Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

Poured into a Stone OG tulip glass. Appearance is an opaque dull orange with some amber highlights, thin layer of off-white creamy foam that dissipates to a ring, swaths of sticky lacing on the glass. Smell is big, fragrant hops, mostly floral and pine resin, slight citrus tones, caramel and toast malts linger as does slight alcohol, very flavorful and delicious. Taste is initially sweetened pine hops, transitions to thick chewy caramel and bready malts, tones of oranges and cotton candy, finishes bitter with a hint of alcohol warming. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied, creamy and slick resiny texture, carbonation is ample but moderate. Drinkability is high given the abv, a flavorful and balanced DIPA that has a nice interplay of hops and malts, I am impressed with the hop presence and this continues my obsession with this midwestern brewery.

Golden Orange pour wonderful aroma sweet and fruity and hops Layers of flavor - not as bitter as I was expecting - very smooth. This is not my favorite style of brew but it is very good.

Very hazy orange coloured brew with a fairly sticky white head. Aroma is quite nice. Tropical fruit, cascades and a lightly peppery alcoholic note as well. Some light candyish pale crystal malt sweetness. Floral and moderately perfumey as well. Fairly prominent on the orange peel and citrus. Flavour is quite pepery with a prominent alcoholic bite. There is a sticky resiny hoppines over a fairly prominent sweetness. Plenty of hop flavour but also with thick sweet and alcoholic character that reminds me of 90 minute IPA. Fairly sweet and sticky on the back. It’s good, but it’s not really my cup of tea.

Very little head, this beer is a hazy orange amber that clears as it sits. Strong floral hop scents floods the nostrils, but this beer isn’t all pretty flowers- there is definitely some dirt in this fat IIPA, yummy, gritty dirt. The flavor is very well balanced, and there is no alcohol flavor.There is, however, a warming effect, particularly in the back of the throat. A bitter brew, especially on the finish- very crisp. I love this beer.

While in Munster,at the Three Floyds Brewpub, I was served a half pint of this amazing beer in a tulip glass. It was a beautiful gold to orange color. The bartender poured it with a one inch head and it left rich lacing rings. Seemed to be at about 55 degrees. Nose was amazing, with citrus hops and some ripe fruit, backed up by some tantalizing odors of pine and other things I honestly cannot identify. Suffice it to say is smells heavenly. Mouthfeel is really smooth and slick. Flavor is a very well balanced mixture of malts and hops. Finish is bitter but not overly so. A truly amazing beer. I brought home a bottle so I can share this with another beer lover. This is an update from the bottle taken from the beer cellar and poured at 50 degrees F. From a 22 oz bottle this poured a beautiful copper color with a slightly off-white head and good thick lacing. About as wonderful of a nose as you can imagine from a beer, with floral, pine, and citrus hops. Almost eye watering. A very rich mouthfeel that is almost sticky and you want to hold on your tongue. Fantastic flavor. Just as good in the bottle as it was on draft. This is really one of the great beers of the world.

Thanks to emacgee for the shared bottle. Golden orange pour. Citrus and mango on the nose, but also surprisingly malty and astringent. Not JUST a hop bomb! Very well balanced, more than any other IPA I’ve had. Good mouthfeel, and crisp finish. Really enjoyed this.

Pours an amber gold with a one finger yellow head. The nose was earthy, malty, sweet, caramel, much more malt than expected, some citrusy hops but the nose overall was quite subdued. The flavor was similar, much more of a balanced IIPA than I was expecting. Some grapefruit peel, earthy, sweet caramel malt, some bitterness, alcohol doesn’t really show up. The palate was sweet and full with a nice hop bitterness to it. Overall just not as big and juicy as what I was hoping for.

22oz bottle via trade. Pours a lightly hazed golden orange with a big n’ fluffy white head with amazing lacing. Tons of fresh tree fruit and pine in the nose. I was not very impressed at first, with every sip the beer kept getting better. Didn’t quite live up to the hype for me, still a great IIPA.