Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

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

Poured from a bottle. Pours brown with a hint of orange thrown in. No head. Almost seems syrupy. The hops are evident event the glass is two feet away from my nose. Nose is of hops and candied sugar. Good mouth feel is my first impression. Starts like a Celebrator but the aftertaste is more hoppy. It finishes in a way that I cannot describe, but not bad. Pretty damn good if you only have one.

I drink this once a year, on my birthday. Color between that of a root beer and ? Dum Dum. Hoppy and malty, what else could you want? Has some burn; definitely a sippin’ ale

Pours a deep clear amber with a small head. Aroma is overpowering: lots of alcohol, cough syrup, whiskey, and honey. Mouthfeel is too intense for me. This is not even enjoyable. From all of the hops this beer is actually a little unbalanced on the sweet side. Way too sweet: like orange cough syrup with a shot of Jack Daniels. I did not enjoy this whatsoever. Call me uncultured but this is just too much all around. The 90 Min will do just fine.

Cloudy, thick, appearance. Silky, syrupy, whiskey-like body. Extra hoppy, floral notes with honey, maple, and brown sugar finish. A sweet, high alcohol treat in a near perfect beer.

Black & Tan:

Someone recommended trying a Black & Tan style by combining this beer with the Dogfish Head World Wide Stout. Being that my store sold both, I saved half of this beer to try it out, though I’m not usually the mixing type…With an almost ridiculously unnamable aroma, the World Wide dominates on the front end, with a brilliant hoppy finish from the 120 minute. A very cool, adventurous experience. I wish I had the words to articulate it, following the high alcohol content of the previous beer.

This beer will strip the coating in your mouth off like varnish remover. Intense alcohol. dried pine resin, some floral, but not as much as it need to retain balance. "Liquid crystalized ginger" as Noncaloric says, but not sweet like candied ginger, too much i think. Maybe split the difference and make a 105 minute IPA, lower the alcohol and cut the resin, it could be better. Crazy and unique though

If you’re only going to have one beer tonight, make it this one ... or perhaps it’s the other way around.

Intense hops aroma, not much citrus, but a lot of spruce and flowers. Spring in an alpine meadow wouldn’t be far off. Pours a hazy, almost glowing red bronze with a modest yellowish head. Hits strong up front with coniferous and grassy hops, but cold, anyway, the mid-palate is off balance: the high alcohol content fights for supremacy with the downright syrupy sweetness, and it’s a stalemate. The finish mellows out, in toffee and caramel, while the hops lingers in a pleasant afteraste that lasts all evening.
</br> Would have rated lower, but as the beers warmed up, or maybe just as I warmed up, the powerful alcoholic warmth finally harmonized with the sweet and aromatic elements, as something like liquid crystallized ginger root. There is a wow in here, but cold it was overwhelmed by the whoa.

Bouteille de 330 ml. La bière se présente avec une couleur ambrée-orangée et une mousse beige modeste qui malgré son pourcentage d’alcool surélevé persiste un bon laps de temps. Au nez on découvre des arômes d’alcool, de sauce soya, de fruits secs, de gâteaux aux fruits, de pêche et de tourbe. En bouche le corps est très rond et liquoreux avec une effervescence faible-moyenne. Au départ on goûte le sucre, vient ensuite le côté salé de sauce sauce soya, par la suite on goûte les fruits rouges caramélisés en coalition avec le houblon. C’est tout un exploit de réussir une bière à 21% qui goûte moins l’alcool que la plupart des liqueurs au même pourcentage d’alcool.

Good god. Too much for my tastes. This is a once in a while brew. Wildey complex. Im very happy it was classified as an ASA, to call this an IPA is a travisty. Notes of strong greatfruit alcohol, vanilla, rotten.....I dotn even know, it smells like death and a hangover. Flavors were very intense lots of them. I thought I was going to be able to sit back and really enjoy its complexity but i really didnt. Ive got another bottle aging ill try it next year.