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Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
12834.26/5.04.25/5.09.5%99.8Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
A hophead’s dream beer. This Imperial India Pale Ale has an opening salvo of mango, peach and citrus hop aromas that sit atop a pronounced caramel malt backbone. Although Dreadnaught is a strong and intensely hoppy ale, its complex flavors is both smooth and memorable. 9.5% ABV, 100 IBUs.
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 larsga (2959), Oslo, Norway
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Medium offwhite head. Orange body. Citric straw and malt aroma with caramel notes. Dry medicinal straw taste with sweetish honey and resin notes. Fantastic richness in the taste. Excellent! (0.66l bottle at RBNAG’07. Quite late, so want to rerate this.)


 fonefan (11122), VestJylland, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/516/20
Nov 11, 2007  
Bottle. [ Courtesy of drewbeerme ] Unclear medium orange color with a average, frothy / creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, citrus, mango, peach, moderate malty, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (271007)


zethca (62), West Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Bottle, not very fresh from what I can tell. Citrusy hop aroma. Definitely get some mango. Not much of a head. Seemingly harsh flavor with little hop character. Wish I could get a fresh brew.


 Sigmund (2278), Hafrsfjord, Norway
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/103/511/20
Nov 10, 2007  
Sampled bottle, RBNAG 2007 in Grimstad. Orange colour. Intensely hoppy aroma and flavour. Another example of overkill.


 Bigassfish (140), Naperville/Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Nov 9, 2007  
Cloudy orange. sweet with floral aromas. sweet hop flavor with some malt. top IPA


 marchcow (664), Coralville, Iowa, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Nov 9, 2007  
Aroma of sweet pineapple, malt, light cheese. Amber orange color with off white head. Very well balanced initial flavors. Hoppy bitterness is evened out with a honey sweetness. Light saltiness. Alcohol in not present at all. Very creamy palate. Nice balance. Very good overall.


 JMFG (1514), Florida, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Nov 8, 2007  
My third bottle of Dreadnaught, but the first with reliable provenance regarding freshness. Pours a nice clear copper-orange color wtih a sparse thin white head. The aroma was heavy, resinous, spicy, fruity, rich, and lightly alcoholic. Very piney. While the aroma was piney, the taste was more grapefruity and much hoppier than the aroma indicated. The jarring hop blast occurs throughout the bottle, not just on the initial taste. The finish lingers and tingles on the palate for a while. The thick syrupy palate and low carbonation allow for proper chewing of this trademark brew.


 Mette (224), Frederiksberg, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/515/20
Nov 5, 2007  
Tak til Heidi og Kenneth som købte den med hjem til os. Drak den til ølklubbens smagning. Ravfarvet og uklar, skummet forsvinder lynhurtigt. let støvet i duft og smag, græsset med noget peber og sæbe. Slet ikke den bitre humlebombe jeg havde forventet. Nærmest lidt for sødlig men "det amerikanske" er der stadig. jeg er ikke tilfrds. Lidt flad.



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