Dogfish Head Burton Baton

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

12oz bottle. Pours a lightly clouded, amber-red colored body with an orange tint. Finger-width, creamy, tan head that dissipates slowly and leaves a good amount of lacing. Aroma has lots of sweeter, resiny, somewhat sugary citrus hops up front with a sweeter caramel malt. A light grass, dough, and peach as well. The oak is present, but more subtle than I was anticipating. The flavor is the same with the oak remaining light, but definitely more noticable. Starts with that light oakiness before lots of sweet, candy citrus comes in. Leads into a sweeter caramel body, some mango, brown sugar, and more sweet hops as the light oak leads this into a sweet, light resin, somewhat dry wood, and a rather light bitterness that lingers for a moderate duration. A little alcohol can be noticed towards the end as this starts to warm the throat. Smooth, medium body, and slightly sticky in the finish as well. Overall, this wasn’t exactly what I was expecting, but it was still solid. The oak is rather light, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but it could be a little more pronounced to balance the higher amount of sweeter hops. Also, this has a lot of hop flavor, but the bitterness is a little low in the finish and the alcohol warmth could tone it down a bit. All-in-all, I know I’ve said a few bad things about it, but its still a good beer. There’s a few rough edges, but I still enjoyed it.

A: Pours a nice amber red color with little to no head. It is a very thick looking brew that despite the minimal head does manage to leave behind a little lacing. S: Very sweet smelling with notes of rock candy, malt, and a touch of oak. This baby has the aroma of good peanut brittle. T: Not at all what I expected. It is very sweet and creamy initially. You are hit with a huge rush of lightly spiced brown sugar with a dash of vanilla. A maltiness is then noted with a mild hint of oak. What I don’t taste is the hops of the 90 min used to brew this one. Wish it could have finished or started for that matter with a rush of bitter piney hops. Bitter sweet would have made this brew. M: This is a thick brew no doubt about it. I started drinking it a little on the cool side which may have thickened it up a bit, but by the time I was finished and it had warmed the beer was still rather thick in body.

Bottle. Ok, it’s official, I LOVE HOPS. I love mallty beer too but man , this is good stuff. Aroma is a floral citrus smell. Taste is a slighlt sweet, slightly bitter, strong citrus taste. Really, really good. A very, very tasty beer.

Bottle shared by JoeTheYounger. Pours a clear amber with an off white head. Aroma is honey, caramel, citrus, and some sweetish alcoholic notes. Flavor is sugary with pine, citrus, and caramel. Full bodied and sticky with moderate carbonation.

12 oz bottle. 4 pack. Pours a lovely peach/amber color with a small offwhite head. Spotty rings of lace. Strong citrus hop aroma with a caramel malt background. Full palate with some real pucker power. Flavor is a bit sweet, but bitter at the same time. Powerful grapefruit hop flavor mellowed with caramel malt and a subtle wood/earth tone. Long bitter finish.

Bottle from Kegs & Barrels. Pours a very nice looking deep, clear amber with off-white creamy head. Aroma is very nice, some grapefruit, sweet caramel, sweet grain. Flavor is very much the same, sweet, grapefruit, strong malt and caramel, nice grapefruit, piney bitter. Mouth feel is heavy body with low-medium carbonation. Overall, This is a great sipper for the colder months.....I like alot!

[bottle] Interesting aroma of oxidized malt cardboard and aged hops. Clear bronze covered by a lasting white blanket. Salty pine and citrus hops together with a nice caramel malt. Lemon and white grape notes. Medium body, medium carbonation, slightly bitter finish.