Three Floyds Decepticon I.P.A.

Notes from Dark Lord Day ’07. On tap at the brewpub. Hazy light golden with a 1/2 finger off-white head. There was some slight skunk that I picked up on, however I didn’t feel that this was bad. Pine, grass, hay and some herbal grapefruit are the hops to the biscuity malts. Flavor is much the same with a little more biscuity malts. Moderate bitterness in the finish. Medium body with low to moderate carbonation. Very good IPA, but not really like most others that I’ve had.

Drank at Three Floyd’s Brewing Company during the 2007 Dark Lord Day Big scents and flavors of hops. It was drier than most Three Floyd’s beers as it did not show much malt at all. While less IBU’s than the Dreadnaught (~75 vs. 100) it appeared more bitter and hoppy. Overall, a very nice beer though somewhat similar to many other top notch IPA’s.

Yeah. Why not? It’s there when Dread Naught isn’t. A bit crisper than the Stone version, and less violently bitter than the AleSmith rendition. But mostly: why not?

Aroma is a nice hoppy scent. Color is an orange/brown with good carbonation and nice head. Taste is a mild sweet malt flavor backed buy a mellow hop flavor and finishes with a mild bitterness. Its a good Pale Ale.

Date: 04/27/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

opaque orange, frothy off white head, solid lace, sweet caramel malt and citrus hop aroma, lots of sweet malt flavor and lots of hop flavor play off each other but never really melds together, long bitter finish,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: **+/4

Pale copper pour with a thin and receding white head. The nose is fairly restrained PNW hoppiness...pine and grapefruit. The flavor follows suit but is balanced pretty handily by the caramel malt base that has hints of bread dough around the edges. Good stuff.

On draft at the 3F brewpub. Poured an orange-gold with smallish white head. Aroma was not overly powerful, with citrus and floral elements. Pretty strong hop presence; but a decent malt backbone. Did not find it overly one dimensional, but not overly complex. Some piney elements in the flavor, as well as the citrus, floral and malt.

half pint at the pub (of course). interesting that the description on ratebeer mentions british malt and liquit hops while the beer menu at FFF talked about this beer being made by robots. as you might expect from a robot brew this was sort of one dimensional but had all of the hoppiness that I might want in an IPA. Not the best that I have sampled in Munster but that is a tough standard to live up to.