Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Munster, Indiana USA

Bottle at RBNAG 07. Golden / orange colour with an off- white head. Aroma is hop , citrus. Flavour is sweet, hop, citrus, malt, flower. Nice beer.

Had this numerous times. Pours a very pale orange. Not so much head but the aromas take over all my senses. The apricot and grapefruit rise up from my tulip. The flavor was great and is one of the best IIPA I have ever had.

22oz. Growler. Pours slightly cloudy pale orange, like an IPA should. Thin head, which is surprising since they add yeast to prime. The nose is a knockout...it smells like a harvest ale, with strong grapefruit. First few pulls are so bitter your palate has to adjust. Cascade & Chinook hops outdo all flavors with the grapefruit, though you can taste the sweet malty backbone. Finishes with a cloyingly sweet tang, which fades into a buttery ester that isnt all that unwelcome in this style.

i took a special trip to indiana just to have this beer. i had been reading about it for quite a while and just felt like i needed to have it in my life. this is a PERFECT beer. i was told by my traveling partners that i even had a whole new look of joy on my face when i tried it. a case of 12 bombers set me back 100 bucks even but it is worth every cent.

In the movie ’Beerfest,’ there’s this scene where they are first trying Germany’s greatest beer. This must have been that beer, except it isn’t from Germany - its from Indiana. It poured like liquid honey into my half-yard. Immediately I could smell the mangoes...the grassy earthy hops that you could smell if you were around the bottle. The first taste - and its sweet. Not the brutal dominatrices out here on the West Coast, but a sultry soft Midwestern girl. It peels back into a welcoming bitter, that lets you know it’s an IPA. But at no time does it feel like a IIPA - but it is. Oh brother, it is. ON SECOND ANALYSIS: This is an even better IIPA fresh. You really get the spicy, dank hop notes that make a truly perfect IIPA.

A fantastic smelling beer. A dark brown with a little bit of a ruby color. Thin head. Well balanced, one of my favorite IPAs. Lots of hops...well done!

Clear orange-golden body. Low head. Delicious and strong fruity hop nose. Full malty taste with a perfectly balanced hopbitterness. Oily mouthfeel. Full body. Awesome! (Bottle @ RBNAG’07)

Dreadnaught pours an amber color with a slightly off white head. It has a sweet aroma that isn’t as full as hops as I would have assumed. There are some hop aromas, but it is mostly malty sweet aromas. The taste is similar to the aroma. There is no blast of hops that I would expect from a double IPA. There is a very strong sweet malty taste and enough hops to balance and stand out, but again, they don’t dominate the flavor. I think that I’m getting more accustomed to hoppier beers, so it might be a bit before I can get a stable base to review from. That being said, it is still a good beer. It tastes fairly full bodied for a lighter beer, and is pretty good to drink. I would definitely drink it again. Edit: On the second half of the bottle as it warmed up, it got hoppier and got better.