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Dogfish Head Burton Baton

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
9303.74/5.03.73/5.0Special10%76.6Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
The elusive brew is made from pilsner malt and amber malt with an original gravity of 26.5?P, yielding an 11% abv. It's hopped with Warrior and Glacier varieties. Primary fermentation takes place in open vessels using two yeast strains, one American and one English. For added complexity, the beer is conditioned on barrel staves of French Oak for four months before being dry hopped with Glacier at the rate of a half-pound per barrel. This elixir is then blended 50/50 with 90 Minute IPA. After blending, the beer will measure 80 IBU and 10% abv. Bottled in corked bottles through Michael Jackson’s rare beer club by late November 04 and available in 12 ounce full distribution in early January 05.
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 Marsiblursi (1634), Göteborg, Sweden
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 30, 2007  
(Bottle thanks Degarth) Pours reddish amber with off white head. The aroma is a nice mix of oak wood, tropical fruits, malt and hops. Butter, light vanilla, passion fruit, mango, pine apples, apples, starfruit, grapefruit, resiny pine, dried herbs, dried apricots, caramel, fudge, almond paste, doughy cookies, hints of figs and strawberry jam are all present. Some alcohol warmth. The flavour is medium to full sweet with a lot of fruit things happening. Buttery oak, caramel and cookie like malt in the background. Light herb and citric bitter. Tiny pepper with a numbing alcohol sting. The mouthfeel is round and sticky. Medium bodied. The aroma is nice and interesting but the flavour is a bit too sweet and one dimensional.


 Cruzan59 (197), Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/515/20
Dec 30, 2007  
12oz single from Bayville Package Store, Selbyville, DE...bottle pours clear amber with a minimal white head...smell mixes tangy citrus with sweet subtle malts...flavor is of orange, hops, malt, honey, and red apple as it warms...mild alcohol in the after taste...honestly, I was expecting something different...maybe I had this one too soon after the Midas and D’Extra (wasn’t the same night)...the flavors meshed too close together.


 bierkoning (6020), La Tropica, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/104/516/20
Dec 25, 2007  
Small bottle. Reddish orange color. Grapefruit, red berries, oak and honey in the soft aroma. Sweet raisinny flavor with oak and red berries. Mandarine curacao. Syrupy mouthfeel. Alcohol is incredibly well hidden. Hopbitter oily raisinny aftertaste. Excellent!


 Tilley4 (218), Huron, Tennessee, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/58/104/517/20
Dec 24, 2007  
Good grief, I enjoyed this beer. Huge Dogfish fan anyway so been trying to grab this out and have a go. Christmas Eve so I did. Fairly close to the 90 minute on the pour, maybe a little darker. Smells absolutely wonderful. Hoppy with that underlying woody smell of the oak. I could smell this all day. One of the best tasting beers I’ve had so far. Prefect blend of hops and bourbon. Wonderful. Wish I had another bottle. I will be going back to grab another few bottles of this. This stuff is great. Don’t know how many I could drink due to the 10% but I want this around all the time. Loved it.


 ucusty (1881), Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 23, 2007  
Thanks to my BA SS for this! Pours a really hazy shade of amber with extremly thin head and 2 rings of lacing. Hoppy aroma. Flavor was complex, however was really cloying and left a sticky mouth-feel. As this warmed up the sweetness mellowed out a bit. Sweet caramel, toffee, maple syrup, oak, and vanilla round out iipa like alot of the dfh big offerings this is a little to sweet, however not offensive like the 120


frankenstein (64), Livermore, California, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Dec 11, 2007  
Has a strong aroma of apricots and malt. The color is like that of a brandy. The taste is really amazing, strong apricot and malt, amazingly complex. This is very similar to a dessert wine, neat beer.


 AgentSteve (1363), SF Bay Area, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 11, 2007    Updated: Sep 1, 2008
Trade from sweet Lou18. Amber color with almost no head. Nose is somewhat sweet with pineapple accents and fruity undertones. Flavor is awesome, with a sweetness and fruit charactaristic mixed with a bit of heat and oak. Mid to full mouthfeel.


 jon112981 (327), Chevy Chase, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/518/20
Nov 30, 2007  
12 oz. Bottle. Great mix between hoppy and sweet. I don’t really taste the fruits that others have. It goes down quite easy.



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