 jspruit (111), Dublin, Ireland
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 5/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 5, 2008 Picked up this monster in a 22oz bottle while on vacation and drank it back home.
Poured a nice amber with some haze and an off-white head about 1.5 fingers high. Lacing settled to small rings around the glass as it went down and head disappeared after a bit.
Some grapefruit bitter hints in the smells, but mostly it’s just dominated by nice hops. Round aroma with just a bit of a bite-very nice.
The hops hits you right away in the taste and is the dominant character going down although there is some slight maltiness and sweetness mixed in along with the light fruit notes.
Overall it is a very light and tasty for an IPA this strong and it goes down much smoother than I would have imagined with this sort of ABV. I’d like to drink more of it but it could be dangerous especially with bottles this big. I will definitely try this one again if given the opportunity.
Davin (48), Vermont, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 5/10 | 4/5 | 12/20 |
Apr 4, 2008 Bottle from Ughsmash. This is more of a barley wine than I expected. Aroma of clover, peach , raisin. Strong flavor of tea. A bit of a disappointment.
Magicdave6 (5425), London, Greater London, England
| 4.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Apr 1, 2008 Bottle at the supa cads disco tasting. Alround rating: Citrus, toffee malt, lychee, peachy apricot, everything i want in an iipa. Has the reputation and lived upto it.
TheRealBastard (141), The-No, California, USA
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 31, 2008 Well this was quite a treat thanks to Dough77 for this one. Pours a hazy amber color with nice white head. The body was just too thin for me. Not a typical Impy IPA, kinda leaves you hanging after going down. Taste of oranges and hops blended together, just not enough of it. I want more of both damn it; good but not great. Shouldn’t be in the top 50.
cgarvieuk (4171), Edinburgh, Scotland
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Mar 30, 2008 Bottle at Toms Glasgow tasting 2 ... Amber ... light fruit hop ... bright light fruit ... lot of hops ... light mellow grapefruit ... not as piney as many US IPAs ... quite juicy with a nice charcater.
Maddog (234), Kettering, Ohio, USA
| 4.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 25, 2008 What a damn good beer. I should leave it at that, but I can’t. I should not compare, but we are all guilty of that. As good as Dread is, it is not the best Imperial IPA on the planet. I think it falls behind 90 Min, Majaraha from Avery and Hercules from Great Divide. But, with that being said, Dread was wonderfully balanced from start to finish with citrus hops. It was big, bold, hazy and damn tasty. But not the best and not for $10 for a 22 oz bottle.
Storm (2685), Amager, Denmark
| 4.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 9/10 | 4/5 | 9/10 | 4/5 | 18/20 |
Mar 23, 2008 65 cl bottle. Tasted in comparisson with other double IPAs. I had very high expectations for this beer:
Hazy amber colour with a little white head. Amazing, lovely aroma of nice, fat, and high alpha hops such as citrus, peach, melon, and caramel. Great taste of hops and burned caramel. Well-balanced proportion of hops and caramel. Ends up bitterand alcoholicly. It gets better and better for every sip! 65 cl of amazing sips :o)
punkrkr27 (614), Berkley, Michigan, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Mar 21, 2008 Copper-orange pour with a small off-white head. Big grapefruit and tropical fruit aroma with a sweet clover honey background. Juicy hop flavor with lots of tropical fruit notes and clover honey lingering on the palate after you swallow. Strong floral and pine notes come out after a few sips. sticky, oily, medium body with lots of carbonation to break it up. The alcohol sticks around on the palate for a while in the aftertaste too.
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