Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

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

pours orange tinted brown with a thick light tan head that laces. aroma is of pine trees that are growing lemons in a tall aromatic field of grass. taste is very smooth considering all that is going on here. piney taste with vanilla wafers. finish is grassy and citrus. wonderful lingering bitter with sweetness that is like a piece of cheesecake and a cup of coffee without the coffee flavor somehow. thanks bbb63.

Bomber. Pours hazy, very orange copper with thin ivory head. The nose is lots of pineapple, mandarin orange, mango, wheat bread, and a wisp of alcohol. The flavor is more piney than the nose, but has a good dose of fruit as well-- grapefruit, various tropical fruits. It is a little bit woody in the middle, with some brown sugar sweetness. Bitter finish with grapefruit and some tannicity and a round alcohol warmth. Quite good.

Another gputty hookup. Cloudy, luminescent orange with an off white head. Big, fat, heavy nose! Orange-grapefruit, sweet. Flavor is initiallly sweet orange, clean and crisp. Transitions to a bitter orange peel, some grapefruit zest. Excellent!

22oz Bottle @ Coles Buffalo, NY. The best DIPA to date. Where to Begin? Huge hop presence in both aroma & flavor. Alcohol well hidden in very well balanced brew. Why can’t we get this in New York?

Pour was a copper color with an almost-yellow head. Harshly hopped, invasive to the sinuses, almost acrid, with high amounts of grapefruit, pine and green apple. Heavily bittersweet to start with a stinging, bitter finish amidst light acidity. Honey-smooth with light carbonation. Thoroughly wicked. I’m glad I waited to have this one fresh at the brewery.

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Thanks Santa! Body is gorgeous like a nice female, color is a foggy amber, and glows in the light. Head is thick and lasting. I almost catch a whiff of chocolate, with the aroma, hop aroma seems to be on the backburner, and honey really jumps out at me the most. The aroma is pretty subtle in this brew. Taste isn’t like anything I expected. Plenty of alcohol sweetness, and malts that almost counteract the hops. Taste is very sweet, fruity, a hint of caramel. If I would not have know this was a IIPA then I would have that it was an American Strong Ale, just because the hops are so drowned out by the alcohol. Very interesting brew.

Contrary to the masses I do not like this beer aged past about a 3 months. I have had 6 bottles that have aged in the range of 15 to 9 months. Aroma is plastic and light band-aids. All pleasant hop aroma is gone. The flavor is much the same. The bitter hops are still here in spades but there is no fruitiness to balance things out. Alcohol is unpleasantly harsh. Maybe ever bottle that I have ever bought has something that prevents it from aging well, but I find that unlikely. Aged Rating (3 5 4 4 8 – 2.4)

I am convinced that a 5.0 beer is a rare find; I also think that the basis of a perfect score is based 90% on the merit of the beer and 10% on pure emotion. The first time I had this beer it was a beautiful September day, I jut finished a hard day of yard work, I had been waiting to try this beer for 2+ months. Just earlier that day I had finally gotten some of this nectar that was so highly touted on this very site. I knew from those first looks, sniffs, sips, and swallows that this was a perfect beer. Since this day I have had this beer many times and I feel that it is time to re-rate it.

Re-Rate 1/21/2004 – Hazy orange body. The head is mostly white and hangs on for the long-haul. The lacing is excellent. The aroma is pure and simple hop nirvana, grapefruit and citrus, there is a slight sweet malt backing, but mostly hops. The flavor is big piney hops with a very nice malt backing. The bitterness is big but this is an IIPA after all. The body is medium full and slightly syrupy. The finish is very nice, with lots of sweetness balanced by the hops. Did I mention that there are some hops in this beer? Overall it is an excellent example of the style.

(Old Rating 9/6/2003 10/5/10/5/20 5.0)WOW!! This is the best beer I have yet had. Beautiful frothy tight off-white head with excellent lacing. Orange-copper color. Intense floral citrus-grapefruit aroma. Major hop flavors but the big malty body balances things out. Alcohol is masked. This is one intense hoppy beer. The finish is major hops but the thick body sticks to your teeth. Hunt this one down and try it. If you do not like hops you will not like this beer.

I wish I could get this on the regular! Thanks to miketd for the 650 ml bottle! pours copper with minimal head and lacing. plenty of bubbles rising to the filmy surface. it has a pleasent papaya odor. this very complex and balanced starts of bitter and has a slighty sweet acidic finish that is close to perfect.