Hair of the Dog – Matt « I Love My Beer!

Hair of the Dog – Matt

20
Mar0

I wanna be a punk rocker

Many people in the know on beer know that Seattle and the Northwest have a lot of great beers. There is a vibrant culture here in Seattle with many great places to get beer. One great place to pick-up beer is Bottleworks sure their website sucks but don’t let that cloud your judgment about the store. Every year the owners of the store contact a brewer to create a special beer for them. This year it was Hair of the Dog and in the normal style of this brewer the beer is named after a person in this case it is Matt which is the name of the two owners of Bottleworks. I bought this bottle on an impulse when I was at the store I am happy I did although my wallet thinks differently. First let me say this is the most expensive 12 oz. bottle of beer I have ever purchased it ran me $20! But enough with trivial things like money let’s get down to the important stuff how good was this beer?

Well I have to say pretty damn good. It is a very sweet smelling beer and like the bottle says there is actually a hint of apples. If you do not like sweet beers though run far away from this puppy as it is another one of those “dessert beers.” But, besides the sweetness this beer is very strong. The bottle says it is 11.5% ABV but I don’t buy it I think it is much higher. The beer is very dark and heavy. I had this beer straight out of the bottle so I didn’t get a picture of the actual beer but I just love the label. I mean a punk rock bulldog how cool . Overall I liked this beer and I would not have minded picking up another bottle or two just to see how well they aged. This beer would probably be really great aged a few years it would probably mellow out and get even sweeter.