Established in 1993
Hair of the Dog Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in Portland,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
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61 SE Yamhill St Portland, OR 97214
+1(503) 232-6585 |
Each Beer has its own name and unique identity; like the people who have inspired them. The brewery is family owned and operated, a proud member of the Oregon Brewers Guild as well as the Pacific Northwest's rich brewing heritage. We produce over 600 barrels of Beer a year in our 4 barrel (120 gallon) Brewhouse and bottle approximately 5000 cases a year. The rest of our beer is served on draft in our tasting room and at a few select accounts in Oregon and elsewhere.
Hair of Dog is proud to be one of the first breweries in America specializing in the production of high alcohol, bottle conditioned beers as well as experimenting with the barrel aging process since 1994. Currently, the brewery has 180 oak barrels used to age Beer from 6 months to 8 years. We use new oak as well as previously filled spirit and wine barrels. All the Beer is made by two Brewers, Denver Bon and Alan Sprints.
We are also dedicated to buying local products for both the Brewery and restaurant in an effort to keep as much of our money in our community. We work directly with farmers whenever possible and are proud to say that 99% of all the ingredients we use are produced within a 350 mile radius of the brewery. Our Organic Pilsner malt is from Gambrinus Malting in British Columbia, the water runs pure from the Cascade mountain range, hops are grown in Oregon and Washington and both bottles and labels are made in Portland. Since we opened all the graphic design has been created by the Felt Hat of Portland. The original brewing equipment has been recycled from other industries and is still in use today. After Brewing all the ingredients are used for animal feed by a local farmer.
nathanvc (5939) reviewed Adam from Hair of the Dog Brewing Company 5 months ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
X September 2023. Bottle from Deconinck (presumably). Batch 100 = Bottled: 9/7/2020. Hazy dark brown, stable, foamy, tan head. Aroma of walnut, tawny port, pear, tobacco, date, wet wood, brown sugar, red apple, brandy, vague cinnamon, liquorice. Taste has sweet date, pear & apple wrapped in a brown-sugary, walnutty and brown-bready malt body, balanced by softly phenolic spices and a sourish berry undercurrent. Herbal hoppy finish with lingering dried fruits, wood and warming port-like alcohol. Full body, oily texture, average carbonation. Elegantly sweet with delicate accents; gorgeous!
oh6gdx (43583) reviewed Maja from Hair of the Dog Brewing Company 6 months ago
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Tørst. Pours dark brown. Biscuit, earthy, savory, little herbal. Bit thin. Underwhelming.
Kraddel (15451) reviewed Maja from Hair of the Dog Brewing Company 1 year ago
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 !
billie's craft beer fest 2022
Kraddel (15451) reviewed HÃ¥ge from Hair of the Dog Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours darker copperred. No real head. Scent is raw, dried fruits, caramelly malts. Quite intense. Taste is sharp, bit boozy, dried fruits, medium bitterness. OK.
Kraddel (15451) reviewed Billie Claws from Hair of the Dog Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours dark brown. No real head. Scent is complex, dried fruit and cereal. Typical HOTD. Nice complexity and intensity. Taste is sharp, fairly bitter. Not the most intense body. Candied dried fruits. Fairly biter finish. Lovely!
Alengrin (10989) reviewed HÃ¥ge from Hair of the Dog Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Doppelbock as interpreted by American pioneer Hair of the Dog, officially retired now, but Alan and his wife were kind enough to make one last tour in Europe and appear at Billie’s Craft Beer Fest – so it was my last chance to have this one. No head (or gone by the time the sample reached me!), more or less clear deep bronze colour with coppery glow. Aroma of hard caramel, some wet dog (ironically, perhaps), tea bags, dried figs, unsugared chewing gum, apple peel, brandy. Sweetish onset in a restrained way, dried apricot and apple peel aspects but vague – typical Lager neutrality, I would add; clean and smooth body, medium carbonated, very slick and even a tad bubblegummy around a caramelly and lightly toasted malt body. Some herbal hop bitter notes in the finish, warmed by gin-like alcohol, but caramel and bubblegum remain prominent. Decent enough, but not Hair of the Dog’s most impressive creation and frankly I think I prefer (some of) the ‘original’ German Doppelbocks over this.
Sloefmans (14294) reviewed HÃ¥ge from Hair of the Dog Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Draught Medium, stable just off-white head over clear amber-copper beer. Sweet bready, leafy, almost sugary nose. Some lightly roasted malts, and hints of cola. Sweet, sweet bread, dessert eggbread, but also undergrowth. Really slick, viscous, but not a thick body, oily texture. Classical, but far from earth-shaking characteristics as some HotD beers.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught Small off-white rim over deep cola-coloured beer. Maple syrup, chocolate, some ureum, fodder, vinous or fortified wine. Woody, chocolate, wooden bitterness, fusels, bananapeel. Well-bodied, very viscous, alcoholheat. Severe, but still adorable.
