Bottleworks X: Hair of the Dog Matt
Exclusive info here about the beer that Portland’s Hair of the Dog brewed for the 10th anniversary of Seattle’s Bottleworks bottleshop…
Ten years ago this February, Bottleworks opened its doors in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood. Each year, the store releases a special, roman numeral beer to mark their anniversary. Last year’s Bottleworks IX was Russian River Deviation. This year, they’re releasing two special beers for Bottleworks X. One is a New Belgium sour beer (details on that can be found at beernews.org) and the second is from Portland’s Hair of the Dog.
Like most HotD beers, Bottleworks X is named after a person. No surprise it’s called Matt, in honor of Bottleworks/Brouwer’s Operations Manager Matt Bonney and owner Matt Vandenberghe. To make Matt, HotD Brewer/Owner Alan Sprints took his Adam (a great beer in its own right) and blended a combination that was aged in both apple eau-de-vie and 33 year-old bourbon casks for a year.
Bottleworks will have a tasting of both X beers on February 25th from 5-7 pm. At 8pm, the festivities move to Brouwer’s where they will tap kegs of the Bottleworks X beers and older Bottleworks anniversary beers.
To add to what is already a big day, I hear that three kegs of Hair of the Dog Matt will be tapped at Brouwer’s. One was aged in apple eau-de-vie, one in bourbon and one has a blend of the two. Pretty cool that everyone will get a chance to compare the different elements that went into the bottled version.
Mark your calendars for 2/25 and keep an eye on the Bottleworks blog for more information in the coming weeks.
January 28, 2009 at 2:29 pm
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