Michael
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Flemish Red / Bruin Special Out of Production|
Score
7.26
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This beer is produced in memory of Michael Jackson, the Beer Hunter. It is made with Organic Pilsner, Vienna and Munich malts. Michael is fermented with a variety of yeasts and bacteria. It is aged in American oak and Sherry casks for 30 months and released every November from the Brewery only.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at the brewery and served out of the cask. Amber color with off-white head. I think the cask helped bring out some of the great munich and Vienna in this beer. Great malty aroma. Sour funk also explodes on the palate. This is a very nice beer and easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2011
at 00:18
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Fall 2011 Ratebeer gathering. +++ Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a murky tan color with a huge beige head that faded quickly and left some lacing. The aroma was tart apple cider. The flavor was tart and sour with notes of Sweettart candies and apple. The finish was long and tart. Medium body. Eh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2011
at 14:01
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Hair of the Dog tasting room, pours cloudy orangey red. Aroma of sour fruits, funk and barrels. Flavour is very complex; medium tartness, some citrus, ever so slight amount of sweetness; high carbonation, with a sweet and sour finish. Very solid sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2011
at 10:01
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of grain, oak and fruit with a dusty note. Dry and fruity flavour with cherry notes. Slightly tart with lots of oak character - typical American sour
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jul 2011
at 11:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle for rating 2,000. Gusher. Heavily carbonated. Dark murky brown with frothy tan head. Nose of oak, tart tropical fruit, caramel and yeast. Taste is a bit yeasty, lots of oak and sherry, some caramel and toffee and of course tart fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2011
at 16:44
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Ben. Poured a cloudy orange amber with a light brown head that dissipated slowly to the edges. Aroma was full of tart red fruits with underlying grain and sweet light fruits. Flavor was also full of tart red fruits with a bit of sweet grains and a caramel lying underneath.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2011
at 08:01
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz bottle at the new HotD Tasting Room. The waitress shook this up inadvertently and the bottle gushed bad. Pours out a hazy, translucent orange, amber with a frothy, slightly off white head. Nose is tart, vinegar, cherries, chardonnay grapes, butterscotch, orange peel, light tropical fruit. Flavor is tart, cherries, sherry grapes, light wood, port, vinegar, citrus fruits. Full bodied, tart finish. I wanted a touch more complexity, the tartness overpowers a bit too much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2010
at 16:15
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Courtesy of sebletitje. Pours clear deep copper with off white head. The aroma is inviting with sweet fresh strawberries, assorted berries, some malts and then quickly moving into mild levels of yeasty tartness and some sourness. The taste is pretty darn tart and sour. Those notes mix with berries and cherry fruitiness. It tries to attain a nice sweet berry note but struggles up hill against bright levels of tartness. Into the finish sourness comes to the front to give the tartness a touch of depth.
Tried
on 28 Aug 2010
at 18:34
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle Pours out hazy straw topped with a small tan head. Aroma was of sour alcohol, rotten apples, oak, and a good amount of sweetness. Taste was more of the apples along with some wood, barnyard, funk, light tartness and sherry. A little bit of a let down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jul 2010
at 19:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home.[ Courtesy of SecretSanta ]. Clear medium red color with amber notes, a small, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy tart, sour, grpae, madarin, wood, oak, brett, lacot, caramel. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration, wood, tart. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100513]
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Jun 2010
at 00:13