Three Floyds Dogfish Head Popskull

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

Bomber from FlssmrBrewAlum. Thanks Adam! Pours dark brown with tan head. Aroma is roasted and caramel malts, chocolate, wood and some dark fruits. Flavor is chocolate and roasted malts, wood, caramel and some fruit. Alcohol comes through in the end. Pretty solid imperial brown but nowhere near as complex as DFH Palo Santo. Palo Santo has more of a red wine and wood complexity that this brew is lacking.

My bottle [22oz] shared with HogTownHarry, garthicus, GregClow, jerc & mabel. Pours a very dark brown with an average size foamy tan head. Aroma of light roasted malt, a bit of red wine, some chocolate and wood. Flavour of caramel malt, light wood, chocolate and fruit. Lightly bitter, slightly alcoholic finish. Average to medium bodied. A fine beer but I thought it would be better, still good though.

bottle at coles dogfish tasting- nice chocolatey smoothness, some roast malt- some signature floyds yeast and/or fruity hop characteristic- great label, and a nice beer.

Bottle from Cole’s Dogfish tasting: Dark mahogany color with virtually no head. Wood, chocolate, and some dark fruit aromas. Chocolate malts, with a woody astringency, sweet caramel malts and some plum like fruitiness. Finishes dry and woody. Similar to Dogfish Palo Santo.

Pours dark brown with a thin brown head. The aroma is milk chocolate and roasted malt with a touch of leafy hops and berries. Flavor is smooth and roasted with wood coming through strong in the finish. Kind of thin/medium bodied. Very sweet, chocolaty, nutty and woody. Not bad. A little weird.

BVottle @ Coles DFH Tasting, Buffalo NY> Darker brown pour. Chocolatety aroma with notes of dried fruit. Taste is chocolate, roasted malts, sweet maltiness. Fuller mouthfeel. Slight burn on the palate. Pretty good

Bottle @ Cole’s Dogfish Fest. Brown body, no head. Nose is cocoa, roasty malt, some hop, dark fruit. Flavor is more of that roasty malt, a hint of burnt malts, tart but rich plum and very solid bitterness. Roast & burnt dark fruits in the finish with some mineral/chalk character.

22 oz. bottle purchased at the brewery on DLD ’09. I’ve been eagerly anticipating this one, and like Shawn, I was let down. Pours a slightly cloudy brown with a small beige head. Aroma of alcohol, spices, wood, caramel, sugar, roasted malt. Flavor is also alcoholic from start to finish, with wood, sugar, caramel, roasted malt, molasses, smoke, spice, and dark fruits. Not particularly well-balanced, and too boozy tasting. Medium-bodied, and I agree with Shawn in that it was too syrupy. These two breweries can do so much better.