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Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
15623.83/5.03.83/5.018%91.4Snifter, Trappist glass
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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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HLGIV (14), Golden, Colorado, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Mar 2, 2009  
I have had several different years of this beer. Everytime I think its going have an extremely floral nose. I think the compounds responsible for aroma degrade rapidly due to the variance of bottles in the same case. On the other hand its dry hopped in the fermenter and then aged with hops for a month instead of bottling the freshly hopped beer. Same alcohol flavor as all of the other Dogfish Head big beers. Pretty bitter but can’t distinguish hop bitterness from the bitterness of the high alcohol flavor.


 kiefdog (1585), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Mar 1, 2009  
2007 bottle from Willow Bend Liquors (Tampa, FL). Cellar aged since released. Pours a slightly hazy deep amber orange color with a one finger creamy white head that settles quickly to virtually nothing. Aroma is sweet and floral with sweet and syrupy notes of brandy and alcohol, rich caramel and raisin aromas, some hints of wood, honey, ripe fruit, bready yeast. Flavor is sweet and floral as well with a stronger floral hop presence than in the nose. Notes of ripe dark fruit, caramel, raisins and candy sugar present as well. Generally full body with a floral and burning alcoholic finish.


 angrypirate06 (706), Texas, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/517/20
Feb 27, 2009  
Pours orange/brownish color. Nose is incredibly hop filled, with nice citrus and pine notes. Great mouth feel, excellent syrupy texture. Taste is of citrus hops. The finish has a great alcohol taste. Overall, and excellent beer.


BoozieSusie (15), California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/103/516/20
Feb 27, 2009  
Great aroma, florally, smells like beer perfume. Really, really, really sweet with a light caramel flavor.


pibbsman (5), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
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4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/519/20
Feb 24, 2009  
12oz Bottle. A great beer to go with a special meal. Unbelievably Hoppy taste, but the bitterness fades very quickly towards the end. Certainly not an everyday beer, but excellent nonetheless.


netfall (2), Oaklyn, New Jersey, USA
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4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 23, 2009  
An excellent beer if you like hops - and I mean really like hops. The heavy alcohol content does well to balance out the extreme hop flavors. An excellent special occasion beer.


 fidelis83 (712), Clinton, Iowa, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/105/518/20
Feb 23, 2009  
Pours a murky apricot orange with a 1 finger ashy tan head that has decent retention and leaves tiny specks of lacing. Aroma is huge flora and citrus hops, some pine. Dig a little deeper and mango, pineapple, a hint of caramel, yeasty bread, bubblegum, unripe cherries, fresh cooked pasta and some sort of sweet booze that I can’t really pin down. Flavor is is interesting and very different for me. Up front is sweet naval orange, blood orange, bubblegum, mango, cherry, the malt notes are very mellow, sweet bread, heavily buttered toast, raw grain, and some dark fruit notes. Finish citrus and floral hops, pineapple, bubblegum, some other fruitiness and a little alcohol bite at the end. Not alot of bitterness. Palate is thick, sorta chalky at times, somewhat sticky and very oily.


RoyalVagrant (1), Houston, Texas, USA
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4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/59/105/520/20
Feb 22, 2009  
Just finished this amazing beverage at the Petrol Station in Houston. Wow not just a great beer but what a hops head paradise. Go, Now! The Petrol rocks and Ben and Darren are at least demigods!



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