Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

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

A dark orange beer with no head. The aroma is very hoppy, sweet, and oily. The flavor is sweet and very hoppy and it has a very dry hoppy end. A very nice beer. Thanks to Jeppe (Bierkönig) for sharing this bottle.

(Bottle 65 cl) Nice amber colour with a small, off-white head. Spicy nose. Incredibly delicate hop character, sweetish almost honey-like with loads of caramel. Bitter not only in the finish -all the way through. Delicious. 170705

Bottled from growler, thanks hopsrus!!
Reddish amber with intense grapefruit aroma. Softly malty with an overwhelming soapy, flowery pine needle hop flavour. Grapefruit bitter finish. This is liquid hop juice, well accompanied by a massive body.

75 cL bottle, trade with ygtbsm94. Pours hazy orange with a lacing white head. Pine, dry grapefruit. Flavour is mild caramel malt, very balanced fruity hops flavour. Lovely complex flavour of fruit, soft english hops, mild sweet caramel malt base, nice bitterness and with little raisin sweetness into the far finish. Smooooth and complex, lovely.

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)

Bottled. Orange coloured, small white head. Strong black currant in aroma. Hoppy and fruity flavour with hints of berries. Strong black currant and hops in aftertaste.

Bottled. Orange coloured with an off white head. Aroma of hops, caramel and pine needles. Flavour of fruits, hops, caramel and pine needles. Long bitter finish.

Name: Dreadnaught
Date: November 28, 2003
Mode: Bottle Conditioned
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
Appearance: clear dark amber, fine thin head
Aroma: sweet grapefruit aroma like sugar sprinkled on a slice of morning grapefruit
Body: excellent body
Flavor: aroma slowly fades into a light barleywine aroma that is matched by the flavor, wonderful interplay between the carmel sweetness and well tempered hops, a lighter more drinkable barleywine
Overall: no wonder it’s $90/case

Name: Dreadnaught
Date: April 29, 2006
Mode: cask
Source: brewpub
Score: ii+
Appearance: yellow, frothy white head
Aroma: light hop aroma
Flavor: sweet hop flavor, long bitter finish

Name: Dreadnaught
Date: April 29, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
follows the bottle fairly well,

Name: Dreadnaught
Date: May 03, 2006
Mode: fresh bottle
such wonderful sweet grapefruit aroma and flavor, still stands out amung the plethera of grapefruit juice double IPAs, easily roused fine beige head, bits of drippy lace,

Name: Dreadnaught
Date: December 15, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: vertical tasting 2003-2007
2003 still has the hops in the aroma but the flavor is all sweet crystal malt with only a hint of the hops, 2004 is still mostly sweet crystal malt with a bit more of the hops coming in the flavor but still light on the bitterness, 2005 aroma is same oxidized malt but the flavor is picking up even more citrus hops and a long bitter finish kicks in 2006 still has the oxidized aroma with just a touch more hops, flavor is well balanced between the hops and sweet crystal malt, 2007 aroma is spot on with fresh hops to balance the crystal malt, flavor is well balanced between the big hops and sweet crystal malt, lasting bitter finish carries the hop and malt flavor,

Name: Dreadnaught
Date: April 24, 2009
Mode: draft
Source: brewpub
grapefruit is down and bitterness is up, sweet pine making an appearance,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***4