Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

Tremendously aromatic, lots of peach; brown-apricot color; wow, the hype is for real: alcohol is well hidden under a really flavorful hop sting; not at all sticky but leaves a great aftertaste and sting with you; pretty awesome. [tasted next to a Pizza Port Hop 15] (not suprisingly) the Dreadnaught’s peachy, the Hop-15 is piney, and both are superb. [tasted next to a Green Flash Imperial IPA] The Dreadnaught is peachy in the nose; the Green Flash is ganja and grass. Not suprisingly, the taste matches. Besides that, the Green Flash has more hop sting aftertaste; the Dreadnaught has more of a warm syrupy aftertaste. Both impeccable. I personally prefer the Green Flash. [tasted next to a Moylans Moylander Double IPA] Both very fragrant, but the Dreadnaught is a lot of peach compared to the malt-pineapple Moylander aroma. The taste matches their aroma. The Dreadnaught is also very rich on the palate by comparison.

22oz bottle. Pours a crystal clear deep amber color, foam is surprisingly short lived and leaves almost no lacing. Aroma is lots of citric and piney hops rolled in crystal malt and then marinaded in ethanol. Flavor hits you at first with a smack of alcohol, then kicks you with boot covered in "C" hops and covers you in a thick malty blanket. I never got over the alcohol, just way too much for me. Also, despite the claim of bottle conditioning, it was crystal clear the entire way down and had no sediment. Bastards.

Everything it claims to be and more. Hits you hard with the scent of forest floor, grass, grapefruit, a bit o’ honey. Balances very juicy hops with a strikingly bitter and long finish with thick, toffee-malt sweetness. Has it all, does it very cleanly and it’s still got plenty of balls. This is what beer is supposed to be, people.

By memory- orange color, almost overly hoppy, flowery sweet start, dryer finish. Fruit/hop/pine tast, intense hop expericance.

From the hype that surrounded this beer I was not overly impressed. Not enough malt to give it a smooth finish. Great hop filled aroma.

Wonderful. Cloudy amber pour with a small white head. Aroma of piney hops and some citrus. Complex mouthfeel with bitter finish that keeps on giving. A Hop lovers dream.

Amber color with a nice that disappears quickyl. Extremley hoppy beer in aroma and in taste but does not over power the drinker. Good repersentation of style, extreme but nice.

I was invited to the NBH for a home brewing display. The owner shared a glass of this with me. It stands there beside the Maharaja shoulder to shoulder. A smotth, balanced hop cocktail. If only I could get this in Minnesota.