3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A golden amber orange IPA with a thin big bubbled off white head. A wonderful aroma of floral c-hops, maple and vanilla notes, light wooden notes too. In mouth, subdued hops over an oily sweet malt, light resinous qualities, more like a mellowed IPA, old. On tap at DBA Brooklyn, 1st Williamsburg Cask Ale Festival, Jan 10 2010.
4.6 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Smells pretty good. Looks great. Very bubbly, with a bit of creaminess appearance almost. A bubbly and lofty yet slight cream mouthfeel as well. This is pretty darn good. Even more enjoyable than the 90 perhaps.
4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Pours golden yelow with a huge thick foamy head that dissipates to a nice light frothy cover. Massive lacing as well. Nose is earthy with some barnyard. Up front in the mouth is mosty malty sweet, maybe a hint of apricot and some citrus. Finish is slightly bitter, but no big hop bomb for sure. Body is medium to light with strong carbonation. Nice one.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Abraxas lounge, Miami Beach. It pours golden yellow, with a massive, long lasting white head. The nose is fresh pine, lots of sherbet, citrus pith and a touch of dough. The taste is sherbet, orange, tangerine, pine, dough, resin, raw hop and straw, with a bitter-dry finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and velvety mouth-feel. Well balanced and very easy drinking for the percentage. A very good IPA.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Pours a golden orange with an off white head and sweet aroma of hops and grapefruit. Taste is similar, sweet with flavors of hops, grapefruit, and caramel with a bitter finish. Great tasting and another nice IPA from Dogfish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a hazy golden orange, with a medium to large head. Nose is sweet and citrusy, predominately grapefruit. Nice flavor, moderate bitterness with a sweet ending. Finish is long, nice lacing, and like the taste bitter with a sweet landing. QUAFF SCORE 8 / 10
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
No shortage of foam on the pour, heavily carbonated, nice large head as well, very foamy. Well hopped, lacking a bit of the intensity I was expecting, a bit more watered down than I would have thought on the hop end, but still a good beer, very drinkable, very sessionable, awesome for summer. Interesting bc you really can taste the qualities of both the 60 and 90 minutes in the beer.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Capped 750 from Half Time. Pours light golden amber with a 3 finger creamy white head. Aroma is light pitted fruit. Med+ body. Flavor is citrus, light pitted fruit and mild roast malt with a little hint of maple. Guess I’m weak on maple. For me this is dry and hoppy. Finishing that way - though there did seem to be a maple hit for a second or less. This is really good for me. I’m getting a little nutty post-finish thing in my mouth. Or maybe not.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
For me, this one is a case of the whole not equaling more than the sum of the parts.
Love the 60min and 90min (and many others) from DFH, but this one was a little disappointing.
The biggest negative to me was the the heavy, syrupy mouth feel. I don’t understand why it feels thicker in some ways than 90min.
Agree with many that the maply addition is nice. But I can’t see myself buying more of this, whereas I do regularly buy 60, 90, and even 120 (when it’s around).
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
tons of maple aroma. Golden orange with tons of creamy head. Smooth flavor. Maple isn’t trying to hide but neither are the hips. Fantastic head retention
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Location/Date:Bottle in April/May 2012, have had 3 times.
Appearance: Pours a gold haze, always a bit fizzy when poured.
Aroma: Citrus hop, faint mapple
Taste: Medium bitterness, balanced.
Palate:Medium light body.
Summary: I enjoyed this but not as much as I had hoped I would, can’t say why.
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