Dogfish Head Burton Baton

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

Pours orange/amber with thin off white head. Aroma of syrup. Mild notes of oak in the taste with little hops. A ton of sweetness in this brew, just like almost all the Dogfish beers. Not much 90 minute noticed in this. Not impressed.

A deep clean amber pour. Rich sweet maltiness and hops on the nose. Really sweet flavor with a light bitter finish. Palate is about as full as you could hope for a palate to be carbonation is good a very solid beer. A beer I liked very much and had for a long time. Not as hoppy as I would like a IIPA but I’d had this beer almost a year.

Clear amber with no head. Strong smell of maple syrup and cinnamon. Taste is malt driven and mirrors the nose with an added essence of oak. Smooth mouthfeel. Finishes with a boozy alcohol tang. 31606

Bottle thanks to Pabobcat. Pours a cloudy amber with a nice foamy head. The aroma is quite oaky with hops, and citrus also. The flavor really impressed me; a obvious alcohol content that adds to the greatness, it is not a distraction at all. There is a heavy oak and citrus taste along with some dark fruit and yeast. Overall, really quite nice and the kind of spirited and unique beer that I really enjoy.

12oz. bottle. Caramel orange pour w/ slight haze and foamy off-white head. Smells of BBQ’d pineapple w/ a liitte bourbon glaze. Definite oakiness in the first sip but not woody though. Hop heads may be a little disappointed as the sweetness overpowers at first but there is some hop remnants after you swalow. Strong syrupy alcohol dominates esp. on your lips and glass. Reminds me of an "infant" Avery Samael. A great find @$4. Needs more 90 minute blended in for me, but very enjoyable, Dogfish rarely dismays!

It seems like every beer by Dogfish Head possesses the same flavor profile...sweet, syrupy, heavy, full-bodied, obvious alcohol...INTENSE!!! The French Oak is definitely evident in the flavor and aroma...and adds a nice complexity to this beer. There is a certain smokey campfire quality that I really like. This isn’t something I would purchase regularly but one you should try.

March 2006 - Wow...this was one rich beer. Taste akin to the 90 min IPA, but richer, sweeter and a musty oak flavor. Amazing head and lacing for a 10% beer. Kept going back and forth in my mind over whether this was too sweet or not, but a nice, enjoyable and unique brew. Very heavy...I couldn’t drink more than one of these, but like many DFH brews, and experience everyone should try at least once.

Special thanks to ilovedarkbeer for this taste treat. Aroma is sweet (as is the taste) encompassing lemon, apple, ruby port and a bit of soy sauce. Pour yields a smallish off-white head that disappears after a bit. Good lacing. Color is like a nice Bourbon. Taste is extremely sweet with absolutely no bitterness (IPA?). Alcohol comes across on the finish (which I like). Great stuff.
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Pours with a creamy, decently long lasting off-white head over a clear penny colored body. Good lace. Aroma is of citrus, caramel, oak and brown sugar. Taste us high in both alcohol and hops with some brown sugar rounding it out. Lively bubbles, creamy mouthfeel and worming. Much more an American Strong Ale than an IIPA. Could use some age to tone down the heat a bit.