Dogfish Head Burton Baton

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

Dark amber pour with an off-white head. Aroma of wood, hops, sweetness. The sweetness is stronger in the aroma than in the taste. Taste is wee balanced. Woody, hops, semi-sweet. The alcohol is well checked by the rest of the flavors. Well balanced, good tasting. Nice aftertaste. Ok lacing..

Clear copper with a slowly fading medium beige head and sheet lacing. Aroma of citrus, alcohol, caramel, oak and a touch of vanilla. Taste of caramel, citrus, alcohol, orange and light vanilla. I didn’t pick up much wood, there’s some alcohol bite and light bitter finish. Decent.

12 oz. bottle. Shared with Gabe. Pours a lasting white head, with attractive lacing, over a clear amber (SRM 10( body......nose is slightly sweet (caramel) to start, with light pine,resin, vanilla drifting in with a floral finish......taste is caramel, floral, bitter pine, licorice toward the end, which lingers, rather sweet throughout......mouth feel is medium to heavy, carbonation low. This is very rich, but really too sweet overall, I would have preferred better attenuation and more hop bitterness (as opposed to the spice and florality that is here). Tasting of 11/25/09.

Nice hops and cherry in the nose. Great viscosity and balanced bitters on the pallete, the oak aging gives some dry stone fruit notes. Beautifull color. enjoyable 4/5 -DM This beer could be an everyday one for me. I think it has the prittiest color I’ve ever seen. It was a little less than I expected, which is good considering Dogfishhead’s tendancy to over-do things. 4/5 -JB

12 oz bottle. This has got to be the most mild imperial ipa I have ever had, but then again, its really only half standard imperial ipa. That aspect of the beer makes it quite pleasant and unique, but still in the end, I was left wanting a little bit more from it. Definitely light oak wood in the aroma along with a interesting variety of mild notes such as white wine, dates, burnt grass, light herb, almost pumpkin-like spiced fruits, and pie crust. Some thicker, soapy white head on the pour, minor lacing, little retention, medium opacity and a unique shade of autumn orange with the color. As mentioned earlier, there’s not much pop on the palate here, or at least not as much as expected. Smooth, almost creamy mostly throughout, with just a touch of alcohol in the finish. As I drank this one, I definitely started to pick out some more subtleties than I did before. Notes here are mostly balanced with light spiced fruits, thick grass, oak bark, earth, light resin through the finish, white grape juice, and a lingering herbal hop. At times I wanted to love this beer and at other times I was slightly disappointed in the lack of punch. I ended up just really liking it.

Copper in color with a good sized buttercream head. Aroma is of pineapple, vanilla, caramel, pine, starfruit, citrus with light florals. Taste is of wood, caramel, hops, pine, and citrus. Very smooth mouthfeel.

Absolutely loved the malts and caramel taste to this thick body that is a desert beer, meant for enjoying. the aroma is rich with malts, a slight hint of sugar. amazing beer, can’t think of one negative to say about it. Great with a nice steak

12 oz. Clear copper with a lasting quarter inch of bubbles. Nose of caramel, orange, toasted wood and resin is well blended. Flavor is more of the same mix with a dry resin, wood, and citrus finish. Medium body is smoothly carbonated and well tingly with hops and alcohol.