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Pangaea
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- From:
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- Belgian Pale Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.75 | pDev: 13.6%
- Reviews:
- 566
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 14, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 26, 2003
- Wants:
- 50
- Gots:
- 106
Brewed with ingredients from each and every continent, Pangaea is a slightly spicy ale with a mouthful of rich flavors. It's a great food beer.
Our list of worldly ingredients includes: Crystallized ginger from Australia, Water from Antarctica, Basmati rice from Asia, Muscavado sugar from Africa, Quinoa from South America, European yeast, North American maize.
28 IBU
Our list of worldly ingredients includes: Crystallized ginger from Australia, Water from Antarctica, Basmati rice from Asia, Muscavado sugar from Africa, Quinoa from South America, European yeast, North American maize.
28 IBU
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Ratings by ummswimmin:
Reviewed by ummswimmin from New Jersey
3.3/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.3/5 rDev -12%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I was surprised to see this in the archives. I think DFH is still brewing this beer. This bottle is only 5 months old.
This is a funky looking beer. The coloring is like any belgian: light orange. There is a decent amount of foam, but it is really thin. In this beer you do get a lot of floaters... even on the initial pour.
The aroma includes a lot of ginseng. I enjoy ginseng... it does lots of good things. It doesn't really play well with the beer. Without the ginseng I smell a decent belgian, but the ginseng hits me in the jaw.
The flavor of the belgian is pretty good on its own as well. The ginseng doesn't really put as much of a fight at this point, but it still hurts the balance.
Overall this is just a very unusual brew. I recommend it for novelty, but I didn't care for it very much. I appreciate the effort, though.
Dec 08, 2012This is a funky looking beer. The coloring is like any belgian: light orange. There is a decent amount of foam, but it is really thin. In this beer you do get a lot of floaters... even on the initial pour.
The aroma includes a lot of ginseng. I enjoy ginseng... it does lots of good things. It doesn't really play well with the beer. Without the ginseng I smell a decent belgian, but the ginseng hits me in the jaw.
The flavor of the belgian is pretty good on its own as well. The ginseng doesn't really put as much of a fight at this point, but it still hurts the balance.
Overall this is just a very unusual brew. I recommend it for novelty, but I didn't care for it very much. I appreciate the effort, though.
More User Ratings:
Rated by Elgallagher from Delaware
4.78/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.78/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
My favorite dfh beer so far. Really good, not too hoppy. Hard to pigeon hole this beer but it is excellent
Dec 15, 2017Rated by Zazzi82 from Tennessee
3/5 rDev -20%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -20%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Disregard this rating, drank a bottle from 2008 to get some hair on the chest
Aug 07, 2016Rated by OKCNittany from Oklahoma
3.22/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3
3.22/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3
From old notes.
Feb 14, 2016Rated by papat444 from Canada (QC)
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Flashback #68 - Enjoyed this a few years ago at Le Mondial.
Aug 17, 2015Reviewed by almostjay from Virginia
3.47/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -7.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
A cool gimmick, but a beer that I will only buy one time. I support DFH's approach to creative brewing, but it often leads to disappointing brews. This beer isn't bad, but it's not something I would want to drink for anything other than novelty.
Feb 01, 2015
Pangaea from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
986 ratings
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