Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: American Strong Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1562	3.83/5.0	3.83/5.0	18%	91.4	Snifter, Trappist glass

Commercial Description:
Too extreme to be called beer? Brewed to a colossal 45°P, boiled for a full 2 hours while being continually hopped with high alpha American hops, dry-hopped every day in the fermenter for a month, and aged for a month on whole leaf hops, 120 Minute IPA is by far the strongest IPA ever brewed. And at 21% ABV and 120 IBU’s, you can see why we are calling this the Holy Grail for Hopheads. Editors note: ABV reduced down to 18% in 2009.

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bleeng (595), Spring near Beersel, Texas, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	5/5	7/10	2/5	15/20

Jun 21, 2009

Draft at the Anvil-Houston TX. Glowing orange color, filtered and no head. Sweet sticky taste with a nose of ripe fruit and stale flowers. Obviously very alcoholic and a nice sipper.

mwelsh13 (483), Maryland, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Jun 21, 2009

Snifter draft pours golden in color with a light head. Big sweet aroma with a slight bit of resin, citrus and pine. Extreme sweetness when you sip it with a nice alcohol burn. Surprisingly not a aggressively hopped so as to pull the enamel off your teeth. It is more subdued from what I remember. Was so proud when my wife downed it in a short time in front of a bar of beer geeks. I was told by a few guys that she is a keeper. That’s my girl.

dnstone (163), , New Jersey, USA

4.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.6	10/10	5/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Jun 21, 2009

Smells very sweet and piney. A beautiful hazy orange/gold in color. It is initially very sweet then transitions into a piney/citrus hop kick it the tongue that lingers...so good! The abv reveals itself as it finishes with a great warming in the throat. I would have another, but I think im too drunk to walk to the fridge!

Sparky27 (1583), Phoenix, Arizona, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Jun 20, 2009

On tap at the Draft Magazine PBS Beer Festival. Pours a hazy amber with a thin tan head. The nose is sweet citrus and caramel malt. The taste is brown sugar, rock candy, and candied citrus. Medium mouthfeel. Good, but way too sweet for me. I’m glad I got to try a sample rather than wasting a 10 spot on a bottle.

skoll (127), Traverse City, Michigan, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	9/10	4/5	8/10	5/5	17/20

Jun 20, 2009

Bottle bought in spring 2009. Great bright orange color, whitish head. Aroma of peaches, grapefruit, peat, honey, pine. Sweet, tingly flavor of citrus--name a citrus fruit, it’s in there. Pine hops give the pucker but honestly it’s not too bad. There’s an underlying alcohol base but it’s not distracting. This is hop honey syrup and it’s oh so good.

beerandIT (182), Richmond, Virginia, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 19, 2009

Pours a darker somewhat cloudy amber. Beautiful. Dried apricots and mangoes on the nose along with some hops and a super strong alcohol smell. On the palate I get corn syrup, hops, strong sweetness, molasses, caramel and more hops. Very sticky and very full bodied. Just an awesome beer that will only get better with time.

boomer0813 (53), denton, Texas, USA

2.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.8	6/10	3/5	5/10	4/5	10/20

Jun 18, 2009

Aroma was of caramel, banana, and citrus. Taste was sweet with caramel and alcohol. I was surprised that I kind of liked it.

Jonte (815), Gothenburg, Sweden

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Jun 15, 2009

Bottle. About one year old. Thanks to Dempa. Cloudy orange/brown colour. Lots of sweet maltiness and alcohol, caramel, fruitiness, sugar, strong desert wine, maybe some hops somewhere there in the background. I liked it, but maybe you have to be a malthead (or boozehead).

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