90 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head Brewery

tewaris

Minnesota

3.7/5  rDev -13.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

90 IBUs
12 oz bottled 11/02/2010 poured into a New Belgium snifter on 11/26/2010

Appearance 4.5/5
A very "deep" looking beer: so smooth and viscous that it doesn't splash or foam much even when poured vigorously. Burnt orange hued, slightly hazy with a very creamy and very dense off white head. Good head retention and lacing, signature DIPA looks on this one.

Aroma 3.5/5
Earthy and grassy hop aroma, like green leaves in mud but meant in a good way. Very different from other D/IPAs but not strong enough. Sweet malts are present too.

Taste 3.5/5
Bitter and flavorful with hops but overly malty. Fruitiness is present but seems clashing. Some booze. Taste is better than average but nowhere close to the best. Gets cloying after a while.

Mouthfeel 4/5
Silkier and heavier bodied than most examples of the style with decent carbonation but not biting or crisp.

Drinkability 4/5
Drinkability is alright for a 9% ABV beer but it doesn't seem like a DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

11-30-2010 00:39:12 | More by tewaris

Waveoff

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev -6.8%

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Massachusetts

3.75/5  rDev -12.6%

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Texas

4/5  rDev -6.8%

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Kentucky

4.5/5  rDev +4.9%

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North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev -0.9%

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New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +4.9%

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Birdmarg741

District of Columbia

4.25/5  rDev -0.9%

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skriv

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +4.9%

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DooshBagalow

Illinois

4/5  rDev -6.8%

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California

3.75/5  rDev -12.6%

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jdhowe

California

4.51/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12oz bottle into (my new) Dogfish Head snifter.

A: Pours a clear deep amber with 1 finger of frothy, billowy, white head, leaving spotty lacing plentifully along the glass. Head retention is good, aided by a steady stream of bubbles from etching at the base of the glass. Beautiful beer.

S: sweet citrus, like pineapple. Malt, hops, and alcohol follow. Smell makes me worry that the taste may be a little cloying, it's so sweet.

T: Wonderfully balanced sweetness from citrus character and malt balanced against hop bitterness. The taste does not follow the sweetness on the nose nearly as severely as I'd feared. The alcohol on this is wonderfully hidden under strong flavors, but is there all the same.

M: Full, syrupy with hops. A very heavy beer for an IPA, which I quite like. Carbonation is plentiful but not overdone.

O: I never cease to be impressed by this beer. A staple IPA, for sure -- plentifully available, delicious, and inexpensive. This has been a long-standing favorite of mine, and critically revisiting it on the occasion of purchasing this new snifter has reminded me just why I try to keep this on-hand.

Serving type: bottle

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WKole81

Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +4.9%

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Virginia

4.25/5  rDev -0.9%

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Virginia

2.5/5  rDev -41.7%

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Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +4.9%

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Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -18.4%

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Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +4.9%

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Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -12.6%

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California

5/5  rDev +16.6%

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Michigan

4.25/5  rDev -0.9%

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California

4.75/5  rDev +10.7%

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Illinois

4.25/5  rDev -0.9%

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New York

3.5/5  rDev -18.4%

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California

4.5/5  rDev +4.9%

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