Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

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

Bottle, thanks TikiE for driving the long distance for this very special beer. Pours an orange beer with a thin white head. Aroma is grapefruit hoppy insanity. Flavor is sweet and extremely hoppy with grapefruit notes. Full body with a bite in the end, bitter finish. Great beer!

No pretentious description here, just two words for hop lovers: religious experience! Nevertheless, this amazing beer is in short supply even in its home state of Indiana and (apparently) therefore, way overpriced at typically $14 for a single 20oz. bottle. Give me a __ break!!!

Big and crazy IPA. Very pronounced floral aroma, hop heaven, almost sweet. Beautious orange/amber pour with a head that stands up a while but lacey and will not tickle your nose. A great finish of citrus and pretty clean as well. Excellent presentation of an Imperial IPA and one that should satisfy any hop head.

a little unbalanced but still a nice brew, pineapple/ citrus on nosing & powerful hop flavor through long finish, good but over priced. wish their label designer would share his stash

Bottle shared with soicanbreathe and WHAT A BOTTLE...oh my! Perfect amber pour,cloudy and delicious. Aromas of malt, floral and sweet hops and mango. Flavor is sweet and malty with such wonderful hops. Holy shit I think I found a beer better than Bells Two Hearted. Amazing. Someone hook me up with another bottle! ASAP!

22oz bottle, Extreme floral and citrus hops aroma, about a finger of head typical IPA golden brown/orange color. Flavor starts off light and then kicks in to extreme mango/citrus and caramel flavors and the aftertaste on the tounge is extreme bitterness and some alcohol. Its almost like the bitter hops and alcohol are fighting to be the last flavor. Comparable to Hopmouth and it was better on tap.

A light shadde of amber with little but lasting head and a bit of lace. Nose has a bit of resin and spicy peach. First sip is not as much a surprise as a friendly slap in the face. More multifaceted than I’m used to in IPAs and quite different. First I think it has roastiness but then I think it’s more like spiciness. From a spicy curry! Not entirely sure what spice exactly but perhaps coriander seeds (at first my girlfriend suggest coriander but then she’s certain it’s cardamom). Mellows out a bit as I get used to it. A fruity resiny tang sticks with it though and the flavour stays fairly robust and it’s much fuller than I tend to think of IPAs. In a very good way. And it’s not really malty; it’s more like mouthfeel through hops, some more hops and then a metric crapassload of hops. It doesn’t feel that bitter on the finish. Well... "that" is relative, of course, but the alcohol is noticable in a warming effect as it goes down. Very pleasant and a contender for my top IPA. Easily. Thanks to theisti for this one!

holy crap this stuff is awesome. if you love hops- i love hops- dreadnaught is for you. a bit of fruitiness to balance. but this is an awesomely hoppy palate-killer. love it.