Dogfish Head Burton Baton

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Milton, Delaware USA

3-15-08 bottle shared with lb4lb thanks to DrJay
Very thick, dense cloudy red amber with a thick white bubbly head. Smell is doughy and malty and even has some banana in there as well. Flavor is very Dogfish Head. Unique, raisins, bananas, anise, and alcohol. Very difficult for me personally to even swallow. No hops are present in the smell or flavor. Just not drinkable or enjoyable for me. Flavor is too pungent and too DFH for me.

Pours deep amber with a thin tan head. Big aroma of caramel, citrus and pine. Oak really comes out in the flavor with starts with a blast of sweeet malts and goes directly to a warming alcohol finish with some bitterness at the end. Alcohol is clearly present. The hops do NOT dominate here, and i would of appreciated a bit more flora and pine character. Still tasty.

The aroma on this thing is great. Although I wouldnt really classify this as a Dipa, it is one hell of an ipa. The english strong ale adds to the complexity and tones down the 90minute. Very enjoyable.

2005 bottle rated in Spring 2008, as many know a DIPA is not normally a candidate for aging, and wish only that I had a fresh one for comparison. However, while the hops had clearly faded, not any type of hop blast, there were still signs of their presence. Ringing the edges of this was a spicy, resiny and vaguely citric hop, perhaps with a touch of sweat, but it became difficult to separate that from the oak, because it was that, and not the malt that really has come to the fore. The aroma features a strong oakiness you sometimes smell in bourbon (but of course no bourbon notes in this). Flavor was mostly balanced, the malts are hard to describe, mostly just there as a base, spicy hops and strong oakiness leading into a warming, not quite hot, finish. Moderate bitterness is balance. Very cloudy bronze, with plenty of foamy head and full carbonation. Full palate. Still quite enjoyable in its own right, it perhaps a different animal than it once was.

Wow! Intense and bitter! Smells sweet hoppy and taste of sweet hops until the brutal bitter finish, that last on the lips for a while. Absolutly delicious!

Pours a a nice ruby red with a one finger beige creamy head. The aroma is mellow, a bit subdued, sweet, fruity, citrusy, nice background hops, a very very light vanilla oak character. The flavor is mellow, sweet, earthy, spicy, nice citrusy hops, some grapefruit peel, alcohol is well hidden. Not a bad brew, the mixture of old and new makes for a seemingly more balanced DIPA.

The color was orange/red. The head was creamy, thin, and light biege. The aroma was very hoppy, pine, and citris. The flavor was hoppy, vanilla, oak, pine, and citris. The alcohol was well masked. The palate was medium-bodied. The finish was warm.

12 oz bottle. Has a hazy burnt amber color with some red and orange hues coming through. The head is about 1 cm off white that disappeared very quickly. The aroma is a very sweet brown sugar with a lot of hoppiness; mostly citrus. There are some hints of floral in there too. I don’t really get the oak. The flavor is a well-balanced malt and hops. Lots of caramel, fruit, and alcohol. The fruit isn’t just citrus, maybe some strawberry? The finish is a very warming alcohol, maybe a little bit too much. The body is rich and creamy, helped out by the carbonation, even though there isn’t a lot visible.