Official Hair of the Dog Thread

[Arbitrator]

What is for sale to go right now?

Cherry Fred was the only special one I remember.

I should have snapped a pic. Only time I've walked out of HotD disappointed and empty-handed.

 

[abawol01]

Cherry Fred was the only special one I remember.

I should have snapped a pic. Only time I've walked out of HotD disappointed and empty-handed.

Interesting, I don't go there very often but I leave disappointed and empty handed every time.

 

[Arbitrator]

Interesting, I don't go there very often but I leave disappointed and empty handed every time.

Last time I was there was 2016. I know HotD has been falling out of favor with old guard beer people, but I've always had a soft spot for Adam / Cherry Adam / Matt. Still, I went from trading for cases, to trading for 12 bottles, then 6, and now, buying 0. I wonder what the next few years will hold for Alan.

 

[anteater1]

Last time I was there was 2016. I know HotD has been falling out of favor with old guard beer people, but I've always had a soft spot for Adam / Cherry Adam / Matt. Still, I went from trading for cases, to trading for 12 bottles, then 6, and now, buying 0. I wonder what the next few years will hold for Alan.

Tequila barrels and concrete eggs certainly aren't helping

 

[litheum94]

Tequila barrels and concrete eggs certainly aren't helping

What, you don't want Blue Dot that looks like dirty dishwater?

 

[Arbitrator]

What, you don't want Blue Dot that looks like dirty dishwater?

I don't care how it looks, but he never got the recipe right on the new system.

It's a little weird seeing Lost Abbey being so successful despite the same QC issues and high price points. They even reopened Saints & Sinners while HotD is floundering. A little bit of losing ground while standing still, I guess.

There is no beer out there like 2013 Matt or 2009 Cherry Adam.

 

[litheum94]

I don't care how it looks, but he never got the recipe right on the new system.

It's a little weird seeing Lost Abbey being so successful despite the same QC issues and high price points. They even reopened Saints & Sinners while HotD is floundering. A little bit of losing ground while standing still, I guess.

There is no beer out there like 2013 Matt or 2009 Cherry Adam.

I don't know man. I saw Blue Dot from the Stone poured for someone else while I was there, and I had a strong, uncontrollable reaction of disgust, so much so that the bartender asked if I was ok.

 

[DanH11]

I don't care how it looks, but he never got the recipe right on the new system.

It's a little weird seeing Lost Abbey being so successful despite the same QC issues and high price points. They even reopened Saints & Sinners while HotD is floundering. A little bit of losing ground while standing still, I guess.

There is no beer out there like 2013 Matt or 2009 Cherry Adam.

I still enjoy most of the Adam, Fred, and variants. Flat or otherwise. And Otto.

 

[Crusian]

Side by side was good!

 

[teddyarrowhead]

Last time I was there was 2016. I know HotD has been falling out of favor with old guard beer people, but I've always had a soft spot for Adam / Cherry Adam / Matt. Still, I went from trading for cases, to trading for 12 bottles, then 6, and now, buying 0. I wonder what the next few years will hold for Alan.

I still think the brewpub experience (food, draft, etc.) is really solid, but yeah, I rarely buy anything to go anymore. I personally need carbonation in my beer, especially if I'm considering buying bottles to age. Something that is bottled still is going to oxidize much faster than something that has some CO2 and conditions further in the bottle.

I just had a 2012 Bourbon Fred from the Wood Friday night and it's doing phenomenally well. Only a hint of oxidation at this point 6+ years in the bottle. I highly doubt that's the case with any of the zero carb releases since then, even after as little as a year or two. Stuff like Adam from the Wood 2011, Matt 2010, that 2012 Bourbon Fred were/are all as good as anything out there, but as long as they can't get the carbonation right on a consistent basis again, it's hard for me to get excited anymore.

 

[ggfunk]

I still think the brewpub experience (food, draft, etc.) is really solid, but yeah, I rarely buy anything to go anymore. I personally need carbonation in my beer, especially if I'm considering buying bottles to age. Something that is bottled still is going to oxidize much faster than something that has some CO2 and conditions further in the bottle.

I just had a 2012 Bourbon Fred from the Wood Friday night and it's doing phenomenally well. Only a hint of oxidation at this point 6+ years in the bottle. I highly doubt that's the case with any of the zero carb releases since then, even after as little as a year or two. Stuff like Adam from the Wood 2011, Matt 2010, that 2012 Bourbon Fred were/are all as good as anything out there, but as long as they can't get the carbonation right on a consistent basis again, it's hard for me to get excited anymore.

If I felt like he even cared, I'd probably be more inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. If the guy who makes the beer doesn't care about it, I'm probably not going to either.

 

[sherm10161]

If I felt like he even cared, I'd probably be more inclined to give him the benefit of the doubt. If the guy who makes the beer doesn't care about it, I'm probably not going to either.

He doesn’t care that you don’t care.

 

[FoudreGuy]

Beer is more than bubbles bro.

 

[ggfunk]

He doesn’t care that you don’t care.

This has been clear for a number of years.

 

[falc0n26001]

We still have at least a couple cases of Collage 1 at the bar I work at and they've been selling pretty consistently at $16 a bottle. Well, as consistently as a bottle like that can sell. I think it's our best-selling HotD beer, and probably our best-selling Deschutes beer as well. They're all carbonated.

 

[ggfunk]

We still have at least a couple cases of Collage 1 at the bar I work at and they've been selling pretty consistently at $16 a bottle. Well, as consistently as a bottle like that can sell. I think it's our best-selling HotD beer, and probably our best-selling Deschutes beer as well. They're all carbonated.

Is that the 12 oz green bottle? If so, that beer is delicious. Wonder if I still have any...

 

[reverseapachemaster1]

We still have at least a couple cases of Collage 1 at the bar I work at and they've been selling pretty consistently at $16 a bottle. Well, as consistently as a bottle like that can sell. I think it's our best-selling HotD beer, and probably our best-selling Deschutes beer as well. They're all carbonated.

That beer was a mess when released. After a few years it turned into a really fantastic beer.

 

[user 306349]

That beer was a mess when released. After a few years it turned into a really fantastic beer.

and newer bottles that were a mess like Putin and Maja will forever have a fate of wet cardboard syrup.

 

[anteater1]

and newer bottles that were a mess like Putin and Maja will forever have a fate of wet cardboard syrup.

I've been considering a FT: 1L Putin ISO: Sticky Hands... now I'm not even sure it would happen

 

[falc0n26001]

I've been considering a FT: 1L Putin ISO: Sticky Hands... now I'm not even sure it would happen

Find some folks who love De Molen and trade it for lambic! I don’t know if that works in 2018 though.

 

[ggfunk]

I've been considering a FT: 1L Putin ISO: Sticky Hands... now I'm not even sure it would happen

Haha I way overpaid for one of those two.

Stupider days.

 

[FoudreGuy]

My Dad was down at HotD last January with a good friend who is close with Alan and they were pulling samples of some barleywine that Alan had in the works, I guess it's gonna be ready soon in bottles. Who knows about carbonation.

 

[ggfunk]

Who knows about carbonation.

I do.

 

[falc0n26001]

Just had Flanders Fred at the pub aged nine years in oak. Really damn good!

 

[FoudreGuy]

My dad brought me a bottle of 2017 Cherry Fred from the Wood. Any deets? Carb? Flat as a board?

 

[sherm10161]

My dad brought me a bottle of 2017 Cherry Fred from the Wood. Any deets? Carb? Flat as a board?

As I recall, flat.

Tasty though, but I tend to not get too upset of the lack of HotD bubbles.

 

[FoudreGuy]

As I recall, flat.

Tasty though, but I tend to not get too upset of the lack of HotD bubbles.

I don't get upset, but I do find the whole thing hilarious and kind of pathetic.

 

[ggfunk]

Yeah this beer ***** Hella hard.

 

[sherm10161]

Yeah this beer ***** Hella hard.
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Is that a real cat?

It’s creeping me out.

 

[ggfunk]

Is that a real cat?

It’s creeping me out.