60 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head Brewery

ThePortlander

New York

4/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from the 12 oz. bottle into a DFH snifter (on other occasions a shaped pint).

It appears a slightly cloudy orange-gold color, with a decently frothy head. The retention and lacing are both decent as well.

The smell is as hop-heavy as I was expecting (it is continuously hopped), but there is a decent malt sweetness. There's not as much intricacy as I was hoping for, though I don't mind the smell of hops either.

The taste and mouthfeel both leave a little to be desired, but provide a unique hop palate nonetheless. If you're looking for traditional IPA hop flavor (citrus, resin, etc.), however, you may not find what you're looking for here: this like hop oil. That said, there are hints of citrus and a wonderful bitter finish as it dries. The malt works well against the hops, and the yeast choice is spot on for this hop bill.

It's not bad for a hefty hop fix, but drinkability depends on how much I'm craving hops, and I wasn't feeling it today. Overall, it's still fairly balanced, but certainly provides that strong hop flavor when you want it.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2010 00:32:59 | More by ThePortlander

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