Dogfish Head Immort Ale

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

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: JUN 5, 2005 Re-Rate: On Draft at Dunedin Brewery!
Steller! Thick and sticky mahogany body… smoky, with notes of molasses and candied sugars…. An Awesome beer… Awesome!

Thanks to my Secret Santa Slob for sending me this brew before Christmas! A month later FL finally got some of the DFH line, so if this mother is really tasty I now have it readily available, SWEET!
Pours a smoldering mahogany body and a rocky off white head. The nose is a mass of malt, caramel too know end. Some hoppy citrus characteristics of oranges, tangerine oils show up in tandem. WOW, Oh MF’er , this is a sweet and syrupy brew!!
Let me put it in perspective: Malt, malt, Malt, malt, Malt, malt, MALT, malt Malt, malt, Malt, malt, Malt, malt, MALT, malt!!! Really what we have here is are several orchards of ripe plums, peaches, apricots, and some suggestions of ginger and vanilla crammed into a 12oz bottle. 12% abv, you won’t know until your finished and the room starts to spin. Also has a great viscous palate, almost syrupy.
Overall this is a pretty damn good Barley Wine, but I think a year in the cellar would really help tone down the overly sweet character.

36cl, American brew, with Maple syrup, thx to AdamJackson!, complex brew, sweet/woody and slightly fruity/alcoholic, not too heavy, balanced, clear, small head, very good brew

Rating a 2008 bottle consumed in 2012: Cloudy light brown with a thin tan head. Pronounced oak in aroma, accompanied by pit fruits and vanilla. Flavor is fruity (plum, grape) and mellow, with semi-sweet, lightly woody finish. Somewhat lively palate. Quite nice. For the purpose of comparison, a 2011 bottle is slightly hazy copper-red with a very thin tan head and minimal carbonation. Aroma is lightly peaty with candied cherries and cough syrup. Flavor of cherries, syrup, peat, smoke, slight alcohol. Peaty, scotch flavors really come through as it warms. Thick, oily, and nearly flat. The two years are remarkably different. Side by side, the 2008 bottle is superior - the mingling of oak and fruit is really nice.

Clear golden amber with no head. The aroma is fairly sweet and has a good amount of grains, with light vanilla and alcohol. Flavor is smooth and mellow, similar to the aroma, with nice warming. Pretty tasty.

Complex beer, beautiful amber aperance with fruty and earthy aromas. Taste is intesne with strong alcohol component ( toomuch for me) long lasting aftertaste

from notes: Lacking of any head or hop notes when poured. dark and sweet ale. Slight hint of the Belgian yeast, but not overdone. Syrupy, sweet, earthy, woody. Better than Olde School. The lack of hops surprises me, coming from Dogfish.

Bottle from trade. Aroma had a distinct, white wine quality, in addition to the sweetness. Flavor included a malty, sweet backbone and a bit of alcohol burn. I suppose you could hold onto this one for a while to even out the palate. Damn good beer though. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

been sitting on this for at least 18 months. I remember the other 3 of the 4-pack being much better fresh. OK smoked aroma but the flavor doesn’t hold up. a mish-mash with little distinction and the smokiness has become ashy and oxidized meaty.

Couldn’t find a date on the bottle, but my notes say I received this in 2010, sampled 5/7/2012. Pours a deep copper color with a decent sized tan head that persists for a good long time. Smells of caramel and toffee with hints of smoke, dark fruit, sweet malts, a bit of earth and a touch of alcohol. This certainly has an English feel to the nose. The taste is where it all falls apart. There’s a tartness upfront that seems out of place. Some sweet burnt sugary malts come in next but they are quickly overpowered by a peat smoked phenol that I wasn’t expecting. A touch of alcohol and a sweet tart mix of fruits linger long after every sip. Medium body with a moderate level of carbonation and a sweet tart kind of mouthfeel going on. It smells a whole lot better than it tastes that’s for sure. I don’t remember disliking this when I’ve had it before, maybe it just doesn’t age well or its in its funky years. Well I just read the bottle and it makes a little more sense now. Smoked malt, juniper berries, vanilla, maple syrup, English and Belgian yeast. Its still a bit weird in flavor!

Bottle from total wine sterling. Pours brown with a half an inch of white head that leaves a fair amount of lacing. Slight maple and vanilla notes on the nose. Fairly smooth mouthfeel. Very drinkable. A lot smoother than beers of this style typically are. Nice digestif!

Bottle from RamyG4. Pours deep amber slightly hazy and has a tight soapy khaki head that dissipates to a wispy film and foamy collar. Aroma is strong fruity notes and esters with caramel malt and woody notes. Taste is more fruit and roasted malt and caramel with noticeable signs of oak and peat. Palate is full and sticky slick with a chalky dry finish. Nice Barley Wine!