 GardenGabe (126), Denver, Colorado, USA
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Pour from a 12oz. dense head and a dark amber color. Nose is dominated by caramel, resin and pine with faint rose floral quality. Taste is extremely sweet like a candy with a bitter finish. Some anise and oak. Taste is not well balanced though reasonable complex. Feel is smooth with a light carbonation. Coats well and rolling it brings out a bourbon taste.
FatguyRacer (131), Crownsville, Maryland, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Bottle. Pours a deep amber with a large fluffy tan head. Complex nose of sweet malts and floral/grassy hops. One of the most aromatic brews i’ve experienced. Very creamy and sweet on the palate with an great bitter hop finish. I am a big fan of 90min IPA and this is one step above. I really really like this brew. I am so lucky to live so close to the source as I seem to be finding Dogfish Head brews in more and more shops.
travita (1908), Frisco, Texas, USA
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Clear, amber in color, and has a decent beige colored head. Nice aroma of hops, pine, caramel, fruits, sweetness, vanilla, and toffee. The taste is some bitterness, fruits, sweet, alcohol, some wood, and good.
LadySusan (478), Ste-Therese, Quebec, Canada
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Nov 25, 2009 Taster at The mondial 09 in Montreal. The color is amber with a beige head. The aroma is of hops +++and fruits. The taste also of very good hops plus citrus fruits, the bitterness is just right.The 10 % alcohol is there and very good.The finish in yopur mouth is the nice bitterness.
potbeercollege (335), Boulder, Colorado, USA
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 24, 2009 Bottle. Very nice clear amber color, thick frothy white head, strong lacing. Aroma of sweet floral hops, notes of grass, wood and fruit, fairly strong. Flavor is very sweet, reminiscent of their 90 minute through with more hop character, balanced with even sweeter caramel malt. Medium bitter finish, overall a little too sweet for my palate.
HonusWagner (2), Florida, USA
does not count  | 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Nov 23, 2009 Very solid nose of citrus and pine hops with some wood from the barrels. Pours a nice orange hue with OK head, but the taste is where this beer makes itself notable. Very strong tropical fruit hops fading into a somewhat sweet, caramel finish.
Teege (85), Orlando, Florida, USA
| 3.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 |
Nov 22, 2009 12 oz. bottle at redlight redlight. This beer really isn’t as amazing as its ridiculously complex brewing and blending process suggests that it should be. That being said, it’s still a good beer as far as the hoppy, high alcohol malt bombs go. Probably its best quality is its cloudy amber appearance. The nose is good too. I couldn’t really tell you what it smells like but it has hints of oak in it. Also, the usual piny hops and caramel malts. The flavor is, you know, pretty bitter, just a tad sweet. Pretty much like a strong ale should taste I guess. I mean, I can talk until I’m blue in the face, so just try it already.
41cubs (136), , New Jersey, USA
| 4.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 5/5 | 18/20 |
Nov 19, 2009 Mother of all that is sacred. If ever a stranger offered this to me, they would then immediately be a friend. Smells like spruce, caramel/butterscotch hard candy and warm wood stove. Flavor is buttery sweet and slightly woody with the hops coming through in a piney resin type presence that escapes through the nostrils as I exhale. Luscious creamy mouthfeel on the back of a medium sticky body. This thing taste like the wilderness and feels just as fresh and true. If a companion this would not be your "bitch", but rather your "lady". One of this brewers best and one of this styles best. Thank You Dogfish Head. 2009 12oz.
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