Dogfish Head 90 Minute Imperial IPA

Capital Ale House Downtown 08/24/2008. Nice flora orange/citrus hop nose. Clear orange/amber with small fine white head. Rich malt background supports robust floral citrus American hop flavors. Medium body with full mouthfeel but residual bitterness leads to a dry finish. Fantastic beer.

Bottled(355ml). -Clear amber coloured, medium sized off-white head, flowery hoppy nose. Cytrusy hoppy, light grassy and fruity with mild notes of caramel and honey. Alcohol well hidden. Hoppy bitterness in the finish. Very good IPA.

Bottled 4/1/2008 from bottle neck. Pours a very nice copper color with a nice white head tapering off into some very nice lace work. Aroma is hoppy, citrus, caramel, malt, not quite as big an aroma as I had expected from this big brew? Flavor is caramel, malt, spicy, citrus, hops, the mouth feel is very nice. The 9% alcohol is hidding waiting for this one to warm up a touch. Long bitter hoppy finish. This is a really nice beer but I think this one does not live up to the hype! I always have this feeling going into these things that somehow it wont live up to the hype, very few do.

The only dogfish head worth drinking in my opinion. Standard hop aroma. Somewhat one dimensional. Overly sweet in my opinion. Taste is good if you can get past the sweetness. Palate is too heavy. One of these is almost too much unless you have a serious sweet tooth. Go for the Green Flash if you want an Imperial IPA.

@ tasting session by Joes. A clear amber colored beer, with a small beige head. The aroma was little hoppy some bitter, malty and caramel. The taste was malty, light bitter hop. Despite of the 90 IBU. Mabye given that the beer was a year out of date.. The aftertaste was little dry bitter and a bit burning.