Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

Disgustingly sweet and almost impossible to drink. Shared a 12 oz with three friends, and none of us finished our pour. The hops were gone by the time we opened this bottle, maybe it would be better while fresh. Extreme? Yes. Tasty? Not at all.

Perhaps one of the best smelling beers ever! Far smoother than anticipated. Alcohol burn was far less than expected as well. Very sweet because of the high alcohol and so tastes like hop candy!

Sweet and hoppy aroma with some vinous, piney, resiny and in the combination a bit peachy notes. The taste is insanely hoppy and sweet, alcohol is covered suprisingly well in the taste but you can still feel it in you mouth and when it goes down the hatch. I can see this becoming a brilliant beer with a little patience but this is pretty damn good fresh too.

pours a great cloudy orange with a large off white head. very sweet aroma with tons of hops like i’ve never smelled before. flavor is very sweet with intense gritty resinous hops. finishes harsh with tons of alcohol and sweetness. this beer is simply too big for me right now. im going to let one age a good 5 years before i try it again. has amazing potential when both my palate, and the beer mature a little more.

cloudy orange under a medium sized creamy beige head. vanilla, kalua, cream, cake, peachy hop aroma. flavor is full of peach syrup, marshmallow, and vanilla. creamy palate. somehow smooth. lots of vanilla cake mix. this a completely new territory for me. i like it. massive.

12oz bottle poured into an English pint. I rated this beer years ago quite low. Now that I have a lot more experience with extreme beers I’m rating it again. Here goes... 120 pours murky and orange-colored with a largish head of rock bubbles. It has a wonderfully green aroma of hops, not the normal hop smell but an actual aroma of raw hops like when you smell whole leaves. The acidity in this beer is quite high. The alcohol comes through quite strongly as well. There is a slight sweetness I could do without. I agree with ManvsCity on the dessert wine feel. This is more of a novelty beer than something I’d pursue for the taste.

I was kind of afraid to open this one. Sticker on the bottle says 20% ABV, and there’s about a quarter inch of hop particulate sludge the bottom. Pours clear amber with extremely thin head that fades quickly to a ring around the outside of the glass. Smells of overripe cantaloupe, Canadian ice wine, kettle corn, cotton candy. Mouth feel is more like a desert wine or port than any normal IPA. The hops is more of a resin than an infusion, it’s not bitter in the least, but bites you in the finish with alcohol heat and some residual tanginess. Lots of sweet malt. Almost cloying sweetness in the taste carries flavors more akin to an industrial strength barlewine than any normal IPA. At first, you think you can’t possibly drink much after that first sip, but it grows on you, sip after sip. And even with all the excesses, everything somehow holds together. Probably one worth cellaring to see what would become of all those hops over time.

I was not really prepared for this beer and because the ABV is not printed on the bottle I had no idea how powerful this one was. I poured a cloudy orange color with a moderate head and sticky lacing. The nose was so intense in made my eyes water, and smelled more like cognac than beer. In addition to the alcohol there are huge aromas of citrus, pine, and flowers in the hops. This is simply a hop monster. The mouthfeel is more like cognac than beer as well, but it remarkably smooth and full bodied for something so powerful. The flavor demands this be sipped, and that is fine because it is fun to drink. The finish is alcohol of course with some sweetness ,but it actually finishes dry. This is a beer like no other I have ever seen, and it was not until I came to review it I realized it was 21% ABV. Not something you would drink every day, but one worth repeating for a special occasion.