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Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: American Strong Ale

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
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on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
15493.83/5.03.83/5.018%91.1Snifter, 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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 Tripplebrew (470), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Aug 15, 2008    Updated: Aug 16, 2008
Holy crap. This is amazing. Pours a creamy golden honey color with white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma is incredibly hoppy but not pine-like at all completely sweet. after two sips I feel like I should blackout from the alcohol. Flavor is intensely sweet but not like drinking a syrupy beer. The hops come out enough but in a different way that they do with traditional hop beers. It is this intense caramelized forms of hops that plays wonderfully in this beer. Body is fabulous with a thick creaminess that isn’t syrupy but has the perfect touch of carbonation.


 jonno (538), Brisbane, Australia
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/102/512/20
Aug 15, 2008  
An impressive drink no doubt, but not really a beer. totally overrated for the price too (1900 yen for a 355ml bottle)


TwoDudes (77), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Aug 14, 2008  
Draft at The Nachbar. 12 oz pour. Pours a Very cloudy orangeish color. My wife and I split the pour and I am glad we did. This is one intense beer. Sweet, resinous, and about as full-bodied as a beer can get. Good, but a bit too much overall.


Woodsman52 (23), , Ohio, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 13, 2008  
i’ve had this beer more than a few times. first time to rate it and i must say that i enjoy this beer more each time i drink it. it has the most unique hop tastes of any ipa i know of. caramel in color with little to no lacing. smells a bit oaky but does not reflect that smell i n the taste. extremely well balanced for the abv. not an every day drinker, but most definitely something to savor again and again.


 bconley (351), Fern Park, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/103/515/20
Aug 13, 2008  
Absolutely Awesome! Didn’t know the abv of it until I had finished and tried to walk. Very sweet.


 GRM (1235), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 12, 2008  
Brown bottle, 12 ounces, gift from Ian Guénard, savoured on August 12 2008; eye: brown with an orangy caramel hue, hazy, beige head that falls and turns into a tiny ring, no lacing, viscous; nose: resinous hops, caramelized malt, candied fruits, alcohol, liqueur, caramel, light fruity; mouth: viscous, hops, pepper, alcohol, caramelized malt, hops, candied fruits, liqueur, caramel, light fruity, finale in caramelized malt supported by resinous hops, mild astringency, mildly bitter and sweet, full body, average carbonation; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, cadeau de Ian Guénard, savourée le 12 août 2008; œil : brune avec une teinte caramel orangée, voilée, mousse beige qui tombe puis se transforme en un anneau, pas de dentelle, visqueuse; nez : houblon résineux, malt caramélisé, fruits confits, alcool, liqueur, caramel, léger fruité; bouche : visqueuse, houblon, poivre, alcool, malt caramélisé, houblon, fruits confits, liqueur, caramel, léger fruité, finale en malt caramélisé soutenu par du houblon résineux, astringence moyenne, moyennement amère et sucrée, corsée, carbonatation moyenne; en résumé : bien


 NomDeBeer (397), Maryland, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/52/102/54/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Same sticky cloying sweetness as the World Wide Stout. Same science-experiment-in-the-making ABV. Did they get candi sugar on sale and dump it all into those two beers? Not at all drinkable or enjoyable.


 aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Aug 11, 2008  
12oz Bottle pours a "Tigers eye’ color (as described by wifey) with a miniscule head. Aromas of Pine, apples, and band aids, even some acetone?!?! Flavors of apples and citrus and surprisingly LITTLe hops/bitterness. For the "Holy Grail of Hopheads’ Im rather disappointed in the hops that come through. It does however hide the alcohol VERY well.



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