Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Munster, Indiana USA

This is my first encounter with a Three Floyds beer and it’s pretty great. It’s a big, sweet, citrusy/floral DIPA with good hop resin bite. The beer pours a deep gold with little head but lots of lacing. The smell is thick with clementines, limes and floral hops. The flavor is similarly great. The hop flavor is very strong nearly to the point of having a solvent character. The malt is still quite sweet adding an excellent caramel character. The hops taste strongly of oranges, sweet and citric. The defining characteristic with DIPAs for me is the bitterness level and Dreadnaught is within the optimum range for me. The mouthfeel is oily and thick without being cloying.

Love this beer. On tap @ FFF’s. Pours medium-dark orange in color with a white head. Smells fruity/citrus with a good amount of hops. Right off the bat, you are hit over the head with that wonderful hoppy taste and a slight amount of citrus taste. Soooo fresh! Good mouthfeel, medium carbonation, very clean finish. This beer beats the crap out of your taste buds so 1 bomber or a couple of tulips towards the end of the night is a good idea.

On tap at FFF, amber color with citrus and flowery hops. Smooth and mouth watering...had two more pints and bought a 22 fl. oz. bottle.

Translucent amber with a lasting cream colored head and thick lacing. Strong hops scent with mild floral notes. Hoppy nose with sour fruit notes. The hops mellows out while progressing through the beer. Awesome.

Bottle, 22 fl. oz. Pours a reddish golden beer with an offwhite head. The aroma is good hops. The flavor follows the nose with a lot of hops. The palate is good balanced and complex. Overall a fantastic beer.

Bottle courtesy the kid - thanks man. Nice coppery coloring with a small head. A rich pine pitch aroma. Lots of hops well balanced with the caramel malt and a good amount of bitterness. Not as sweet as some of the DIPA’s that I’ve tasted - which is good by me.

[Bottle] bonused to me by Beernbourbon, thanks! Pours a thick looking clear copper with a finger thick beige head that rapidly dissipates. Aroma is strong with resinous and piney hops, lots of caramel malt for the backbone, and some floral honey as well. Flavor has a strong hop presence up front and a bracing bitterness on the back end. The alcohol presence is strong and numbing. The finish is quite dry and is making things congeal in the back of my throat. Overall, the bitterness is just a little too coarse for my tastes. I love over the top hoppy DIPA’s, but there is just something too ungraceful about the brash bitterness to make this one as enjoyable as it could be.

Pours a deep amber color with a big head that sticks around for a while. The aroma is huge hops (sweet citrus). Hops hit big up front on the taste, but the caramel malts follow it up to balance it nicely. Mouthfeel is thick, but smooth. Just an incredible beer.