Dogfish Head Burton Baton

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

The beer pours a copper, kind of ruby reddish color. The aroma is hoppy and fruity, a little winey, not tremendously strong but nice. The flavor is spicy and hoppy, some fruits, wood (oak?), a bit sour and syrupy. There’s kind of a medicine taste to it. This ended up being quite different than I expected but still decent enough.

Bottled on 12/29/2007

3/16/2008: DFH Burton Baton pours a nice, deep ambercolor with a thin off-white head. The aroma brings to mind citrus-flavored candy along with lots of sweet maltiness and some notes of vanilla and oak/wood in the back. The flavor is sweet and malty through and through. The hops have faded away but left citrusy and lightly floral goodness that combine well with the caramel maltiness. Also blended into this wonderful barleywine-like flavor is some subtle vanilla and scattered notes of dry oak woodiness and hints of barrel char. There is still a touch of bitterness in the finish as well. The alcohol is nowhere to be found in the flavor, but does provide a warming effect. The body of this beer is medium-full and it is very, very smooth on the palate. The pungent hop aroma and bitter hop flavor might be gone now, but this IIPA has made a wonderful transformation into an extremely balanced and thoroughly enjoyable barleywine!

12 fl. oz. bottle (10% alc. by vol.) from illinismitty. Thanks Sean! Rating #643 for this beer...

Extremely well balenced beer. Not too hoped for a dogfish. Strong alcohol well hidden. Sweet aroma, floral. Hoppy but not bitter. sweet malt very present. I liked this, unusual for a double IPA.

Yah, pretty good. I’ve had other oak aged IIPA’s (I’m looking at you super hop hearty) that have been sub par. This one maintained a decent hop character. Sweet vanilla start, very smooth, with a mild bitter finish. Very pretty amber. Pretty enjoyable.

Pours a nice deep amber brown with a medium tan head and some nice lacing. Aroma of floral hops, with some fruity malt and wood. Flavor is good, though slightly overpowered by the oak at times. The hops come through on the finish. Pretty good overall.

Very nice IIPA. Nice bitter finish with lots of aroma and flavor. Aroma was heavily floral with some light oak and fruit. Flavor is quelled quite a bit by the oak. Otherwise it has a good hop bit to it at the end. More than a regular IPA (as would be expected), but not quite the absolute hop bombs that are sometimes associated with this style. Excellent for hopheads and oak fiends alike.

From the bottle poured dark amber/brown with a good amount of head. Strong sweet hoppy flavor with a lasting finish.

Pours reddish amber with a decent head that fades fairly quickly. Hops on the nose, hops on the tongue - you can certainly taste the 90 min IPA in there, though this offers something a little different - that touch of oak is a great addition. It’s immediately apparent that there are boatloads of malts and hops battling each other in this brew. The mouthfeel is syrupy, as I’ve come to expect from Dogfish Head, and after a few sips you start to wonder if you’ll like it as well toward the end of the bottle. When appreciated slowly, though (as it probably should be), it’s a nice deviation from what you’d normally expect from an IPA. I’d love to try a bourbon barrel aged version...