 mikey (319), farmington, Utah, USA
May 1, 2008
Poured a golden amber with a sturdy, two fingers of frothy, eggshell head. The nose was of grapefruit, pine and herbs with a sweet carmel/alcohol tingle. The taste started with an unapologetic grapefruit blast. A perfectly balanced carmel backbone brings you back from what could have been an astringic dissaster. Piney notes come in next to complete the finish. Alcohol was definatly present in the aftertaste. The mouthfeel was medium/full and it’s drinkabilty is huge, despite it’s high 9% ABV. This was a near perfect Double IPA. A hop-heads dream.
FlssmrBrewAlum (168), South Chicago Suburbs, 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 (13), 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 (236), 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 (8), Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
does not count 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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