Dreadnaught IPA - Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub

PsilohsaiBiN

New York

4.53/5  rDev +2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to krl2112 for the bottle.

Appearance: Golden/amber with some lively carbonation and a nice 1 finger head.

Smell: Mango and citrus. Very nice

Taste: Wow, insanely drinkable for this high of abv. Hop fruitiness up front smoothly transitions over to the clean, balanced end. What an end it is, with some lingering bitterness but malt to accompany it and this makes it quite pleasing, with a nice breadiness to it. This actually reminds me of FW Double Jack, but it's definitely not the same. The difference is that this beer showcases the unique fruity hop flavor that is present in many of the FFF brews. Lots of flavor profiles going on in this beer. Another great thing this beer shows about FFF is the complex flavor transitions that end smoothly, with no bad/lingering/funky aftertaste. Too easy to drink for the strength...awesome.

Mouthfeel: Syrupy with a moderate amount of carbonation.

Overall: This might be my favorite FFF beer to date, there's something really cool about how hard the hops hit you, but then fade out into a smooth finish. Good stuff.

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2012 03:25:28 | More by PsilohsaiBiN

Rimbimhoot

Illinois

4.35/5  rDev -2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Drank out of a Founders snifter.

Great beer. Smells piney with sweet citrusy hops shining through. Started with more of a malty characteristic but the citrus flavor came through as it warmed up. I would only drink this at a warmer temperature going forward. Alcohol is barely present. A great imperial ipa from FFF.

Serving type: bottle

12-01-2012 05:00:01 | More by Rimbimhoot

jtierney89

New Jersey

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

just opened the bottle, smells like funky high end weed. Surprisingly pale color, like a very deep yellow with some orange/brown. Giant sticky white head. Even with letting this beer breathe, still smells like sticky weed. Fruit scents begin to come forward, dried apricots and peaches. As the beer really has time to air out and the smells escape, smells like lightly toasted bread with a tropical fruit marmalade seeping into your bedroom to wake you up in the morning.

Took two sips to have the hops hit me and wow, this beer is attacking my mouth. Alcohol heat doesnt hit until you take a few breaths after sipping a few. Probably the most tannic beer i've ever had. Still feeling the resin tingle my gums 5 minutes after the sip. Sweet jam like fruit on the tip of the tongue followed by huge rolling malt flavor. Caramel covered fruit bowl rolls into super hop resin. Oily hop flavor covered the back of the tongue. Bitterness is brash and bold and hits stronger after you finish swallowing.

This is a giant beer. Not as complex as I expected to be, nor was it that super west coast ipa i expected it to be but that might be a good thing. This is another beer I've discovered on my chicago trip that proves that there's a midwest style ipa. Not nearly as fruity as a west coast ipa, but not as dry an english ipa. It takes the midwest ipa and make it huge, and it's beautiful.

Big, simple, tasty, and the hop bomb you want from a DIPA.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2012 04:39:12 | More by jtierney89

DrinkSlurm

Connecticut

4.38/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

Poured from 22 oz bottle into tulip. Purchased at Liquor barn Louisville, KY - ~$10.
Pours a nice golden slightly burnt orange color...nice sticky white head. Aroma is just amazing...mango, grapefruit, pine hop. Taste is a hop burn for sure...strong sweet but powerful cirtus hop, but also lots of mango and pine. wow....this is a great DIPA.
It does burn...but in a good way.
Overall this is a fantastic brew and so glad I finally came across it. So much hop, so much sweet malt, so much flavor...really great.

Serving type: bottle

11-27-2012 03:08:17 | More by DrinkSlurm

brewdude1982

North Carolina

4.6/5  rDev +3.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

This was a bomber and poured into a pint glass

A: 4.5 light brown with a hint of red light head
S:  5.0 the nose of this beer is mostly pine with a little malt, the hops they used in the secondary give this beer an amazing aroma
T: 4.5 the taste is overwhelmingly hops. I can only imagine how much hops they used in their primary fermentation
MF: 4.5 very full body with an average amount of carbonation. 
O: 4.5 this is a great beer but I don't think that I could have too many at one sitting. It is kind of a pallet wrecker

Serving type: bottle

11-24-2012 21:13:35 | More by brewdude1982

macrosmatic

Florida

3.93/5  rDev -11.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Thanks to maximumu13 for this one. Reviewed from notes. Poured from bomber into a CCB pint glass.

A: Pours a slightly hazy, light gold with good visible carbonation and a big, three-finger craggy white head.

S: Pine, grass, resin, onion/spice hops, with a backbone of malt sweetness.

T: Bigger on the resin & onion/spice hops, and the bitterness from these is most noticeable on the front of the tongue. The flavor is more malty than expected, and comes across as a caramel flavor, but this doesn't add much sweetness to the overall impression.

M: A bit of a chewy mouthfeel, and somewhat heavier bodied than most IIPAs. Good carbonation sensation, and only a hint of alcohol.

O: This is far from a bad beer, but I'm just not a fan of the hop profile. The malts could have added more sweetness to make it a less bitter, more balanced IIPA. And I'm still not a fan of caramel malts in IPAs. That said, I would drink another if offered.

Serving type: bottle

11-23-2012 16:31:26 | More by macrosmatic

SkeeterBoganski

Colorado

4.33/5  rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Bomber in to toulip pint

A - hazey copper; good carbonation; nice, off-white bubbly head; lacing retention looks solid

S - real citrusy; oranges, grapefruit; slightly sweet; really hop heavy

T - damn, really good; piney; grapefruit; a little hop-bitter; some notes of peach, maybe melon; sweet and subtle malt towards the back end

M - the heavy hops make this a pretty dry punch; this is a pretty smooth double, although the booze is there; it's real delicious just sitting on the tongue

O - this is a really well-balanced, nuanced DIPA with a lot of great hop flavor and a noticeable sweet-malt finish; the 9.5 is noticeable although not at all negatively; great beer

Serving type: bottle

11-20-2012 01:42:50 | More by SkeeterBoganski

Pinknuggets

Vermont

4.4/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Bomber into hfs sniffer

A:golden honey color hazy and fairly opaque through out nice small tan head that dispates quickly what an ipa should look like

S: fruity smell but not as strong as some other FFF hoppy very well balanced

T: follows the nose with the fruity flavors not to hop forward this fades into a well balanced malt bitterness I can't emphasize more how well balanced this especially for an imperial ipa

M: wow so back to balance not to heavy not too light very drinkable for an imperial ipa goes down super smooth

O: okay so I totally wasn't expecting this but this is the most balanced imperial ipa I've ever had just as good or if not better then Pliny. Goes down easy and tastes great only thig I can complain about is not bough hop taste

Serving type: bottle

11-13-2012 00:54:49 | More by Pinknuggets

jmarsh123

Indiana

4.23/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

Pours hazy orange with some copper hues. Big fluffy white head dissolving into a ring around the edges. Good lacing down the glass.

Aroma is typical FFF. Bold and hoppy. Mostly citrus and tropical fruits with a little bit of caramel sweetness and a tinge of grapefruit.

Similar flavors to the aroma. More soft citrus and tropical fruits than anything else. There is also a bit more sweet bready malt than I'm used to in the style. Good, but could use some resiny or grapefruit flavors to provide more bitterness.

Very creamy mouthfeel with carbonation levels a shade below medium. Works very well with the flavor profile.

Highly drinkable for a high ABV beer and very good. I still prefer APW any day to this, but still top notch.

Serving type: on-tap

11-05-2012 17:36:51 | More by jmarsh123

warrenout330

Ohio

4.98/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Poured from a 22oz bomber... into a duvel glass

A- pours a hazey golden color...vigorous pour yields a white frothy head that dissolves to a thin sheet over the liquid...

S- I get mango, apricot, big hits of pineapple.... with a hint of malt backbone... sweet and caramel

T- I get gum ball for the first sip.... tons of gum ball. Belgium yeast funk? Reminds me of it... I get a lot of fruit... mango, pineapple, orange and citrus...

M- medium bodied... thin and oily. Bitter end to the day... which is glarious...

O- I love 3 flyods... I'm not even a IPA fan! But this brew has really set me off and set me off as far as 3fff brewery...

Serving type: bottle

11-05-2012 05:02:58 | More by warrenout330

One2Remeber

Florida

4.03/5  rDev -9.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A: Pale copper body, orange hue. Sticky, lacey head of cloudy white.

S: Warm tropical fruits, bright orange aroma. Bready, sweet caramel.

T/M: Blend of intense pungent hops. A distinct vegetative hop taste. Malt taste reminds me of a stale bagel cooked too long in a toaster.

O: After drinking several Three Floyds over the past week I am realizing why consumers fall heads over heals for the brewery. There beers all consist of a unique yeasty character with an intense fresh hop character.

Serving type: bottle

11-03-2012 23:22:12 | More by One2Remeber

Thedaver4220

Illinois

4.53/5  rDev +2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

22oz bottle poured into a tulip

Three Floyds dreadnought pours a golden hazy color with about a finger of creamy head. Great lacing all the down on this one. The smell is classic FFF, but as intense as I thought it was going to be. The taste is juicy hops up front with a nice malty sweet backbone that is balanced with just enough bitterness. It's got a thicker body then some of west coast DIPA which gives it a creamy mouth feel. Dreadnaught really leaves you wanting more after each sip. As always, FFF doesn't disappoint.

Serving type: bottle

11-03-2012 06:31:38 | More by Thedaver4220

sleuthdog

Illinois

4.38/5  rDev -1.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Fresh from FFF picked up 5 days ago
Poured into FFF Teku glass

Appearance: Hazy orange, copper, yellow. Gorgeous two finger bone white head with small tight bubbles that dissipate quickly to a ring that invites rising bubbles to join it along the edges of the glass. There is lacing as the head made itself known on the glass.

Smell: Well here is FFF awesome signature citrus hop profile with orange, grapefruit, mango, pineapple and a bready malt.

Taste: Again this is so very typical of a FFF IPA and follows the nose showcasing the citrus notes but up front I'm getting more sweetness than I've noticed in their other IPA's. Don't get me wrong it's bitter but I get an initial sweetness for a fleeting second on the tongue. Then the citrus hits mid palate and then the bitter notes take hold and follow through to the swallow.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied with a surprising creamy smoothness. I noticed the creamy quality right away and this one does coat the palate with all its great bitterness. This does feel sticky to me but in a good way because I feel like this adds to its ability to coat my mouth with it's hops.

Overall: I seem to say it every time I try a new FFF offering, especially one of their IPA's but they just do not disappoint! This is highly drinkable for 9.5% as the abv is very well hidden. Another one knocked out of the park!

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2012 00:39:18 | More by sleuthdog

Samichlaus82

4.58/5  rDev +3.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a sunset golden orange color with a nice finger-length off white head. Head dissipates fairly slowly and leaves a nice lacing. Just smells amazing. Tons of resinous mango, pineapple, peach. Also tropical fruits like papaya or something like that. Very sweet smell from the carmel malt I imagine. Taste begins with an abrasive bitterness. Then fades nicely into a mouthful of tropical and citrus fruits. Finishes with a fruity, bready, sweet malt. All the while that bitterness is lingering around. The sweet, bitter fruit finish sticks around. Nice creamy mouthfeel and is full bodied. Such a smooth tasting beer.

Serving type: bottle

10-24-2012 09:16:11 | More by Samichlaus82

facundoCNB

New Jersey

4.13/5  rDev -7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

a clean light golden/orange pour wih 2 fingers of foamy white head.. Excellent lacing and great retention.
piney, grass, caramel, honey, grapefruit. Very hoppy on the nose, just the way I like it.
a nice bitter spicyness up front, subtle sweetness follows from the malts, and a slight citrus grapefruit finish.
a lighter medium body for a dipa. Nicely carbonated with a nice warmth from the abv. Creamy on the lips.
another great imperial ipa from 3F. It's a seriously hard decision choosing which one is the best from the 3 (apocalypse cow, arctic panzer wolf, and this).. Each one has their own characteristic that makes it a fantastic beer.

Serving type: bottle

10-24-2012 00:43:48 | More by facundoCNB

MeowTom

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A- Wonderful look of a clear/slight haze with a big head that is foamy light white.

S- Fresh hops and citrus. Just an awesome well balance of hops from flame out and dry hopping.

T- Wonderful, taste of grapefruit maybe. More importantly the hops are a big and giving the big boom of bitterness that blooms into even more hop flavor. I haven't like a Imperial IPA hop flavor like this since Hopslam.

M- FFF has a great way of making beers that are so thick that it actually changes how the carbonation works in the beer. This beer is another great example of this. It's so thick, that it seems a little under carbonated until the end of the sip when the carbonation comes in huge.

O- Solid solid solid beer. It has to be one of the best Imperial IPAs I have had the pleasure of drinking. I'm not saying it's the best, but it has to be up there.

Serving type: bottle

10-13-2012 22:01:35 | More by MeowTom

BradtheGreat7

Ohio

4.73/5  rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

22 oz brown bomber style bottle with great FFF artwork on label. Poured into a nonic pint glass.

A - A tad hazy. Color is burnt golden orange. Lushy and frothy white head that's nice and thick with a creamy like lace. Head stays true throughout providing a fair amount of stick.

S- Fresh hoppiness. aroma of pine and citrus hops. A faint fruitiness to it with a small hint of sweet malt. A touch of spice within.

T- Mango fruitiness up front paired with sweet peach notes. Both pine and citric hoppiness flow big over the taste buds. Oily hop flavor really lays down a nice spice character. sweet caramel malt notes really balance nicely. Almost a buttery character. Finish is a hop headed bitterness with some spice and a small lingering sweetness.

M- Thick and smooth. Pure FFF! Very drinkable as the alcohol doesn't knock you in the mouth. It just splashes the mouth with a sticky world class thickness. Just a complex flavor that's enjoyable and easy to drink.

O- A perfect double/imperial ipa from a perfect brewery. This is a world class ale and is as of right now the best imperial ipa I've ever had. It has the look and flavor thats incomparable. Very complex and tasty. Something both hop heads and just craft guys both can appreciate. If you can appreciate the quality of this ale than you need to stop reviewing. This double ipa was crafted and brewed to perfection. You don't find brews made any better than this.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2012 03:12:01 | More by BradtheGreat7

yamar68

Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Big thanks to cfrances33 for hookin' a brother up.

Great looking IPA - hazed burnt gold body packed with slow and steady beading, a couple fingers of paper white head fill the glass. Great retention and lacing.

Reminds me of Sculpin in some ways... thick mango/pineapple that begins to lean towards citrus as it warms. Some faint toffee type malts beneath all of that, hard to really decipher though. This is all about the hops. A bit sweet and syrupy, juicy fruits.

Holy bittering units batman! Bitter hop qualities shine right at the front end of the drink. Tropical fruits and citrus to follow, the bitterness remains and clings throughout the finish, drying out the palate. Some subtly sweet bits of banana and peach.

Delicious liquified hops in a glass.

Serving type: bottle

10-05-2012 22:45:51 | More by yamar68

Fitwitchik

Ohio

4.98/5  rDev +12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Served from a bottle into an "official 3F glass" from the brewer.

Beautiful golden orangish colour with a frothy heavy head & lacing to perfection!

Smell is sweet malty fruits with piney grapefruit-the scent of an imperial IPA!!

Taste is incredible sweet luscious Imperial IPA. Citrus sweetness with a punch.

Carbonation is flawless to match such a solid brew. DAMN 3F does the IPA right.

Overall this is one of my top 5 fave brews in the Imperial/Double IPA department which is my brew genre of choice. If only I could get this on tap...WHOOP!

Serving type: bottle

10-02-2012 22:47:11 | More by Fitwitchik

Keyportnick

Wisconsin

4.35/5  rDev -2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Appearance- strong copper color with a good amount of carbonation with a nice lacing lingering white head.

Smell-great bursting hop aromas of citrus and fruit

Taste- nice light Malts with mango/citrus hops

Mouthfeel- nicely carbonated very smooth body

Overall- I was very impressed, crisp clean and refreshing. Def must have again

Serving type: bottle

09-29-2012 03:47:43 | More by Keyportnick

MDDMD

Pennsylvania

4.23/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

A-hazy amber color with a nice white head and good lacing

S-nice citrus, pine, malt, spice

T-grapefruit, pine, malt, caramel, nice bitter finish

F-medium body with moderate carbonation, smooth and rich

O-a nice DIPA but I would prefer a little less malt ackbone and a little more hoppiness

Serving type: bottle

09-23-2012 20:44:44 | More by MDDMD

uwmgdman

Wisconsin

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured into a snifter this I2PA pours slightly hazy golden-orange color with a bright white head that leaves very nice lacing along the glass. The aroma is intensely hoppy--lot of grapefruit, some spicyness, pine and underlying sweetness. The flavor has a lot going on--loads of piney grapefruit hop flavor upfront with bready, boozyness mixed in. The hop bitterness is sharp and assertive and acts to dry the swallow with lingering hop flavor and hints of booze well after the swallow. The carbonation is moderate and medium-full. Overall one hell of a beer--love how the hops work with the underlying bready/boozyness. More please.

Serving type: bottle

09-22-2012 01:42:36 | More by uwmgdman

Prospero

Colorado

3.9/5  rDev -12.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This is one bitter beer.

This beer looks pretty tasty, by all indications of its clear amber color and nice white head that leaves a good lacing on the glass. The nose follows suit suggesting a great piney, fruity, bready aroma. The taste is where it throws me for a loop. I get the fact that Three Floyds wants your tongue to be like scorched earth with this beer and makes no apologies for making such bitter beer, but bitter beer is not good beer in my opinion when not backed up with a malty backbone. It's a strong beer but needs more body and more caramel malts to sweeten it up a bit for all the hops they used. The malt the beer has in it is good as if you try to get pass the bitterness the caramel comes through, but it's so hard to distinguish through all the bitterness.... just needs more balance. Nice medium body and well carbed, overall nice beer just not balanced at all.

Serving type: bottle

09-21-2012 17:28:25 | More by Prospero

StaveHooks

Oklahoma

4.5/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A - Super clear amber body with 2 fingers of moundy eggshell cream. The head slowly sinks into a thin cap with nice lacing patterns.

S - Loads of juicy stone and tropical fruits. Apricots, peaches, lychee, mango, papaya, candied citrus, pine, doughy sweet bread.

T - Just an onslaught of tropical and stone fruit. Papaya, peach, and lychee seem to dominate. Candied citrus, mango. A soft caramel malt backbone marries perfectly with the hops. Green pine seems to grab onto the edges of the tongue creating a slow build of bitterness that carries through the finish. The finish is more pine/grapefruit forward and dries out nicely.

M - Thick dense body, low to medium creamy carbonation. Dry finish.

Juicy would be one word to describe this beer. A very complex mix of aromas. Dreadnaught seems to be more dedicated to the aroma and flavoring hops while still providing an impressive bitter finish. This reminds me of a hoppier Maharaja. Wish I would have picked up more.

Serving type: bottle

09-14-2012 02:03:29 | More by StaveHooks

coldriver

Texas

4.55/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Consumed on tap at Three Floyds on September 7. Served with a decent head and deep amber color. Aroma is typical Three Floyds Citra overload fantastic with plenty of grapefruit, lemon, and mango. Taste is delicious with plenty of bitter citrus flavor to keep the sweetness of the malt in check. Alcohol is well hidden. Juicy mouthfeel is smooth despite the bitterness with drying on the finish. I love this DIPA from Three Floyds - especially nice to try it at the brewpub!

Serving type: on-tap

09-11-2012 04:30:57 | More by coldriver