Dogfish Head Burton Baton

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

12oz bottle: pours amber brown with minimal head, aroma is strong in hops with hints of malt, flavor starts off like a hoppy IPA with a good malt backing it but after a few sips the oak comes through more and more. doesnt taste much like the 90min IPA but still pretty good.

The aroma is hoppy with hints of malt. The head is huge, off-white and creamy with good lacing. The body is a cloudy copper. The initial flavor is a creamy hoppy taste on the back of the tongue with hints of a roasted caramel/molasses, very refreshing. The finish is good and long. The body is medium, the texture creamy and the carbonation soft. This bottle is from February 2008. Just opened a second bottle dated 1/08/07. The head is still huge but is diminishing faster with good lacing. The body is a clear copper. The aroma is malts, a touch of hoppiness. The head is lighter, more white.The flavor hits big and then a sourness, hits the roof of the mouth and more on the front of the tongue. Sweetness, caramel/molasses dominate the finish. Probably shouldn’t be aged more than a year. Still drinkable and not too bad.

Bottle. Rich amber body, medium white head, fruity nose. Fruity flavor, without the ridiculous level of bitterness that any double IPAs carry. Dangerously drinkable.

A Mes rate: bottle from American Beer Distributors.
Clear amber brown with a thin white foamy head. Liquorice and dark fruit aroma with a bit of barley, decent malt and hops but spoiled a little by a strong flowery perfume note. The flavour is thankfully devoid of the perfume and is actually really good. Lovely balance of malt and hops. Big and resinous, nice sugary alcohol, good bready malt and a big finish with everything all wrapped up together at once. Lingering hop bitterness kicks ass. Good stuff that could be better without the flowers.

12oz bottle. Aroma was of molasses, dark fruits, alcohol, steeping barley, and a hint of pineapple. Poured a clear dark orange color. The head was off white and reduced over a minute or two to a thin film. Full bodied and very sweet with carbonation on the lower end of the spectrum. The flavor profile is malt and fruit dominated with the likes of molasses, toffee, caramel, and pineapple. There was also a fair amount of vanilla, light citrusy hops, and a hint of wood. I didn’t get much in the way of hop bitterness and at 10%, there was no alcohol astringency. Pretty good, but not the easiest thing to drink due to all the sugar.

a like a little more ipa with my oak than this. aroma is really woody with some vanilla, and lots of caramel. poured a rich copper color and also had a deep caramel tasted that was intensified by the okay. little in the way of hops, biscuity and caramally. medium bodied, wasn’t really my thing.

This IPA poured a dark orange colour with a beautiful creamy tan head. To the nose there is scents of very ripe fruit, alcohol, yeast, brown sugar and hopps. First taste was creamy with just a little carbonation. Slightly bitter, but very hoppy with a high alcohol warming sensation to the palate. The palate is covered with a slightly oily mouthfeel with lots of hopp flavour with the bitterness lingering.

Originally reviewed July 5th, 2008. Revisited on June 16th, 2009 in honor of Rob Mangold who gave a 4 pack as a gift. Cheers, Rob! ABV: 10% RateBeer rating: 94 Calories: estimated at 200 C Volume: 12 fl oz. Glass: snifter, tulip Purchased at: OakTree Buy Rite, South Plainfield, NJ (Thanks, Jay and Matt!) Price: $4.99 Consumed at: home Tanka: the fire’s been lit the devil’s red eyes the clean smell after phys ed biting, shocking, hot live circuit completes in mouth and lights you up so brightly aroma 10 out of 10 visuals 5 out of 5 taste 10 out of 10 palate 5 out of 5 overall 20 out of 20