Fruitfly (59), , Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 27, 2008 Updated: Jul 30, 2008Really Fresh: bottled under 1.5 weeks. Smell is a very nice thick malty sweetness, then piney with citrus and heavy hop and alcohol. Appearance is a redish copper and just looks thick with hop oil. Almost no head, but a medium bead continues to rise. Taste is bitter, tangy, heavy bodied with long bitter finish. This very welcome taste remains on tongue and roof of mouth for hours. Not excessive in alcohol taste due to the nice malt balance. I’ve had it a few times and have never been disappointed. A good double IPA.
FriarHop (31), Long Beach, New York, USA
Jul 27, 2008 An amazing IPA! A big hops beer; the finish a bit bitter. Lots of fruit and citrus on the nose—perfect for a nightcap.
 douglas88 (1555), Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Jul 26, 2008 Updated: Jul 28, 2008Bottle at the Clark Street Ale House in Chicago. Pours a clear amber body with a medium white head. An awesome nose of citrus and grapefruit hops, also some sweet cake. The taste was full of tons of hops, not too bitter except in the finish, generally quite sweet actually. Some wood and sugary flavors too. Very good IPA. Enjoyable and not too hot.
FlssmrBrewAlum (1053), Lisle, Illinois, USA
Jul 25, 2008 12 oz bottle from Charleston’s (New Lenox, IL). Pours a beautiful hazed copper with nice head. Aromas are very pleasant, consisting heavily of citrus, hops, spice, and pine on the back. Initial is much the same, nicely balanced malt with a very strong hop presence, largely citrusy hops with pine notes (My favorite notes) and some other sweet but mellow fruits (Tropical?). Finishes clean, with a nice bitterness. I don’t personally think this brew overdoes malty sweetness. If anything, the other single IPA I had this evening did this much more noticeably. Very good DIPA.
Swolf3 (252), Elkton, Maryland, USA
Jul 22, 2008 Poured amber/orange in color, with a hoppy, fruity aroma. Small head with no lacing. Very Strong hoppy flavor. Hands Down my favorite double IPA!
SumnerH (2), Virginia, USA
does not count  Jul 21, 2008 Beautiful in-glass appearance, but this just doesn’t taste like an IPA--it’s almost like they’ve pushed the sweetness and hidden the hops to try to go for a mass-market appeal, except I know and respect Dogfish head well enough that I’m sure that isn’t the case.
The overwhelming flavors coming through are a cloying malt and a bold (and not pleasant in this instance) alcohol taste, with a medicinal, almost prune-like aftertaste. It has non of the hoppy bitterness expected from an IPA.
Like everything from Dogfish, though, it’s certainly not a boring beer. Worth trying once in case your tastes align better, just ignore the phrase IPA on the bottle and go in expecting a very sweet Strong Ale.
Pastor (509), Maine, USA
Jul 18, 2008 This was my go to IPA for years
Bottle poured into a pint glass produces a finger worth of white head on top of a clear copper colored body the head leaves a good amount of lacing
Aromas of citrus hoppy goodness fill your nose.
A good amount of malt flavor for a DIPA but the hops bitter is still there for your hop fix. Medium mouthfeel good carbonation for your tongue
Highly drinkable but I would keep myself to two a sitting because of the alcohol will sneak up on you. Like I said my go to DIPA for a long time
smetrick (18), Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 17, 2008 12 oz bottle poured into tumbler. Tawny color, translucent. minimal, quickly dissapating white head. Low carbonation. Very little on the nose (probably because of my glass). Tastes of brown sugar, toast, spice, and pepper. Very long finish lingers on the palate with juniper flavors. Great flavor. Proof that a great IPA doesn’t have to be a puckered up hop bomb. Watch out! This drinks easy at 9.1%! It’s a creeper.
ps- better than Hopslam
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