 dhlesq (233), Thousand Oaks, California, USA
Sep 27, 2006
Aroma of caramel and mango, with the slightest hint of cask wood. Appears a hazy reddish-coppor color with notable effervescence of small bubbles, and with a small creamy yellow head that dissipates. Flavor is vinous, intensely malty, with some sweet stone fruit; there is a notable hop bite that balances will with the vanilla oak finish. Palate is thick and sweet, and would be syrupy but for the effervescence on the palate. Overall, a truly delightful brew.
yankeefan21 (72), USA
Oct 3, 2008 Bottle: Poured a reddish-tan with a finger tall head. Sweet smells of caramel and oak dominate the nose. If they ever make "man candles" I want mine to smell like this. First taste has a strong presence of alcohol with some of the caramel malt showing through. Oak is very present in the finish. This is a good beer but I agree with some of the others that this is more like a barley wine than an IPA as it doesn’t have that distinctive IPA hoppiness to it. Anyway - good beer. Gets a little hard to finish, but I’d get it again..
bennylava (56), California, USA
Oct 3, 2008 12 oz bottle. I tried this on a couple of occasions and this has been the most disappointing of all Dogfish Head beers. Pours an amber color with a thin head. In both cases, the beer seemed to go flat before I was finished drinking. For the taste, I think the oak, alcohol and malt flavor overwhelmed all others. I would call this a strong ale more than an IPA because it didn’t have much hop flavor, aroma, or bitterness. I’ll take the 60/90/120 min IPA’s any day over this one.
msante79 (268), Illinois, USA
Sep 26, 2008 12oz bottle. Pours hazy dark copper with thick off-white head. Aroma is floral hops, citrus, oak and caramel. Flavor is hops, citrus, oak, pine, vanilla and caramel malt. Oak really brings out the alcohol which gives this brew some barley wine characteristics. Nice brew from a brewery that likes to take risks.
taalhiker (111), Dayton, Ohio, USA
Sep 23, 2008 From bottle.
Pour = hazy amber with small head.
Taste = vanilla, caramel and hops. Slight taste of alcohol.
Finish = long and spicy....
afireinside96 (494), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 21, 2008 12oz bottle served in a snifter. Pours amber-orange with a light haze, topped by a small off-white head. Smells of citrusy hops, vanilla, fruity, biscuit. Hops integrate well with the flavors from the wood, also some vanilla and caramel. Body is thick and on the sweet side, not sticky or syrupy at all though. Very well done.
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