Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

Courtesy MrBunn. 1.5 year old bomber. ohmy is it good. Nose of pineapple caramel orange and grapefruit...pours a milky orange with a very thin head. Strong flavor of caramel and grapefruit with some pine thrown in. this beer is number 6 in the 4 day Arkansas trip second night. palate is smooth creamy with a spot on carbonation. flippin great.

Picked up the Last bottle in Woodmans in Onalaska. Pours a orangish color with hints of red. Aroma of pine, earth and different fruits. Bitterness is easy to handle and alchol isnt very present. Very grassy, earthy, and citris flavors. The best double ipa i have had and easily one i could drink all day.

Bottle aged for about 9 months. Pours a brilliant orange-red with foamy off-white head, which dissipates after a couple minutes. Gorgeous fruity nose with notes of peach, mango, pineapple, orange, and lemon, balanced out with earthy, and biscuity malts and a caramel backbone. The bitterness has been subdued by the aging, but resiny citrus oils still linger throughout. Really nice biscuit, and caramel malt notes, combined with some delicate earthy-tea flavors that seem to show up in most of the 3F offerings I have tasted. Piney at the finish. Extremely drinkable and nearly perfect.

On tap a brewpub. Huge nose of cirtus and typical 3F hops. Nice bitterness throughout with just enough of a malt feel to bring a small amount of balance to the brew. Great example of an IIPA, you can’t go wrong here.

22oz bottle pours a cloudy dark orange amber with a 1/2 inch off white head. Minimal retention, but some foam and a collar do remain. Not much lacing. Aromas of pine resin, floral hops, some malt, and some citrus hop notes as well (grapefruit). Flavors of hops...duh, pine, resin and I actually get a decent dose of malt here. I have no idea how fresh this bottle is, but i imagine it could be fresher. Overall it was great, but i still feel it was missing something.

<i>Thanks to TearsforBeers, my Secret Santa, for the bottle!</i>
Transparent amber with a small white head. Nose is rather plain: grapefruit, pine, slight caramel. Flavor is bitter yet also sweet, lots of sugary caramel and malt lingering through the finish to balance the bitter citrus notes. Slight alcohol throughout. Mouth is quite thin, sticky. Overall pretty standard. If refined, bursting hop flavors are what you seek, there are better IIPAs.

22oz bottle from Parti-Pak Liquors (Indianapolis, IN). Pours a fairly clear dark amber to copper color with a one finger off-white head that settles slowly but still provides lacing on the glass. Aroma is floral and sweet with notes of hops, citrus, grapefruit, citrus, honey and hints of toffee. Flavor is sweet and floral with notes of citrus and hops, grapefruit, honey, caramel, and hints of spice. Generally medium body with a hoppy finish.

Bottle. Copper pour with a nice white head, dissipates quickly to a thin froth. Aroma is a wonderful strong hoppy with a hint of citrus. Flavor is of strong hops with a touch citrus and some pine. Fairly heavy on the alcohol compared to other IPAs. Palate is well-balanced.