Dogfish Head Burton Baton

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

Bottle from Calvert Wines. Pours a clear, deep amber color with a small off white head. Aroma of a grassy field, laced with flowery hops, and a dusty old room. Great, smooth body that reveals a robust hop character. Oaked flavor comes out in the finish; a hint musty. Nice malt backbone, levels the beer out. Good beer from DFH.

CLoudy amber with a hint of pink. Big time pink grapefruit juice in the aroma followed with a vodka like alcohol vibe. Buttery feel, citrus punch dominated by warm oranges. Oak and big time alcohol come through in time. weird mixed vegetable thing going on as well.

Very different example for the style, nicely complex and interesting with a woody tinge to augment a fruity malt character and hoppy finish. Quite enjoyable.

Hop nose wasn’t assaulting, but laid back. Sweet malt taste, some juicy hops. Again, laid back flavor. Toffee, cereal. Mellow. Something missing.

Clear dark amber, thin white fizzy head. Interesting nose of wood, earth, pineapple, light citrus, a tiny shot of vanilla, with a slight funky undertone. Basically, the flavor IMO, is a muted version of the 90 Minute on wood with just a hint of citrus showing up. Really not that much more going on here, but then again maybe my hopes were too high. Full bodied, prickly carbonation, drying semi-bitter finish. It’s good and certainly worth a try, but I’ll stick to my standard 90 Min any day of the week...

Corked 750 ml: This beer has improved greatly with just a few months of bottling. I’ll leave my last bottle a while longer. The harshness and lack of balance I experienced with the first bottle has mainly dissipated with great mingling of wood, hop spiciness, hop fruitiness, and solid malt sweetness.

Another Dr. Bill offering at the PP Strong Ale fest. This brew pours with a cloudy orange body topped by a medium thick head with a good amount of lacing. The aroma and flavor are sweet and fruity with a caramel note. Light to medium bodied and smooth.

Date: May 11, 2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Roadtrip
Appearance: clear dark red, thin yet frothy beige head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet peppery pine aroma
Body: good body
Flavor: sweet sweet pine flavor, touch of heat, good dose of bitterness tries to keep it balanced

Date: September 10, 2008
Source: summits woodstock
Score: 3.6 to 3.8
Aroma: sweet and spicy aroma with a good oak character
Body: creamy body
Flavor: big sweet caramel malt flavor, lotsof vanilla sweetness, growing caramelized sugar character, nice spicy hops, touch of peppery character, balancing oak, light bitterness, sweet caramel and vanilla become the dominant character balanced by the oak

Date: August 16, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
much mellower on draft,

Date: November 23, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
Aroma: huge sweet pine and oak aroma
Flavor: sweet caramel and vanilla flavor dominated by lots of oak, plenty of hops kick in for balance and complexity

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *** /4