Three Floyds Dogfish Head Popskull

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

courtesy of tampabrew. Pours deep brown with off white head. Aroma and taste, malty, chocolate, some nice cocoa nibs dark fruits with some elements of figs/cherry. Finish is lightly bitter.

Unfotunately, I didn’t take detailed notes on this one. I was pretty disappointed with this collaboration. It lacked the extreme personality of 3F and lacked the DFH character. Very disappointed.

Not the greatest 3 Floyds or DFH beer, but I still think it’s a decent beer. However, I do agree with the others that it is very similar to the palo santo maroon... a kind of watered down version of it though. I’d go with the palo santo any day.

Ugly brown. Kind of muddy. Toffee nose isn’t very appetizing. Toffee body with lots of wood. It’s a somewhat lame strong beer with no discernable character other than the palo santo and I don’t find that the underlying structure is either attractive on its own or in combination with the wood.

Name: Popskull
Date: April 25, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, DLD
Appearance: clear brown, drippy lace
Aroma: big chocolate aroma
Flavor: sweet chocolate and caramel flavor, dry chocolate, earthy, light bitterness, touch of sweet pine
Overall: palo santo with a bit more hops
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4

Bottle shared with oakes and beershine. Brown pour. Fruit, hops and wood. Flavor is wayyyy to much like the DFH Palo Santo. This one is all DFH and not much FFF. Bummer.

Poured dark brown with thick head. Aroma is wood, roast, some spice and floral hops. Flavor is much of the same with very pronounced wood. Good beer, GREAT label. I’d take the Palo Santo over this one though.

Bottle. Dark brown with scant tan head. Mild cola-chocolate aromas with some funk too. Pretty nice, mild, carob, chocolate, wet wood, chestnut but falls flat. Sort of like a low cocoa chocolate.