber color. Very good job with the malt, old school Hait of the Dog, sweet, with a taste of cake; warming alcohol.
Very nice.
Hazy light amber color. Very good job with the malt, old school Hait of the Dog, sweet, with a taste of cake; warming alcohol.
Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2017
at 03:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750mL bottle, pours a murky opaque dark orange (looks like shit) with a small white head. Aroma is very hot, with lots of alcohol, bourbon barrels, and a touch of vanilla. Flavour is very hot, with light vanilla, bourbon barrels and alcohol. Not really getting the maple. This is hot and messy, but rather pleasant, imbuing a nice warming character. Rather disappointing for a Hair of the Dog beer, but it's alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Dec 2017
at 13:24
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
A pour from the bottle (thx, Jeremy!!!) on Black Christmas V. Pours a hazy dirty golden with a weak white head. Aroma is bourbon and some fresh berries and fruits. Taste is very sweet along with the aroma. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 22:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draught @ 9th. BBF 2017 [ 9th Borefts Beer Festival 2017 ] @ Brouwerij de Molen, Bodegraven, Netherlands. [ As Hair of the Dog / Omnipollo Maja ].Unclear - hazy matt medium amber colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, oaky, sweet malt, candy, dried fruit - peache, maple, alcohol, marshmallow. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet with a long duration, dried fruit, peach, candy, alcohol, sweet malpe - marshmallow. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20170923] 8-2-8-3-16
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2017
at 09:54
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at De Molen 2017 Saturday... Amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft dry toffee fruit nose... Soft sweet caramel fruit.. Oily fruits.. Soft sweet toffee fruit.. Light vanilla fruit
Tried
on 12 Oct 2017
at 12:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Honigartiger, leicht rauchig malziger Antrunk. Holznoten, deutlich Vanille, weich. Hell rauchig bleibend, die Vanille Noten nehmen zu. Geringe Süße. Gut. 10/11/10/10//10
Tried
on 09 Oct 2017
at 15:35