Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

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

22oz bottle. Pours a very cloudy orange. Strong bitter and hop taste, tingles on the palate. The very slightest hint of the alc.% tingles on the tongue. Damn tasty though. Very solid beer. Wish I had more access to Three Floyds.

Bottle from brewpub. Had it on tap too, but in a whirlwind of beers and was just in it for the enjoying then. Wow, no joke on the peach and mango of the label’s description. I’ve never smelled a beer so accurately described. Nice active carbonation. Cloudy, which I had not remembered. Citrus aroma as well. Just a gorgeous smell. Ever so slight textile scent, some pine. Oddly, as was true at pub, I find the flavors slightly muddled at first. Lemony-er than other IIPAS. Malt a bit more roasty than I prefer. I enjoy the flavor more as it warms. Woody, complex. Honey, even peanut butter. Soooo citrusy. And me still with 2/3 of the bottle remaining. This has already been a journey. Butterscotch. Over the course of drinking this beer I went from not being that enamored of it to thinking maybe it’s the best beer I’ve had. But the circumstances affect it too. I’m sitting on my deck in beautiful pre-fall weather, a gorgeous sky, thinking about the fact that I’ve got more vacation days left for the year than I know how to use. That kind of peaceful evening is to a beer’s benefit, if I’m rating it. I’m really glad it’s not raining, and so is the Dreadnaught.

22 oz. bottle. Great, appetizing, floral hops aroma. Pine, citrus, and sour smells. Fresh, herbal, and grassy. Exactly like an IPA / double IPA should smell. Also cookie and dark bread malts in the aroma. Pours a clear, rich gold with a large amount of fluffy, cream-colored head. Long-lasting effervescence. Good lacing. Sweet, bready malt taste surprisingly makes its presence felt before the hops. Fruity malts; peach. Very dry hoppiness, especially in the finish. Smells like an American IPA, but the taste is surprisingly English-influenced. Long, sharply dry, citrusy aftertaste. Easy to drink. Medium body. Smooth, oily, and lightly lively in the palate. Not particularly remarkable palate effects aside from the aftertaste. This beer blew me away the first time I tried it at the Great Taste of the Midwest 2009. Also, it’s in my favorite style. That said, I find it to be very good, but it’s not the mind-blowing beverage for which I was hoping.

Pours a cloudy orange with a little bit less than a finger of light head. Lots in the aroma, various sweet hops and fruits. Really soft sweet initial taste, that builds slowly and increasingly complex as it ends with a really nice bitterness. I was initially disappointed that the hoppiness wasn’t more in your face, but the more I sip, the better it gets. Really complex, really good

Aroma packs a punch. Lots of grapefruit, citrus, lemon, orange, mango. Great. Flavor has all of the above and a lot of sweetness. Balanced but hangs on for a while, in every direction.. Delicious.

Bottle courtesy of Allstar at Immy’s Backyard Throwdown. Pours clear amber in color with off white head. Arom a sweet and citrus hops. Taste citrus hops and bitter with bitter finish.

Pours a slightly hazy gold with a beautiful thick head. Aromas of citrus and...soap? Sweet up front with a nice bitter bite closely following. Bitter finish that seems to go on for ever! This has got to be the smoothest and most drinkable IIPA I’ve ever had. This is pure decadence! It really doen’t get much better than this, well worth the high price tag!

poured from a bottle into a tulip glass. It starts with a beautiful off-white foamy head. A peachy nose with floral accents. Now to the most important part . . . the taste. Great hop taste upfront followed by a fantastic caramel note. a great complex brew for one of my favorite styles right now. The hop taste continues to line your mouth until your next sip. Believe the hype!