Don (-2021)
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.46
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Created in memory of Portland Publican Don Younger, whose vigorous support of others helped many to prosper. This beer is flat and the three vintages released were aged in varying spirits barrels for extended periods.
2018: Aged for 18 months in port, Madeira, Calvados, bourbon, and rum barrels.
2018: Aged for 18 months in port, Madeira, Calvados, bourbon, and rum barrels.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pint stubby from Bottleworks. Pours clear dark amber with a few bubbles. Aroma is toffee/chocolate with darkish fruits. Full body. No carbonation. Far from dry. Moderately bitter. Flavor is aroma with rye and dark cherry. Oak astringency. Heat is surprisingly low in intensity. Raising the glass to a brewery that was great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2023
at 00:44
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Panda thanks to Ibrew2or3: Poured a deep brown with orange edges and bubble head. Aroma is boozy, dark cherries, bourbon, rich malts, lots going on in the nose. Taste is dark fruits, cherries, toffee, rich malts, boozy, bourbon, vanilla, those barrels are fighting my palate.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2023
at 01:02
9.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
16 oz stubby bottle. 2023 bottling. Pours a blackish brown color with no head. The aroma is quite strong with spices, dark fruits, and toffees. The taste is quite an explosion of flavor with anise, plums, toffee, licorice, raisins, leather and tobacco. The palate is full, oily and very satisfying--this despite there being no carbonation(which I did not miss). Finishes gloriously long and semi sweet with lingering anise. Overall: magnificent
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2023
at 00:43
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz bottle (yes, it is a bottle) @ Ryan's shared with Farees. Vintage 2022, 17.8% ABV. Appearance: brown with no head. Aroma: dark fruits, a bit of perfume, bourbon, oxidized. Taste: along the same lines, quite boozy, looots of wood in the aftertaste. Overall: quite a nice one, interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2023
at 08:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from 473mL (16 fl oz; 2022 vintage; abv listed as 17.8%; from Hair of the Dog brewery, Portland, Oregon) capped bottle just before they officially closed (approximately Feb 2022). Dark brown with no head. Quite mild vinous notes, bourbon and rum,, just a hint of tobacco, abv hidden in terms of the actual listed abv, yet still a bit harsh alcohol. Mild caramel and dark fruits. Good, not amazing. Will probably be overrated now that it is retired, but enjoyable. Can't add it as a location in terms of the original HotD location since it is now retired based on current RB standards.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Feb 2023
at 08:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to Danny. Pours a cloudy a hazy brown with no head. The aroma is strong booze, dark fruit, leather, wood. Slick body, leather, booze, dark fruit, wood, tobacco, nice sweetness, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jul 2022
at 03:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Greg, thanks! Pours a clear deep copper amber with a thin tan head that dissipates completely. Aroma has sweet grains and caramel with a hint of toffee and apple backing. Flavor has sweet grains and toffee with a light booze and a hint of apple backing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jul 2019
at 02:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
No carbonation left. Some oxidation, brown sugar, malt and that is about it. Thick 0alate.
Tried
on 27 Jul 2019
at 02:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Courtesy of Dakine and douglas88, flip top bottle pours with a near clear mahogany colored body that supports no head of foam. The aroma offers up inviting reduced sugars, booze, sweet smelling whiskey and bourbon and oak. The taste delivers smooth rich molasses sliding into smooth bourbon. It becomes more oak and whiskey and booze into the finish. Nice. Should cellar wonderfully.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2019
at 01:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at hotd pours out copper amber color flat. Nose is nice sweet malts rich caramel booze barrel. Taste is more of the nice big sweet barrel notes booze rich caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2018
at 01:15