Zombie Dust - Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub

TBoneJones

Texas

5/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

I had a bottle of this sent down from up north: 
Pours beautiful golden with thick one finger head into pint glass, steady stream of bubbles head to the top. 
Best aroma ever from a glass here with superb hop bouquet of perfection: aromatic nirvana for me. Sweet grapefruit and pine as well in there, and if somehow in a tropical way the taste follows suit. Nice, nice drinkability, finishes crisp and bitter with a very appealing lingering hop flavor. I guess I really favor citra hops!! I'm trying to pinpoint any slight shortcoming here but I'm already at the last sip and haven't come up with anything. Even though the malt backbone was nice it was backstage of the hop florality (new word) and I like it that way. I'm biased toward anything IPA/ DIPA, and AIPA is the least visited of the style for me. But of the ones I've tried, this does it. Superb. Easily in my Top 3 ever. I'm only sorry I can't purchase it in my state. 

Serving type: bottle

08-09-2012 04:24:26 | More by TBoneJones

MarshallBirdhouse

Kentucky

4.75/5  rDev +2.4%

05-24-2013 04:59:24 | More by MarshallBirdhouse

SwG237

New York

3.75/5  rDev -19.2%

05-24-2013 03:51:02 | More by SwG237

WKole81

Illinois

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-24-2013 02:59:52 | More by WKole81

Jeremy_H

Illinois

4.75/5  rDev +2.4%

05-24-2013 01:49:28 | More by Jeremy_H

dbert21

Ohio

4.25/5  rDev -8.4%

05-24-2013 01:25:21 | More by dbert21

npfisher22

Indiana

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-23-2013 19:21:38 | More by npfisher22

ChrisMetcalfe

South Carolina

4.75/5  rDev +2.4%

05-23-2013 18:44:21 | More by ChrisMetcalfe

ThatCracker

Virginia

4.25/5  rDev -8.4%

05-23-2013 17:35:44 | More by ThatCracker

visionaries

California

4/5  rDev -13.8%

05-23-2013 15:25:28 | More by visionaries

Metalaero

New York

4.5/5  rDev -3%

05-23-2013 11:23:53 | More by Metalaero

AaronBricking

Kentucky

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-23-2013 04:59:33 | More by AaronBricking

Moofmac25

Maryland

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-23-2013 03:12:29 | More by Moofmac25

Yosefus

North Carolina

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-23-2013 01:05:28 | More by Yosefus

smitty5245

California

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-22-2013 22:33:07 | More by smitty5245

JoeStepOner

Michigan

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-22-2013 21:42:19 | More by JoeStepOner

wogreen

Arkansas

4.25/5  rDev -8.4%

05-22-2013 17:42:26 | More by wogreen

MoistPope

California

4.75/5  rDev +2.4%

05-22-2013 17:31:09 | More by MoistPope

Bigtwin

Michigan

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-22-2013 16:43:56 | More by Bigtwin

fgilbert2

Michigan

4.75/5  rDev +2.4%

05-22-2013 04:08:20 | More by fgilbert2

BrewSensei

Connecticut

4.75/5  rDev +2.4%

05-22-2013 01:56:38 | More by BrewSensei

patm1986

New Jersey

4.55/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

THANKS, MATT.
A--big, fluffy head. looks like a doily around the glass. dark golden, dark straw colors.

S--pine, grass, citrus. very fruity, very earthy. DIPA-like.

T--interestingly, this changed every four ounces.
1st third-big-time american ipa flavors: grass, funk, bitter citrus, booze, citra, centennial.
2nd third-english ipa: doughy malt, fuggles, goldings, mellowed hop bitterness.
last third-esb: muted hoppiness, bready, nearly no bitterness, uncannily smooth.

M--rich, yet dry. good carbonation makes it extremely sessionable.

O--when i opened this beast, it was dank american ipa with a nose the likes of heady and abner and lunch. it really, really mellowed from something astoundingly pungent and mildly abrasive to something resembling a cask session ale. after watching kimmich's video on why he cans HT, the taste variations in my experience beg the question: if this were canned, would it have retained its
first third ipa characteristics a la heady?
nonetheless, it was damn tasty and covers a lot of ground at 6.4% abv.

Serving type: bottle

05-22-2013 01:05:15 | More by patm1986

msinger1002

Ohio

5/5  rDev +7.8%

05-21-2013 22:53:10 | More by msinger1002

aleman39

California

4.25/5  rDev -8.4%

05-21-2013 21:17:24 | More by aleman39

PlinyBeMiney

California

4.5/5  rDev -3%

05-21-2013 06:35:06 | More by PlinyBeMiney