Three Floyds Dogfish Head Popskull

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Munster, Indiana USA

22 oz bomber generously given to me by tjthresh. Pour is murky brown cordovan with a nice 2 inch tan head. Decent lacing as the beer goes down. Aroma is big resin hops, bigger caramel malt and biggest prune fruit and licorice. Just a huge nose, with three pretty strong elements more or less battling it out. The taste is the resin earthy hops, along with big caramel sweetness, along with the dark fruit and licorice. On top of this was a woody, boozy Bourbon taste that fortunately was not present in the nose. Palate is low carbonation, long woody finish, and evident alcohol warmth. May be this one needs some time to come together, but when I tasted it, it was an overpowering booze fest. Thanks for sending this one to me Tom, I was glad I tried it.

Got to try a bottle of this courtesy of "hannont". Colour... dark brown with no discernible head. Nose... Fairly simple hops and malt. Palate... fairly sweet and malty. Hops are present but do not make much of an impression. OK stuff, overall, but I expect more form these folks!

22oz bottle purchased at DLD ’09. Pours a deep brown, magonany tinted body with a thin, light tan head that dissipates quickly and leaves a light lacing around the edges. Aroma definitely opens up more as this warms. Deeper caramels, a light wood, some roasted malts and toffees, fermented dark fruits, and a slightly sharp woody pine hop. Flavor is full, but the wood doesn’t quite taste right. It remains underlying and gives off a stale taste while never really mixing with the other flavors well. There are some nuts, toffees, deep caramel, a light roast, yeasty dark unripened fruits, chocolate covered peanuts, leafy hops, and a bit of a cheap whiskey taste. Finishes with that stale wood taste and lingering toffee, cheap booze, nuts, and a light chocolate. Palate is light bodied, dry, and very short. Overall, this is just a mess. There’s so much going on, but it never comes together. Stale and cheap tasting wood although I loved DFH’s Palo Santo Marron. Eh, disappointing brew from two of my favorites.

Pours dark brown with a rich, tan creamy head. Smells of spice, dark fruit. Tastes fruity and spicy with an earthy finish. I was expecting more out of a collaboration like this.

22oz bomber from trade with that guyinchicago. Thanks Chuck! Pours dark brown color with a medium off-white head. Aroma of caramel, roasted malts, brown sugar, and fermented fruit. Has a sweet smooth enjoyable finish. This is a very different and excellent brew.

Rating #69 for this beer.
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4/25/2009: 3F Popskull is very dark brown, nearly opaque in the glass, and has an ivory-colored head. It is smooth and malty with plenty of caramel. It has an average body and mouthfell. Overall it is good, but not great. I would probably can this an Imperial Brown Ale.

Draught at Dark Lord Day 2009. Total Score: 3.5
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8/01/2009: Popskull... Aroma: Syrupy brown ale, resiny wood. Appearance: Cola brown, beige crown. Flavor: Sugary sweet molasses, lightly citrusy, sweeter than I remember. Palate: Medium, slightly syrupy. Overall: Way too sweet without enough complexity or depth. DFH Palo Santo Marron is much, much better.

22 fl. oz. bottle shared by AndyReynolds at NATIFEST ’09. Thanks Andy! Total Score: 3.3

Bottle shared by hophead22 from shawnm213.. Poured black with an off white head..Aroma had some roasted malts and a slight sweetness.. Dark malts and chocolate flavor..Not a bad beer but it didn’t blow my skirt up either.

22oz bottle pours a very dark brown with a nice tan head. smell is very sweet and carmaelly with a toasy smell. the taste is chocolate and very strong the wood gives it a very unique flavor of smokey yet sweet much like a bbq.