Cant Dog Imperial IPA - Marshall Wharf Brewing Company / Three Tides Restaurant

Dbrag

Maine

5/5  rDev +19.3%

11-18-2012 21:36:04 | More by Dbrag

ClintBEERME

Maine

4.85/5  rDev +15.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

BEST WHEN LESS THAN 3 DAYS OLD. When fresh this beer is floral, citrusy, crisp, fresh, piny and balanced. It can't really be compared to other DIPA's like Heady Topper and Hill Farmstead's Abner, it is more like Stone's Ruination on steroids. A unique IPA experience. Glad to have Marshall Wharf in Maine.

Serving type: can

05-12-2013 22:39:49 | More by ClintBEERME

sendbeer

Georgia

4.5/5  rDev +7.4%

05-05-2013 18:12:56 | More by sendbeer

Flounder57

Massachusetts

4.28/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

16 oz can was poured into a large tulip glass.

Appearance: This beer poured s two finger head that reduced to a thin layer and left some nice lacing on the lacing. It is a copper color with good clarity and bubbles coming up through the glass. Crazy lacing on the glass as the beer was drank.

Smell: Malty and hoppy. Lots of citrus, but it's hard to distinguish hop aromas.

Taste: Tropical fruit heaven. Pineapple, mango, passion fruit, tangerine, and grapefruit all followed up by caramel malts. Mild hop tingly bitterness in the back of the palate.

Mouthfeel: Smooth, a little chewy, tingly, medium carbonation, and medium bodied.

Overall: Super awesome DIPA from mid Maine. I need to get more.

Serving type: can

05-04-2013 03:39:23 | More by Flounder57

miclormic

Maine

5/5  rDev +19.3%

04-29-2013 21:09:56 | More by miclormic

tugg407

Florida

3.75/5  rDev -10.5%

04-27-2013 04:44:18 | More by tugg407

rondufresne

Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

04-21-2013 20:42:02 | More by rondufresne

guezarka

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

04-21-2013 17:23:11 | More by guezarka

Remdog

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -4.5%

04-19-2013 21:37:29 | More by Remdog

jaasen64

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -4.5%

04-17-2013 22:03:19 | More by jaasen64

Tauroe

Maine

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

04-13-2013 21:14:07 | More by Tauroe

smutty33

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -10.5%

04-11-2013 14:13:42 | More by smutty33

wdarcy77

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -4.5%

04-08-2013 23:34:37 | More by wdarcy77

cbeer88

Massachusetts

4.03/5  rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

16oz can poured into Duvel tulip. Bottling date 4/2.

For starters, this beer is very different from your typical DIPA. It's neither west coast style hop bomb, nor east coast (english) style chewy and thick malt forward IPA. It's thinner than you'd expect and quite balanced.

A: Nice clear orange-y brown body. There are floaties, otherwise the body is quite nice. Head is thin, but lacing is excellent.

S: Pine, toffee, nut. More malty than anything, and hard to say it smells like an IPA. But it does smell good.

T: Balanced. Very interesting fruits and honey, balanced out by a great malt backbone. Enjoyable.

M: Medium to thin body and moderately carbed. Creamy, solid.

O: Good, solid beer. A bit unique. If I could create my own style here, I'd call it a Double Pale Ale. The hops and balance are Pale Ale, but the ABV is obviously something much stronger. Well worth trying if you are ever in Maine.

Serving type: can

04-07-2013 23:00:00 | More by cbeer88

parris

Massachusetts

5/5  rDev +19.3%

03-30-2013 21:46:52 | More by parris

BEERchitect

Kentucky

3.93/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Its with the strength of an Imperial IPA, but with the balance of Pale Ale that sets this beer apart. Its a testament to everything that's appreciated about even-keel malt and hops, and does it all on a hotbed of near 10% abv. and the power in taste to boot. Marshall Wharf has done something special with this strong ale.

Mid-amber in color, the honeyish tone takes hold with the crystal-clear brilliancy that makes American Pale Ales so attractive. A dense, creamy, and almost rocky, almond-stained head builds upon the beer and retains like meringue on key lime pie. Every sip yields a buildup of another ring of lace that trails with decorative lace. This is one nice looking ale!

Creamy malt, caramel, light toffee, and mild underlying peanut notes sculpt the beer's aromatic value. But lying just below the grain surface lies an undercurrent of hops that display citrusy oranges, grapefruit, and even pine that peaks through ever so often. Light spice of alcohol tingles the senses like ginger as I dive into taste.

Where the scent may seem malt-balanced, the taste shows no favoritism. Toffee malt sweetness may strike the front of the mouth first, but a quick rebuttal of citrus takes the shape of grapefruit juice and dried orange peel at middle palate and morphs into a piney, sappy bitterness to close its taste. There's still something in the deeply caramelized malts and alcohol that reminds me of gingersnaps to go along with the barley/hop balance.

Dangerously smooth, the effects of nearly ten percent alcohol never registers in taste nor texture. As the beer starts creamy, frothy, and semi-sweet- the beer fades nicely and slowly toward a malty-dry finish of alcohol warmth, resinous hop bitterness, and receding sweetness. The dialogue of hops and malt remain balanced even in lingering aftertaste... ok, maybe the hop bitterness outlasts the barley, but briefly so.

I really don't see this beer as an Imperial IPA. It really does capture the essence of the classic American Pale Ale, but the flavors are all elevated as the ingredients have to be ramped up to create the high alcohol levels. But the beer retains a remarkable balance and lures me in with its high rate of drinkability- A dangerous proposition for my naive taste buds.

Serving type: can

03-22-2013 05:03:58 | More by BEERchitect

TriageStat

Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev -16.5%

03-20-2013 02:22:49 | More by TriageStat

drummermattie02

Texas

3.5/5  rDev -16.5%

03-15-2013 14:01:40 | More by drummermattie02

AdamP

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev -4.5%

03-13-2013 23:05:30 | More by AdamP

meehandennis

Maine

4.75/5  rDev +13.4%

03-10-2013 01:39:46 | More by meehandennis

ChrisL24481

New Hampshire

4.25/5  rDev +1.4%

03-06-2013 11:47:32 | More by ChrisL24481

Seanniek91

New Hampshire

4.69/5  rDev +11.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75

Pint can into a Smutty pint glass. Imperial Pale Ale 9.7%. Bottled 2/5/13

Appearance- Pretty clear amber with short head and plentiful lacing.

Smell- Sweet fruity hops, piney hops, fresh baked bread, smooth vanilla. Nice malt character. Great smell.

Taste- Big malt upfront, leading to piney hops, leading to peachy hop character, leading to caramel and vanilla for some reason. No booze detected.

Mouthfeel- Nicely carbonated. Lighter body of a pale ale. Smooth and crisp with no booze burn.

Overall- This beer really is incredible. The best from Marshall Wharf I've had.

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2013 16:42:48 | More by Seanniek91

NeverNude

Maine

5/5  rDev +19.3%

02-16-2013 14:07:47 | More by NeverNude

ThePorterSorter

New York

3.65/5  rDev -12.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Canned on 1/22 according to bright orange sticker taped to the side of the can.

The beer pours a clear, rusty orange/amber with an inch of a dense, creamy, off-white head that laces. The nose is potently bitter with notes of pine wood, caramel, grain, and a subtle hint of citrus and alcohol. This beer smells more of a fresh barleywine than a DIPA. It definitely drinks like a barleywine as well with a huge boozy, malty backbone and resiny, lingering, hoppy bitterness. The mouthfeel is quite sweet and chewy upfront, although well carbonated, and finishes with caramel and hoppy bitterness. This isn't really my type of DIPA with a masked/obscure hop profile, far too much malt and alcohol, and even fresh...drinks like it's 6 months old. Although it's a relatively enjoyable beer, I wouldn't recommend this to others, nor would I seek out more cans. A local beer that drinks similarly to this would be Good Nature's 1 year anniversary DIPA.

Serving type: can

02-07-2013 23:42:00 | More by ThePorterSorter

brentk56

North Carolina

3.91/5  rDev -6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Pours a clear amber topped by a prodigious amount of foam that leaves a drizzling pattern of lace behind

Smell: Caramel and piney, resinous aromatics

Taste: Opens with a brown sugar and caramel flavor that is subsumed by the piney hops, in the middle; still, after the swallow, the sweet malts stand tall and just edge out the hop flavors through the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation

Overall: A tad too sweet for my type of DIPA, this is still a well-brewed example of the style for those who like a lot of malt balance

Thanks, wildcats10, for the opportunity

Serving type: can

02-06-2013 01:05:05 | More by brentk56