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Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA

Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA - Imperial/Double IPA

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100
overall
Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Munster, Indiana USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
12784.26/5.04.25/5.09.5%99.8Snifter, Tulip
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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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 Terminus (1955), Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jan 4, 2003    Updated: Feb 7, 2005
rerate-january 2005 vs april 2004 bottles-the 2004 bottle actually held up very nicely with still alot of hop notes that have mellowed but still very present. Fresh is the way to go here though. I love the hop aroma and hop presence in this beer. Still, my fav beer to date. lots of grapefruit and pinneapple notes from the hops. sampled at the brewery in Indiana-WOW!!! what an incredible brew!!!! HUGE malt that didn’t last long in the taste but followed by the biggest hop presence ever known to man. people are saying this is to thin to be the best, but i thought this was definately full bodied-nice and syrupy-hop heads will be blasted away by this-its been 8 hours since i had this and i still have hop burps-the best beer i have ever had!!!!


 JoeM500 (1876), Chicago (little italy), Illinois, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Mar 25, 2002    Updated: Feb 25, 2006
One of the hugest beers to roam the Earth. Massive hops and massive malts. Everything here: grapefruits, grapefruits, grapefruits, citrus oils, mouthmenacing bitterness, chewy caramel, sweet rich pale malt fruitiness, massive hints of alcohol lurking underneath. So damn good since day one. I’m happy that so many have now had the chance to try it. Newest editions, since late 2005, are crock full of the sickest and illest Mango flavors. This is the best on-tap beer in the World. Hand down. Nothing beats Dreadnaught. NOthing. Werd.


 Racegoer (338), Somewhere Out There, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Oct 16, 2002    Updated: Jul 3, 2003
On Tap at Richo's www. richos.com,Re-rate on 22 Oz Bombers (July 3 ,03). Awesome complexity the most unique refreshing Beer made, if only 1 beer were left in the world this ought to be it, complex citrus flavours, Alyssa Milano Body odor, flowery hops and an abundance of complexity, a 5 rating again and again, damn this is good.Complex, Malty, & full of Hops, has it all, best IPA I have ever had . Keep these coming.Numerous flavours abound in this one, let us go ahead and call it the King of IPA's,Taste the strong complex flavours of grapefruit,sugar,citrus, orange & malt,color is that of a beautiful orange, this was so good that my tasting of other beers stopped this night and I kept asking for this one. 9.5 % ABV is hidden, 100 % good & Highly Recommended, Long Live the King


 morebier4me (140), New York, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Sep 14, 2002  


avrv99 (17), USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Nov 10, 2002  
I live about 4 minutes from the brewery, and have had the pleasure of trying many of Three Floyds great brews...fortunate also that a local club keeps this one on tap - the best out there.


 egajdzis (3598), Spring Mount, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jun 1, 2003    Updated: Aug 29, 2006
Golden orange appearance with an almost white head. Sweet, citrus hops taste all the way through. Alcohol is very well masked. Nice lacing down the side of the glass. A gravity pour cask of this beer is awesome!


 celogan (190), Oroville, California, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jul 4, 2003  
This has to be the most outstanding, greatest tasting, fully satisfying beer I have ever had in my entire life. It is my first Three Floyds (thanks to slikwily) but if this is any indication of other Three Floyds, I'm hooked for life. This exquisite elixer poured medium dark copper with a head that hung around the entire life of the brew. Nice lacing all the way through with great carbonation and nice flavor. I did notice some grapefuite-like flaovor along the way, but this was Soooooo Good you'd have to be a moron to pass it up. Absolutely Positively Get Some of this.


MERUBADOO (6), Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Three Floyds Dreadnaught Imperial IPA does not count
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Mar 11, 2003  
NOTHING COMPARES. . . THERE HAVE BEEN FUTILE ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A KNOCK-OFF! THIS IPA IS ONE-OF-A-KIND!



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