Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

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

Holy crap! Beer attempts to be hard liquor. Too much for me. Alcohol is overwhelming. I’ll stick with the 60 and 90 minute versions, thank you very much!

12oz bottle. Bottled on 4/16/08. Pours murky burnt orange with very small beige head. This beer is seriously scary looking. Aroma is hops, citrus, sugar and tons of booze. Flavor is sweet and syrupy with hops, citrus, sugar, honey and of course booze. Mouthfeel is syrupy but still has light carbonation. More of a super hoppy barley wine than an IPA. Very rich beer that takes brewing to the extreme. I would like to try a bottle with a couple years of age on it because this fucker is hot.

Hazy orange pour with a half-inch beige head. Sugary sweetmalt aroma wit hsome citrusy hops. Flavor is incredibly rich and far less bitter than I had imagined: orange zest with a sweet honey character. Hardly recognizable as an IPA ... more like a well-hopped barley wine. Very complex and rich.

[EBF @ Copenhagen, September 2008] Once again thanks to Danish Beerhouse for bringing this to Denmark. What a complex and heavy beer, this is quite extreme. Large creamy beige head that really lasted. Excellent display of lacework. Somewhat clear amber color. Surprisingly subtly hoppy nose – apricot, grapefruit, citrus, with biscuit, roasted malt, caramel, hint of fruit. Over the palate came heavy thick hops combined with the malty base and 21% alcohol. The alcohol was not as dominating as first expected. Very full boded with an average carbonation and thick, alcoholic almost syrup like texture. Heavy sweet and bitter flavor but well balanced. Lingering floral bitterness and again is well balanced with heavy sweetness. Excellent, this beer is a real pearl.

Bottle. Hazy orange/yellow color with very little head. Smells of citrus and tastes similar with a slight alchoal burn.

. I live in southeastern Michigan, and I guess they had some issues shipping the beer, as it was supposed to be here a week ago. Well, it’s finally here, and it is INSANE! I just cracked the brand new 2008 bottle, and took a few sips. This beer deserves all of the accolades and hype that I’ve seen and heard. It pours a heavy/hazy amber orange, which is very deceptive. The flavor and aroma is what really sets this beer apart from any that I’ve had in the past. It’s basically on par with Expedition stout, as far as heavyness, and level of obvious genius.It’s basically all hops, plus some more hops, plus some sweetness, and a little alcohol burn. Cheers to Dogfish Head for continually meeting, and exceeding my expectations.

At EBF 2008.Hazy orange colour with almost no head.Aroma is smooth of citrus and pine ,but with a heavy warming alc.and a warming finish.

The Imperial IPA. Amber colour. The aroma is of alcohol and a lot of hops, but also some acidly perhaps a bit of sour - not that hoppy - is it old? The flavor is hoppy, but not that much it’s also acidly and there is of course alcohol too.