 Pigfoot (2225), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Apr 28, 2004
I’ve been a fan of Three Floyds since my taste buds first became acquainted with the flavor of Alpha King. Now, I am happy to have concluded a 22oz. server of another of their fine, over-the-top, wham-bam-thank-YOU, ma’m brews, the delicious, the delirious, the damnedfine Dreadnaught IPA.
On first cracking the crown, a heavy waft of fruit invades the atmosphere, though the bottle and glass are both held at arm’s length.
Appearance: a bright, beautiful ruby red, with a good, fluffy, creamy head.
Aroma: bows to no one. Sharp pine resin, grapefruit, spruce?, tar, citrus fruit, and that’s it, but that’s quite an it, and IT’S in full effect, y’all.
An invasion of flavor, an armada embarking it’s onslaught upon every sensory receptor open and ready to receive. Tasty fruitiness recurrs with every sip, rewarding the drinker anew, long-lasting finish, almost sticking in the throat and taking up residence permanently on the palate. Malt is nearly an even match for hops, almost, barely, but at least they provide quite sufficient ballast and body that makes this quite a drinkable brew.
Fruit factor turns a trifle sweet after a time, but hop bitterness is always at hand to combat it.
This would count among the list of beers to spoil myself to death with, if I were so inclined, and were capable of...I’ll have another, and another, and a..whoops! too much! But, to quote Louis Jordan, "I’ll die happy!"
kosko20 (81), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
Aug 29, 2008 great brew, description in a few days...not everything I hoped for but I can’t complain...on tap at brewpub
Beerman6686 (680), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Aug 28, 2008 Pours a hazy orange color with a nice off white head. Aroma is of a lot of citrus hops and peaches maybe. Flavor is very abundant, nice citrus hops and some pine mixed in, and the fruit flavor in the hops really comes out. Really good stuff, but not quite up to par with Pliny or Hopslam.
Hophead22 (146), Redlands, California, USA
Aug 24, 2008 22oz. bottle. pours a really nice orange/yellow, nice lacing white head. Nice grassy/piney aroma, smells real good. Has a hell of a hop kick to it, pretty well balanced. Pretty nice beer overall. As it warmed it became incredible,
BrotherGrendel (135), San Diego (La Jolla), California, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Poured into a Stone OG tulip glass.
Appearance is an opaque dull orange with some amber highlights, thin layer of off-white creamy foam that dissipates to a ring, swaths of sticky lacing on the glass.
Smell is big, fragrant hops, mostly floral and pine resin, slight citrus tones, caramel and toast malts linger as does slight alcohol, very flavorful and delicious.
Taste is initially sweetened pine hops, transitions to thick chewy caramel and bready malts, tones of oranges and cotton candy, finishes bitter with a hint of alcohol warming.
Mouthfeel is medium-bodied, creamy and slick resiny texture, carbonation is ample but moderate.
Drinkability is high given the abv, a flavorful and balanced DIPA that has a nice interplay of hops and malts, I am impressed with the hop presence and this continues my obsession with this midwestern brewery.
bretupdegraff (52), , Indiana, USA
Aug 23, 2008 Golden Orange pour wonderful aroma sweet and fruity and hops
Layers of flavor - not as bitter as I was expecting - very smooth. This is not my favorite style of brew but it is very good.
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