120 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head Brewery

TurdFurgison

Ohio

3.5/5  rDev -13.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Poured from a 12oz bottle bought in MI for $8.99. After trying it I can say it's way overpriced based on taste, but it sounds like DFH employs a labor-intensive process to make it (the bottle says dry-hopped with daily additions for a month).

Beautiful hazy dark orange color with a foam that lasted forever despit the ABV (>20%). The smell is barley wine and hops, you can tell this is a strong beer. The flavor is really sweet and hoppy with an alcohol burn, I would have liked it better with less sweetness. Actually I tasted a cough medicine note which I objected to also. The beer was syrupy in more ways than one (viscosity, sweetness), but hard to finish.

Nice to have tried it, but moving on.

Serving type: bottle

01-31-2007 12:15:03 | More by TurdFurgison

twiggamortis420

Texas

3.65/5  rDev -9.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

2007 vintage pours a very clear, light amber color. Foam is minimal, but the beer does have some legs. Not much lacing. Considering the ABV, not a bad looker.

I am amazed that the hops still jump out as much as they do. Wet grass, scotch and dark rum aromas. Vinous, muscat grape characteristics. Mild oxidation, but not much considering the three years of age. Sweet alcohol with even some light grains definable. Uber-complex, ridiculously bold.

Taste is...shall we say, unique? Thick, rich sugar coated grapefruit juice, lots of hop flavor but not a whole lot of bitterness. Very sweet, port wine with a squeeze of lemon. Like grappa mixed with cognac, crazy brew. I would say this was worth the price for the experience alone, although I cant say for sure whether or not I would buy one again. Split between 3 people would be about right.

Serving type: bottle

06-08-2010 02:47:17 | More by twiggamortis420

nickfl

Florida

3.98/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3.5

A - Deep ruby red with a huge off white head that sticks around remarkably for such a strong beer.

S - Spicy, peppery hop aroma. A lot of corriander, pepper, chili, and smokey herbal notes. This kind of smells like an indian grocery store (I mean that in a good way).

T - Odd sharp bitterness is very powerfull. Sweet, malty, and a bit sour. It has distinct alcoholic warmth in the finish.

M - Thick and syrupy with moderate carbonation. I little bit of astringency in the back of the mouth.

D - It is always hard to give a drinkability rateing to a beer this unreasonably strong, but overall this is a solid beer. Many "extreme" beers are almost undrinkable in my opinion but this goes down relatively easy, the only fault is the mouthfeel which is syrupy and a bit unpleasant. The high alcohol is kept in check by other flavors and the smell is quite extraordinary. I have to say this is one of the best truely extreme beers that I have had, from Dogfish Head or anyone else.

Serving type: bottle

08-14-2007 00:55:59 | More by nickfl

BeerFMAndy

Wisconsin

2.7/5  rDev -33%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 1.5

Before I review this, Id like to say how pleased I was with buying it. It was totally worth the try, but really, I think that it would GREATLY benefit from sitting in my basement for a few years.

A - Quickly diminishing head (poured into a 6 oz. glass so to share the bottle). Fresh amber color. Slightly cloudy and syrupy looking due to slow bubbles.

S - Incredibly complex smell. Fruity, hoppy, and a smell of a cleaning solution (from the copious amount of alcohol no doubt).

T - Thick, fruity, sweet yet hoppy. All of this is outshined with in milliseconds by the amount of alcohol. I think that 2, 3, maybe 4 years would smooth this beer out in ways that would really make it much better to me. Very mead like - fruity, honey.

M - Smooth, very thick and rich. Burning from alcohol

D - Incredibly low on the drinkability scale. This guy could be consumed once a year in my opinion. And, each time I'd share it too.

Serving type: bottle

03-26-2009 03:55:48 | More by BeerFMAndy

francisweizen

Australia

4.5/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Notes: 750ml corked and caged bottle, aged for about a month and a half at cellar temperature. 20%+ABV.

Exceptional! This beer was truly exceptional. This beer poured a dark yellow, orange colour with a nice fluffy white head, that was suprisingly large for a beer with this high of an ABV. The aromas were very complex, port like, syrupy, very fruity, a bit hoppy, boozy, heavily malty, and very sweet and dry. This beer tasted exactly how it smelled, it went down with a warming alcoholic flavor that was mixed in among the other complex flavors noted above. This beer was very similar to the De Dolle Brouers Still Nacht, but it was not as extreme, despite its 20%ABV. The mouthfeel was thick, but not cloying, and the drinkability was very good as well. I split a bottle of this with my friend as well as a bottle of the 90 minute IPA and we were warm for most of the evening. Although next time I will keep the 120 to myself. Sure it is very high alcohol and $17 a bottle (by me) but I could polish off a whole 750 of this puppy, and the next time I get this, I will do just that!
Cheers!
-F

Serving type: bottle

06-20-2003 11:35:08 | More by francisweizen

bluejacket74

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +11.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

12 ounce bottle with a bottled on date of 3/30/2006. Served in a Dogfish Head snifter, the 120 Minute IPA pours an amber/red color with a very small white head. It smells like citrus and pine hops, caramel and a bit of brandy. The taste starts off very sweet and finishes slightly bitter. I can taste hops (both pine and citrus), caramel, apricots, brandy, and some spices. The alcohol is very well hidden considering it's 21% ABV, and it does pack a punch later. Mouthfeel is full, syrupy and oily. Drinkability is good, although this is definitely a sipping beer. It's nice and smooth and easy to drink. Overall I think this is a well balanced brew. It wasn't quite what I was expecting but in this case it's a good thing. If you get the chance to try one, you should. It's a very good beer.

Serving type: bottle

06-09-2007 00:22:16 | More by bluejacket74

smakawhat

Maryland

4.35/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Wow, it has been a long road you and me mister 120. This was the first beer I ever reviewed on BA, and boy was that some time ago. Man how things have changed... for all of us!

Poured on tap into a snifter glass at Pizza Paradiso Dupont DC.

A really nice off white, off caramel colored head with tiny bubbles presenting a creamy like appearance. A real glowing orb of cloudy orange and light amber. As the beer settles it becomes clear showing off it's great orange transparency.

Nose is a distinct and real interesting unique flavor. It is without question, salted caramels. Slight hints of sweetness, no hop presence but like the smell of perfect French sea salted caramel.

Taste is mild sugar hopped citrus orange and some grapefruit, but mostly a great sweet tangerine citrus sweetness. Caramel like malts come to match the nose profile. Texture is big and bold but surprisingly not syrupy, not even boozy for such a high abv, but gives just a hint of sharp and very quick disappearing pine stinging hop with minor alcohol on the finish.

Overall surprisingly impressive. Not that hoppy really but also not as sweet as I remember it. The salted caramel angle is real nice and I certainly don't remember that at all. And for a whopping eighteen abv, I honestly could hardly tell. I've had 13-11-10 percent barleywines that just flat out knocked me out, this... like drinking a charm. Fantastic. Perhaps a re-review of the bottle should be in the cards.

Serving type: on-tap

10-19-2011 17:57:35 | More by smakawhat

FosterJM

California

3.98/5  rDev -1.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

826th Review on BA
Bottle to tulip
12 oz bottle
2011 Vintage

Thanks to mjtiernan for this one!!

Shared with GuruDel

App- A deep orange with a one finger head that falls to about 1/8” of bubbles around the edges. Nice scattered cling and lace.

Smell- Huge malt profile on this one. Hops were pretty tamed IMO. For a hop monster I certainly didn’t get it. Smelled a bit boozy but nothing overpowering or offensive.

Taste- This had a lot of honey behind it with malts. I am missing how this is a hop lovers dream. It was still very good and very powerful just not what I was expecting at all. The honey created a lot of sweetness and the malts smoothed this out.

Mouth- Medium bodied and medium carbonation, almost a bit thick with a honey sweet.

Drink- Hot damn, this was really good for what it still is. It wasn't super hoppy but just a thicker, malty strong beer.

Serving type: bottle

09-23-2011 20:12:06 | More by FosterJM

LilBeerDoctor

New York

3.18/5  rDev -21.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Reviewed on 4/26/08. Bottle. Poured an orange/amber with a surprising small white head and slight carbonation! Aroma of pine, acetone (aka nail polish remover), and slight grapefruit. Initial taste of super sweet malt, followed by slight bitter hops. A slow sipper for sure! The highest %abv brew that I've actually enjoyed somewhat! Still, it was a difficult beer to drink. An experience every beer geek should have, but I'm not sure I'd buy this one again. 6/4/7/3/15 (3.5/5)

Serving type: bottle

12-02-2008 21:12:11 | More by LilBeerDoctor

StonedTrippin

Colorado

4.22/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

holy moly! this is the hophead mecca as far as i am concerned. pours a heady cloudy golden bronze color with what surely must be the thickest head in the history of beer. textured like a bouncyball! smell is elemental hops, resins, oils, saps, lupulin, all of it. there is a noticable alcohol smell as well, which of course there must be at 18%. the flavor is hectic, evacuating all other flavors from the mouth in favor of the hops in this beer, its got a slight bready thing going on, but its more like a hop loaf. a novel idea brilliantly executed, but this could never be anyone's daily drink. its just a huge huge beer. mouthfeel is sticky and chewy and bogged down by the absurd hopping. i like to have a couple of these every year, and i find the on tap version to be even more pronounced than the bottled version. another classic from dogfish head

Serving type: on-tap

11-07-2011 22:34:25 | More by StonedTrippin

AgentZero

Illinois

3.53/5  rDev -12.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A - Dark, peach colored beer with a slight white head that bubbled up momentarily and faded away to a partial cap. That didn't stay for long either.

S - Smells pretty sweet, like a bit of a concentrated IPA. There's a lot of citrus in this one, some sweet oranges mostly. Pretty concentrated with candy and alcohol.

T - Quite sweet. Lots of candied sugar and candied oranges just like on the nose. The hops are a touch of pine, but mostly highly concentrated tropical fruit. There is a little bit of vanilla that is kind of obliterated by the alcohol.

M - Syrupy, fairly full bodied with active carbonation. A little dry on the finish.

O - A sipper. Too sweet and too boozy to drink particularly fast. It's okay, but for the price there's no way I'd buy this one again.

Serving type: bottle

12-28-2011 02:55:55 | More by AgentZero

wordemupg

Alberta (Canada)

3.78/5  rDev -6.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

12oz bottle poured into chalice april25 2010

A cloudy pale orange with a few sediment swirls for a minute or two, not much of a head and no lace

S some grapefruit with some caramels and a fair bit of booze

T again there's a fair bit of citrus with lots of sweetness with a good hit of booze, much less liquor then I expected but still pretty hard to miss, perhaps some orange rind and honey to go along with everything else

M a little syrupy and just enough carbonation to please, not as much bite as I expected fairly smooth all thing considered

D I couldn't see myself drinking more then one of these and in fact I wish I had a someone to share this one with, pretty strong but not at all undrinkable

I've waited quite a while to try this one and now that it's over I'm a little relieved, this is a extreme beer and everyone should try it at least once just for the novelty alone. I would like to try a 10 year old bottle and see if it mellows out a bit. thanks ritzkiss for knocking this one of my want list.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2010 02:16:43 | More by wordemupg

Brent

Kentucky

2.05/5  rDev -49.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1.5

A prime example of the adage that you can have too much of a good thing. Poured a rather odd, hazy golden - it almost had a thick, syrupy appearance. The flavor was an unusual syrupy sweet hoppyness, like a mutant barleywine. A brutal bittersweetness marked the finish, one that was simply hard to get down. No depth to the flavor, just hops boiled in simple syrup. The 60 and 90 Minute IPA's are good - this was, without a doubt, pushing the envelope too far.

Serving type: bottle

01-04-2004 05:40:47 | More by Brent

blackie

Virginia

4/5  rDev -0.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

appearance: The pour into the snifter creates a .2" white head that partially recedes, and then persists as a bottom-fed thin layer with some aggregate clumps of bubbles. The beer is a light amber in color.

smell: A moderate presence of light fruits and caramel from the malt. Definately picking up a considerable ethanol sharpness. The hop aroma is not as large as I had expected, but is big nonetheless...and is mostly aroma and little bitter smell. The smell is reminiscent of the hop material that I filter out of my homebrew batches while pouring into primary...somewhat tealike and a little grassy. I feel as though I am picking up some hints of scuppernong grapes and honey...this one smells pretty sweet.

mouthfeel: The carbonation is at the peak of the medium range. The body is slick and on the heavier side of the medium range. Though it feels thick, something about it makes it seem lighter than one would think.

taste: Sticky sweet caramel, white grape, and clover honey notes. Big hop flavor, but not much bitterness. Moderate alcohol presence...pretty well hidden, actually. Finish is of a red appley sweetness and a light bitterness.

drinkability: Shite, I had no idea this was a 21% beer until I got toward the end of my review...very well disguised. Highly drinkability, considering both the style and the ABV.

Split a 12 oz. bottle with dirtylou on the last night of my stay. We've been pining to try this beer since the beginning of our beer enlightenment period...this has truly been a "momentous moment". This one kind of threw me for a loop. There was a pretty big hop aroma and flavor, but the bitter/sharp/acidic characteristic both in the nose and on the tongue was low. Very low for a DIPA. I assume that primarily low AA hops were used, but who knows.

Serving type: bottle

01-03-2006 05:10:39 | More by blackie

champ103

Texas

1.98/5  rDev -50.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

A: This pours a deep orange/red color. A very small head forms and leaves no lace.
S: Oh man, the alcohol overpowers the nose. Once I get past that, the aroma is very sweet. I can detect citrus, piney hops but way to much alcohol.
T: Alcohol from the start again. As been mentioned by other reviewers, the beer is very sweet and syrupy. Not much complexity.
D: Do I even need to say it? This is very hard to drink.

I was looking forward to finally trying this beer, but I don't see what all the hype is about. The alcohol is way to strong for this to be an enjoyable beer. I would like to try this after it has been aged for a while and the alcohol mellows out. I would not bother with this beer otherwise.

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2008 19:40:50 | More by champ103

alexgash

Connecticut

4.22/5  rDev +4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Sunset orange with golden pink edges. Small, ephemeral, off-white head. Didn’t expect much head though. Rum-soaked fruit up the wazoo. Sharp, tangy malt sweetness. Hops and alcohol mix together in a slightly burning manner. Interesting, boozy (but not overly). Soft, sweet doppelbock-ish malt sweetness. Sugary, candy malts come through. Fruity (estery) alcohol floods the palate. Tropicalia pineapple, mango, pears. Brandy. Singed hop flavor and futile bitterness come in later. Warming, sweet and sticky finish (long). Thick, soft, syrupy, but not cloying. Dangerous.

Serving type: bottle

03-05-2006 17:55:24 | More by alexgash

GClarkage

California

3.83/5  rDev -5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

04/22/06- Purchased via mail order..can't remember who with though.

Presentation- 12oz bottle. Bottled in year 2004. Has sat in my fridge for almost two years. Poured into my St. Feuillien goblet style glass.

Appearance- Glowing golden orange in color. 1/2 inch head at first...very sparkling white. Light rim of foam left behind while leaving medium spotty and streaky lace. A very nice sight indeed.

Smell- Really doesn't smell like much. Medium fusel alcoholic fumes with a light malty base and some muted sugary fruits. None of these smells really stand out though.

Taste- At first taste it doesn't seem like it's a 20% beer. After the first few sips you can feel it though. It's deceiving for sure. Malt actually comes out to play nicely. Good base leading to some sugary grapefruit and floral hops. Not to bitter though. Alcohol flavor is pretty strong and stays around into the aftertaste.

Mouthfeel- A bit higher carbonation than thought. Nice light bitter sugary coating on the tongue. Warming to be sure. Nice beer by the fire beer.

Drinkability- Umm, session beer...no. Maybe a once a month beer is you can stand to pay the $10 a pop. Not the hop bomb people expect, but a very nice sipping liquor-like beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-23-2006 04:39:42 | More by GClarkage

woosterbill

Connecticut

3.7/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.5

On-tap at Prime 16 into a snifter.

A: Bright, clear copper body beneath a shockingly persistent cap of fine tan head. There's even good light lace. I'm impressed.

S: Very sweet + boozy, but with some nice sherry notes on top of the pure brown sugar + ethanol. Maybe a hint of bitter hops aroma, too (the first time I've ever noticed hops in this beer at all). It's better than I expected, but still pretty one-dimensional.

T: Caramel + brown sugar up front. Solventy alcohol in the middle. Bitter grapefruit hops on the finish. Sweetness carries through on the aftertaste. I like that I can actually sense the hops, but it's nevertheless a crazy, overdone gimmick if you ask me.

M: Thick, sticky and full of creamy carbonation. Could be any better for what it is.

O: I've never been the biggest fan of the big DFH beers - while I enjoy them in their silliness, I find that they all taste 90% alike. This must have been a very fresh keg, as for once I could actually tell that 120 was brewed with hops. I'm curious to see what the bottle in my cellar is like after a decade or so, but other than that I don't anticipate trying to drink this beer ever again.

Cheers!

Serving type: on-tap

10-30-2011 04:39:01 | More by woosterbill

drpimento

Wisconsin

4.3/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4

Waaallll smack me down, this here is one serious beer. Poured with a small head and some lace. Has a clear orangish amber color. Nose is hoppy, fruity, honey, malty, and sweet. Flavor is all of that and more of the very ripe fruit, yeasty, and big honey. Alcohol is definitely there, but not as noticeable as the actual strength would suggest. Looong sweet finish. Big beer.

Serving type: bottle

04-04-2007 02:33:11 | More by drpimento

tdm168

North Carolina

4.47/5  rDev +10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Thanks to Hoyt for bringing this back from his travels up north.

Pours a dark, hazy orange with a quarter inch of soft, dense, white head that has good retention. The nose is very bready and malty with a hint of birthday cake sweetness and some faint citrus hop aromas. There are some definite alcohol esters here. The flavor is identical to the nose. The taste is heavy malt up front with notes of birthday cake and bread followed by a mild citrus hop character with hints of grapefruit and pineapple. The alcohol makes itself known throughout. It adds warmth and body as well as some bite in the finish. The mouthfeel is full bodied, incredibly warm, very smooth, and mildly carbonated.

I really enjoyed this beer. It's like the 90 minute on steroids. The malt character is intense and lends to a more barley wine-like flavor. The hops are more mild but noticeable. It's incredibly boozy, but in a good way in my opinion. I'm sure age would mellow this out big time. If I can ever come across it again, I will definitely be buying a few more.

Serving type: bottle

01-20-2012 21:56:31 | More by tdm168

JoeyBeerBelly

New York

3.73/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz bottle, served in a fluted glass.

A - cloudy, orange/amber color with a tan head that thinned out.

S - sweet smelling brew.

T - sticky, cloying sweetness then a bitter dry finish, heavy malt flavor comes on strong as it warms.

M - sticky, sweet, full-bodied.

O - worth trying at least once just to say you did.

Serving type: bottle

06-10-2007 23:44:26 | More by JoeyBeerBelly

DrDemento456

Pennsylvania

4.13/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Got a 4.5 oz taster of this for 3 bucks at the Beermuda.

A - OK so I know this beer is supposed to be dark (or at least hazy compared to pictures online) But mine arrives clear bright amber brown with a 1/4 inch of sticky white head. Close to the Sculpin in color actually.

S - I agree with others it just doesn't seem to smell that hoppy. It is a double edged sword as I smell little to no alcohol as well.

T - I had to double check but since the owner knows his beer (and a caught a small buzz from the sample) this has to be 120. Taste is almost like hop juice but doesn't really hit any overbearing bittering aspect. The middle of the palate is like a barleywine where the malts hit you hard like a DIPA should and the finish is again bitter but in no way overbearing. I did sip this moderately slow so I could see over 4oz be overbearing (especially as it warms up the ABV shines through) but the 4oz I had was perfect.

M - Not as heavy as I anticipated but I could see this turn away the average beer lover. Such a big bold DIPA.

Overall considering this I would gladly pay the 8 bucks to try it in the bottle to see if it's close to this experience but its really nothing to seek out again strictly novelty.

Serving type: on-tap

05-26-2012 02:00:57 | More by DrDemento456

ffejherb

Pennsylvania

1.58/5  rDev -60.8%
look: 4 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 1

On tap at TJ's on 12/5/09 for their 6th Anniversary celebration.

A - Beautiful clear orange-colored body with ruby highlights and amber hues and half a finger of bubbly off-white head that reduced to a patchy veil and deposited minimal lace around the snifter.

S - Hmmmm... smells like solvent or kerosene or some kind of glue or nail polish remover. Think Silly String. You know that brightly colored, foamy stuff that you shoot out of an aerosol can? Unfortunately, yes. Now you get some idea of how nasty this smells. Some citrus peel/hop oil character attempts to claw its way through the overpowering gas-like fume to no avail.

T - Flavor is really hot, perhaps the hottest beer I've ever had in my mouth. This is ultimately extremely sweet and syrupy, and doesn't really scream hops at all. As a matter of fact, it doesn't even whisper hops. I hope for the sake of this beer's reputation that this was a bad batch, because I've heard that this beer is amazing on tap. Let me tell you, amazing this is not. Imagine (as bad as it sounds) drinking a glass of gasoline with a giant heap of sugar mixed in.

M - Mouthfeel is sweet and cloying beyond belief. Texture is syrupy and very sticky. There is virtually no hop bitterness on the palate at all.

D - Honestly, I would have drain poured this if I didn't pay over $6 for a snifter. Very, VERY disappointed with this offering on tap. 90min. is so much better and hoppier than this abomination, and the only reason I can think of that DFH would brew such an undrinkable beer is purely for the novelty of it.

Brewslut's Quote of the Day:
"Smells like vinegar and Easter Egg dye."

Serving type: on-tap

12-27-2009 16:20:02 | More by ffejherb

merlin48

Kentucky

4.05/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz bottle, with my 2003 birthday(April) printed on the label. Pours a clear honey amber. Not much of a head, even with an aggressive pour. Small beige head quickly fades. Exceptional nose, but difficult to describe with all that's there. Hay, pine, citrus, rum-soaked fruits, and a lot more.
Mouthfeel is fascinating! Like a giant orange pez that instantly dissolves in your mouth. What a way cool feeling. Taste begins with caramel syrup, followed by candied fruits(you name the fruit, it's there)...eventually some hops kick in. Very interesting brew here. Bit of a syrupy aftertaste and high abv detract from drinkability.

Overall, this one is difficult to review. An IPA? I don't think so. 120 minute? Yep! Took me 120 minutes to finish. Yee-Haw! This one bottle has sent me for a loop. How could anybody drink two of these and still walk straight? This was, by far, the most interesting "beer" I've ever sampled. I compliment the folks at Dogfish Head for pushing the envelope with this brew. I'm going to cellar a couple bottles of these for awhile. I highly recommend this for the unusual, complex, and ass-kicking qualities of this offering.

Serving type: bottle

12-20-2003 18:26:41 | More by merlin48

Vancer

Illinois

3.58/5  rDev -11.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

"Let it age for a decade" says the label - fork that! I might not be alive then!

Pours a hazy amber with a quite a bit of ivory head for such a heavy hitter. Oily sheet ringing the Corsendonk tulip.

Sweet juicy fruit gum and citrus in the aroma, and the quaff? Lord, just like many have said, a real sweet drink of pine and bubblegum. No hint of any high octane booze, but a sharp and tangy spruce finish gives it away. And an odd sour funk makes this one a strange bird indeed.

Welp, good for a try and I'm enjoying it, but I can't really see getting any more at the high dollar 12oz bottle price.

Serving type: bottle

03-22-2009 18:22:01 | More by Vancer