Dogfish Head Burton Baton

Pours an amber color with a white head. Aroma is mainly bourbon and some hops. Flavor is much the same, i havent had a beer like this before, but i like it bourbon barrel ipa is good!

12 oz. Bottle. Nose of weak vanilla and then lots of hops, the vanilla never to return. Pours a beauty of a deep amber, that shimmers in the sunlight. Head settles quickly and is a ring on the DFH glass. Body is big but easily drinkable. My overall impression is that this is a mellowed and muted version of the louder 90 Min. Oak was not discernable, though the dry hopping was. While I applaud all the extra effort that went into making this brew, the whole is equal to or lesser than the parts.

Pours a very dark amber, let’s just call it a brown. Very nice two inches of off white head. This is different. On the first taste, you get lots of malt, and a good amount of alcohol. There is a slight bit of fruit coming through as well. A good amount of hops in the taste. Just not the citrusy, juicy type. These are piney and grassy. Very malty and very big mouthfeel. I think superfresh and from the tap this would be better. Different, can’t say that I’ve had anything like it. Which is why I love Dogfish Head.

From bottle : Pours a hazy apricot color with a finger of offwhite foamy head. Sticky lacing. Strong hop smell, woody. Taste is really nice. Some fruity hops and wood flavors, nice and smooth and leaves a pleasent flavor afterwords. I dont really taste much of the 10% abv, which is nice. Really nice IIPA.

Bottle. Hazy dark orange with a off white head. The aroma is intense, but a little too much alcohol present. There’s lots of sweet fruit and oak in there as well though. Flavor is very sweet for an IPA, with fruit and woody flavors coming through. Also has quite a bit of caramel. Alcohol is present throughout, but not overly so. Has a somewhat bitter finish, but still falls in the shadow of the sweet malty oak flavors the dominate the beer. Medium to full bodied. Maybe more of an American Strong Ale? Still, a complex IPA that offers something different and thus intrigues me.

12oz bottle: pours amber brown with minimal head, aroma is strong in hops with hints of malt, flavor starts off like a hoppy IPA with a good malt backing it but after a few sips the oak comes through more and more. doesnt taste much like the 90min IPA but still pretty good.

The aroma is hoppy with hints of malt. The head is huge, off-white and creamy with good lacing. The body is a cloudy copper. The initial flavor is a creamy hoppy taste on the back of the tongue with hints of a roasted caramel/molasses, very refreshing. The finish is good and long. The body is medium, the texture creamy and the carbonation soft. This bottle is from February 2008. Just opened a second bottle dated 1/08/07. The head is still huge but is diminishing faster with good lacing. The body is a clear copper. The aroma is malts, a touch of hoppiness. The head is lighter, more white.The flavor hits big and then a sourness, hits the roof of the mouth and more on the front of the tongue. Sweetness, caramel/molasses dominate the finish. Probably shouldn’t be aged more than a year. Still drinkable and not too bad.

Bottle. Rich amber body, medium white head, fruity nose. Fruity flavor, without the ridiculous level of bitterness that any double IPAs carry. Dangerously drinkable.