Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA

For 10 bucks a bottle, just like as you would expect, not worth the cost. It is good, just not 10 dollar good. Thick, tangy sourness and bits of sweetness engulf your taste buds as you take your first sip. VERY strong aroma. From opening the bottle for the first time, it hits the nose like a ton of bricks. The high alcohol is noticeable, however the wonderful citrus hops and the sweetness do well to cover this up. Not for every beer drinker, worth the buy if you are a collector of sorts, but not for the average consumer.

2008 Bottle, 21%. Great strong beer with awesome flavor and intense burn. A little expensive, but worth it.

Bottle. Didn’t meet up to the high price or expactations. It’s got too much of everything.I really like the concept, but this beer is brewed without finesse. More brains than heart, like a bad postmodern work of art.. still quite interesting though due to the ambition.

Had very high expectations which set up for disappointment. For as much as I love Dogfish Head, this beer just isn’t for me. I expected a hop explosion, but was too overwhelmed by sugary sweetness. The body is too syrupy and it is honestly hard to finish a bottle. Taste more like a liquor. Maybe at a different time in a different setting, but for my first bottle of 120 I am left unfulfilled. It may be worth the unique beer tasting experience, but too much talk and antcipation has ultimately led to let down.

I had to put down my thoughts on this, just because I find it odd that so few people seem to be as put off by this beer as me. Despite being labeled an IPA, the hop presence can barely claw its way through the intense, syrupy, cloying sweetness. I’m a huge hop lover and was most disappointed by how such a big IPA could have the hops so masked. It was like some sort of perverse beer nectar. I think I might have been a touch less let down if this was labeled a barley wine, but regardless of its category I found it unpleasant to drink. I’m glad I tried it just for the experience, but it was certainly not worth the price, and I’m not sure what’s going to become of the second bottle I have around. I respect Dogfish Head and great stuff like Raison D’etre and 90 minute, but this was a huge miss for me.

Bottled in august 2008 at Oliver Twist. Pours amber with lots of yeast floting in it, no head. Aroma of a barley wine, alcohol, whisky, berries and solvents... Tastes lots of raisins and alcohol. Big bodied. Interesting but not worth its price.

Bottle. Poured thick amber with a thick light brown head. Aroma was sweet and hoppy with caramel and burnt sugar. Flavor was surprisingly sweet with some citrus hops. Flavor reminds me of a burnt sugar or something to that extent/ The beer is very thick on the tongue. Alcohol becomes present throughout the drink. Too much going on at once for me.

This is my 2nd rate of this beer. I am better prepared to review this beer the 2nd time around, now that I know what to expect. What we have here is an absolute gem of a beer. The first time I had this I was too overwhelmed by the beers complexity to convey into words what I had just experienced. This is much more than a DIPA, I can assure you. This is a whole new level of beer, never before equaled in mass production. The sweetness is so intense, this is almost more of a syrup than a beer. It is cloudy and thick like honey that has been sitting in a cupboard for a year. Almost the same consistency, too. The flavor is like a surgary soda, with alcohol mixed in, although the 18% is well hidden. There is not too much hoppiness to be spoken for, although it is slightly bitter. Overall, a good Triple IPA that is well worth a second visit after the first round shocks you.