Dogfish Head Immort Ale

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Barley Wine
Milton, Delaware USA

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle 12fl.oz.

[ Vintage 2007 ]. Light unclear medium amber red colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, bread, oxidide, dried fruit, alcohol, smoke notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120324]

A red beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of malt, alcohol, caramel, and hints of hops. The flavor is very sweet with notes of caramel and the alcohol biting the tongue. A quite nice beer.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of Degarth. Pours a cloudy, warm, amber golden with a yellowish head. Sweetish aroma of caramel and fruit. Soft mouthfeel, full-bodied with sweetish caramel and then some odd but fairly distinct smoked notes - as in a Scotch whisky. A bit flat and sticky perhaps. Ends with basically no bitterness. Definitely a different Barley Wine. 090407

12 oz bottle. Pours amber with no head. Smoked aroma, slight malty and rubber. Thick mouthfeel. Clearly fullbodied. Sweet raisin malty, syrup and oak hints. I don’t sense the vanilla, but the beer has a certain flavour smoothness. Good bitterness in the finish.

Bottled. Dark amber colour, not much head. Aroma is leather, malts, hops and syrup. Flavour is leather, malts, a bit caramel. Also strong roasted and smoked notes. Hides it’s alcohol quite well.

Deep red, vinuos, hoppy and enormously complex with notes of vanilla and maple syrup. One of my all time favourites!!

Bottle. Cloudy orange red coloured with an off white head. Aroma of malts, caramel, wood and dried fruits. Sweet flavour of malts, caramel an dried fruits.

UPDATED: MAR 24, 2012
2012-03-24, purchased in Sept 2008, possibly 4+ years old, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Dark amber color. Nice caramel and malt aroma, a bit oxidized. Malt flavor, caramel, sweet, with very low bitterness, some alcohol perception.
Not suitable for aging.

2009-10-21, 7-5-8-3-16=39
The pour is not thick; it has a dark mahogany color and a reasonably big head, creamy. Malt aroma; I think actually that it’s quite slim. It has medium body strength, quite good malt and caramel flavor, partially sweet; I surely expected a more massive beer, thicker, to start with, and sweeter; the most interesting part is a light smoke flavor; ordinary bitterness; the final is even quite dry. Some alcohol warmth. Not complex as expected; well, last time I had it it was 11 years ago…

UPDATED: DEC 15, 2009
Date: February 18, 2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
Appearance: Muddy brown rusted water with a whispy tan head
Aroma: sweet fruity malt aroma
Flavor: rich dark malt flavor, hint of fruity sweetness, big bitter finish

Date: January 10, 2004
Source: bw blind tasting
Appearance: clear dark amber, thin head
Flavor: sweet fruity aroma and flavor, tartness in the finish, hint of bitterness, tartness grows, great but not a true barley wine

Date: July 14, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2006
same as it ever was, this beer needs 4+ years

Date: November 23, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: brick store
Vintage: 2007
Aroma: sweet dark fruity aroma, caramel and brown sugar
Flavor: rich and fruity flavor, caramel sweetness, hint of maple, touch of oak, vanilla shows up late with a touch of alcohol

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *** /4

2007 Vintage. Thanks Alex. Bottle @ Miss January / AA Meeting Afterparty Tasting, March 2012. Pours cloudy ruby amber with a creamy white head and lacings. Vinous nose. Matured fruit, port , vanilla, dark fruit and caramel. Flavor has a bit of oxidation. Lots of plum,vanilla, raisin, caramel and port. Full bodied. A sipper. Quite nice . . Still.