Hair of the Dog Brewery Company and Tasting Room was created to provide beer drinkers with new and unusual beer styles. Creativity and originality have been cornerstones of the company’s philosophy since the beginning. Over the years we have developed a reputation for strong and barrel-aged ales, dense and dank IPAs and historic lagers. The brewery is 100% family-owned and operated. We are proud members of the Brewers Association and the Oregon Brewers Guild. We produce about 600 barrels of beer a year in our four-barrel (120 gallon) brewhouse.

We bottle and can some of our beers, but most of the beer we make is sold on draft in our tasting room and a few select accounts in Oregon and elsewhere. Most of our beers have four letter names, and have been named after people I have known or ideas I am passionate about. Giving beers their own name helps convey the idea that my beers are Individuals, unique, just like you and me.

We have been pioneers in a number of brewing techniques and practices that have helped make us unique. We are proud to be one of the first breweries in America to specialize in the production of high alcohol bottle conditioned ales, as well as experimenting with the barrel aging process since 1994. Currently the brewery has 160 oak barrels used to age beers from 6 months to 8 years. We use new oak, as well as previously filled spirit and wine barrels for both aging and as a way to introduce fruit into the aging process. Cherry Adam rests for 18 months in bourbon barrels with local cherries and we have also used peaches, currants, blueberries and strawberries. We are the first brewer in the country to use a concrete fermenter. These beers are known as “from the stone” and are smoother and rounder than the same beer fermented in stainless steel.

Even though we’re known around the world, Hair of the Dog is Portland to its core. All the beer is made on premises by three brewers; Quinton Bradley, Isaac Sprints and Alan Sprints. We are also dedicated to buying local products for both the brewery and the restaurant in an effort to keep as much money as possible in our local community, as well as to minimize our impact on the environment.

We work directly with farmers and are happy to say that 99% of all the ingredients are produced within a 350-mile radius of the brewery. We use Pilsner malt from Great Western Malting, our water runs pure from the Cascade mountain range, and hops are grown in Oregon and Washington. Bottles are made here in Portland and our labels are printed by Rose City Label. Since we opened all the graphic design has been produced by The Felt Hat, also here in Portland, featuring Roswell Barker, the iconic bulldog mascot of Hair of the Dog. The original brewery equipment was recycled from other industries and is still in use today. After brewing, hops and malt are used for animal feed and picked up by a local farmer.

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