Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

Bottle thanks to mcbackus: Pours copperish color with a off white color head. Aroma is fruit, piney hops, and sweet. Overwhelming sweet fruit that is suddenly slashed by chewy hops. Finish lingers on the lips and tongue. A true hop bomb!

Poured opaque pale marigold, almost milky in appearance with a thin white head. Seemed almost solid like an actually piece of cantaloupe. Aroma was coniferous sap, kind of woody, very much like a christmas tree, fruity sweet, subtle chocolate undertones, and of course alcohol. The flavor of the malt barely came through but seemed to me to taste like unground coffee beans, then quickly changed to cantaloupe, grapefruit, apple cider, pine, and a tartness combined with the heavy alcohol presence. The palate was full bodied and also very warming. This is definitely more of a liquor than a beer.

Overall Impression: Really enjoy Dogfish’s "IPAs" (you may not necessarily call this an IPA, as it’s really not) and of course this is the best of the 3. Super strong beer, interesting flavor, worth trying, but at the price I wouldn’t drink it often.

Location: 12 oz bottle from some bottle shop in Delaware, 9/7/09

Aroma: Aroma is potent, fruity, hot, strong floral character
Appearance: Hazy orange color with some white head
Flavor: Mostly hops obviously, but a pretty strong alcohol taste and some strong maltiness too, complex and enjoyable
Palate: Warm alcohol burn, big mouthfeel and body
Overall Impression: I decided the good ole 120 could use an update to the rating from a nice bottle. Picked up some more of this stuff to age, but this bottle did remind me nicely of the ones I had enjoyed in the past, a nice beer for sure. The standout on this one for me is how complex it is. It really is wonderful in that way.

On tap at DFH. Lovely beer. Quite unique. It’s surprisingly sweet (the hops are more overpowered than you’d expect), but it’s got a wonderful sherry quality with a serious alcohol bite up front, then a floral hop finish. Well done.

On tap and Andy’s DFH Promo night. Apparently this has been sitting for about 2 years. Gotta start off with a WOW!!! Hazy golden orange color with off-white and long lasting head. Distinct orange citrus aroma. Malty and great big flavor with little presence of alcohol. The orange essence comes through and finishes super clean for a huge brew. How many hops are in each glass? What a great surprise that could be completely based on this being from the tap. A fabulous, fabulous beer experience. Mike C called it a Grand Marnier of beers. Top notch.

two 355ml Bottle shared with Pyrozoid and French Ticler. Light brown hazy creamy golden appearance with a medium creamy light bubblely taned head. Aroma: soya, cream, hops, light alcohol, apricot, sour smell, resiny, and raisins. Flavor: sweet, raisins, dates, cream, alcohol, apricot, pine and soya. Palate: full body, soft carbonation, thick, oily, silky with an apricot alcohol finish.

I’m nervous... Dégusté avec Agaguk et Pyrozoid. Apparence wow!... Juste wow... Syrop quand on la verse, apparence brun/orangé/bouette, belle mousse brun pale. Aromes de terre intense, cuire, madère, gingembre... WOW... mais kossé que c’est ca??? Patiellement Liqueur, partiellement biere...? Corps extremement epais, extremement amer, aqueu, acre, craie... juste trop... trop de trop... Gout de champignon intense... J’ai vraiment l,impression de manger des champignons dans terre directement.. la 90 minutes etait de loin meilleur sur tout les points de vues. La premiere biere que je peut MANGER a cuillere.

Bouteille. Dégusté avec french tickler et Agaguk. Bière de couleur caramel foncé brumeux avec un trs bon collet très collant. Odeur d’épices, épinettes, sucre, alcool, cèdre, floral et un peu la vanille. Gout très sucré, semblant de porto, très puissant au niveau alcool, champignon et également un peu salé.