Fred from the Wood - Bourbon
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.64
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Bourbon Fred from The Wood is my regular Fred, aged for over a year in Kentucky bourbon barrels.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Magnum at Christmas share. Clear amber/ brown pour, a few bubbles. Boozy aroma, caramel, sweet. Taste is toffee, brown sugar malty, sweet and a healthy ABV burn.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2025
at 04:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle from Big Top: pours light brown, a bit cloudy. Aroma is caramel, vanilla, bourbon. Taste is sharp, boozy, sweetish, caramel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2024
at 05:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at the SHIG parachutes in with beavers to the Boise Crew tasting: Poured coppery orange with a white head. Aroma is boosty, barrel, fruity, vanilla, oak. Taste is boosty, fruity, malty, oak. Another one I never thought I would try, but BuckeyeBoy wasn't playing games this night during the share, Thanks Again!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Sep 2023
at 10:09
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
2017 bottle drunk 5/5/23. Clear deep brass-bronze. Small, feeble, off-white head. Nose is apple juice, vanilla, stiff oak and strong, spicy bourbon notes. Some oxidation, not fully oxidized yet but definitely on its way. Lots of phenol, some booze, some plastic. More of the same, with big apple juice notes in the flavor. Plastic, vanilla, cedary wood and heavy bread and biscuit. If this was ever interesting and enjoyable, it's certainly passed that now. Mostly just raisin, apple juice, vanilla and stiff bourbon/oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2023
at 15:05
7/10
Sampled @ Billie's Craft Beer Fest 2022, Saturday Session. A slightly hazy amber beer. Aroma and Taste of intense bourbon, vanilla, strong malt.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2022
at 20:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Black Christmas 2018, magnum, vintage 2012, 6 years old
Hazy blond colour. Delicious malt and vanilla and bourbon aroma. Rich and sweet malt flavour, mellow, with strong bourbon notes, a bit biscuity and buttery in the finish.
Wonderful.
Hazy blond colour. Delicious malt and vanilla and bourbon aroma. Rich and sweet malt flavour, mellow, with strong bourbon notes, a bit biscuity and buttery in the finish.
Wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2018
at 22:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
During Black Christmas 2018. Magnum (thx, Simon!). Hazy golden. Lots of bourbon along with some barrel aged vegetables. Very sweet with lots of bourbon and caramel. Nice.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2018
at 04:41
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Magnum. Pours a hazy brown with moderate head. Aromas of fuzzy bourbon, raisins and toasted malts. Flavors of perfumey bourbon, fruity esters, maybe some Brett, and caramel malts.wuite nice.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2018
at 04:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Lots of wood with a touch of caramel and stone fruit. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Caramel, wood and some cooked stone fruit. Long woody slightly fruit sweet finish.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2018
at 04:31
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craigs, many thanks, no head, quite clear light brown color, aroma of wood, spice and light dried fruits, smoked cheese and whiskey, flavor of vanila, oak, candy and dried fruits very sweet but not over the top. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Oct 2018
at 17:13