Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

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

12 oz. bottle. Shared with Gabe. Pours a thin head over a slightly cloudy, golden (SRM 10-15) body....nose essentially pine and grapefruit, with late mellony tones....taste initially and throughout is of amazingly heavy sweetness, again mellony in tone, this is balanced to some extent by the hops, but this is basically a hop candy....moouth feel is thick and heavy, I wonder what the FG is. This is completely unbalanced and the forces are out of control. I know they tried to keep them balanced, but they failed, unless this were called hop port,

Pours a cloudy burnt orange with a thin white head that becomes a small ring around the edge of the glass. Aroma is very strong pine, oily hops. Tastes incredibly sweet, with a sour apple zing in my opinion. Actually doesn’t seem that bitter. This can’t be 120IBU’ s. Very dense mouthfeel, oily and rich, like sweet hop candy. Alcohol is warming, but not overwhelming, although I’m getting hammered here pretty quick. Not quite as bitter as I was hoping, but delicious nonetheless. Yum a dum dum.

12 oz bottle shared with Steve from Ryans Party Store in Port Huron Pours a hazy orange with a small off white head The aroma is hmmmm let me think maybe HOPS oh yes lots of wonderful hops The taste is thick and sweey bitter hops but not as bitter as you would think for 120IBU the 21% ABV is very well masked This is like a liquor or ice wine would not want to drink a lot of them but one after dinner is amazing VERY GOOD

Why does Dogfish Head make their special beers so high in alcohol? This beer was way too thick, too sweet and too high in alcohol. It was an ugly looking beer too, thumbs down.

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.