Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Milton, Delaware USA

Gorgeous orangey-brown color, small lacy head. Deep, sweet malt aroma is cut by mild yet distinct hop aroma. Flavor is similar; strong malt flavors - sweet and caramel, but with a distinctive flavor of coffee and brandy - with good hop bitterness and very complex character. Finish of raspberries. Excellent.

Bottle 355ml from crackedkettle.com. Celebrating my 1000th rating. A flawless, deeply pleasant Imperial IPA. All the great components of the style showing up in both nose and taste; both having also interesting hints of quinces and coffee (the latter being unusual for the style) but really integrating well. Strong bitterness. Incredibly enjoyable. Quite a lot of coffee showing up in the finish. Wonderful!

Bottle. This poured a nice copper color with golden yellow hues. Very, very thin white head (could have been my pour), with light lace. The aroma is beautiful. Strong notes of caramel, nuts, sweet malt and fruit. The taste is about the same but a great hop bitterness is present. The mouthfeel is a bit resiny with good body, a little chewy. Very nice finish, the hop bitterness follows through to the end and all the way down. There is slight alcohol character in the finish, that let’s you know it is a 9%er. Overall a great Imperial IPA, that orders to be drank again and again.

Was never a big fan of the IPA’s as many of them load up on the hops which just overpowers everything else. This beer however has managed to maintain a really nice balance of hops and malts that just taste great. The bitterness is not overwhelming and the finish is very clean.

"The word yummy gets tossed around a lot these days, and I truly have no clue where I’m going with this statement except to say this beer is yummy. Burnt orange, clear body with a thick off white floating on to. Impressive lacing and retention for a beer of 9%. Awesome hopy aroma, sweet candy peaches, tons of citrus, leathery malts. Flavour is also awesome nice and malty, leather, toasted wood, and the hops are insane giving a almost un rivaled bitterness. Not a single trace of alcohol making this relatively easy to drink, the carbonation gives the mouth feel a very nice spice. So much sweet peach flavour, pine, citrus, this has it all. The intense bitterness lingers for a long time in the back of your throat. I could drink these all day if I wasn’t afraid of ending up in a alcohol induced coma that is."

Bottle from Bottleworks. Great grapefruit hops aroma. Pours a clear orange with light white head. Tastes very sweet with citrus and honey, with only slight bitterness. A bit syrupy, but a clean finish.

Finally tried one of these in bottle a few weeks ago. Probably the first Imperial I can remember, and it was a great one. Maybe a little strong, but i can see why the ratings are so high. Will try again for sure.

Bottle. Poured with an average-sized, white head and a clear body, with nice lacing. Nice, golden-copper color. The aroma hits you like a ton of bricks - light malt and yeast, heavy hops, and quite heavy on the alcohol... but in a good way. Light melon aroma as well. Great on the palate: medium body, average carbonation, with a bitter finish. As for the flavor, this beer is more alive than most I’ve tried. Lightly sweet, quite bitter, but not at all overpowering, and while you can taste the alcohol, you wouldn’t necessarily guess that it’s a 9% ABV. There’s so much going on in this beer it’s hard to put it in words. I’ve never been a huge IPA fan but this was quite the experience.