120 IPA

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  1. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas
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    My dad just picked up a case (!) of 120 and 75 in Massachsetts. $12 a bottle for both in Wareham, MA. He wins at beer this month.
     
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  2. RustyP

    RustyP Initiate (0) Dec 22, 2008 Texas

    Dallas actually....Garland to be specific. The same store I mentioned recently got a shipment of Endeavour from the June bottling. Between that and Schmaltz Hop Manna, I've been a happy (and somewhat frugal) drinker for the past couple of weeks!

    After thinking about it overnight, despite my excitement to try 120 for the first time and the fact that my wife gave me the go-ahead :wink:, I think I'll continue to hold out in hopes that some other stores start carrying it at a more reasonable price so I can get multiples. I heard from a friend that another store in Garland sold it for $12 last time it was available, so I may have another option in my area.
     
  3. Exiled

    Exiled Initiate (0) May 30, 2009 Texas
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    DFH 120 is an intense beer, and considering the high price of it, you might want to try/buy 1 bottle first before you buy multiple bottles of it, and then after having your first bottle you regret buying the others. (I dont like DFH 120)
     
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  4. pwsoldier

    pwsoldier Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2007 Minnesota

    Agreed. Certainly worth trying once, but very overrated imo, unless it's poured from a watermelon (I really wasn't joking about that).
     
  5. dumptruck81

    dumptruck81 Initiate (0) Dec 28, 2011 Texas

    Yeah the 120 min is drinkable but not on the same par of the regular ipa's. Tons of sugar to cover the other craziness going inside the beer.
     
  6. canadianghetto

    canadianghetto Initiate (0) Oct 15, 2011 Texas
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    120 is much better on tap. The extreme hopiness just does not translate well to the bottle.
     
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  7. pwsoldier

    pwsoldier Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2007 Minnesota

    Some good news on the DFH front, a shitload of Theobroma just hit the Austin/SA market. Gabriel's has 10 cases.
     
  8. JCDenver

    JCDenver Zealot (586) Feb 8, 2010 Texas
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    Fixed!
     
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  9. H0rnedFr0gs

    H0rnedFr0gs Initiate (0) Mar 12, 2012 Texas

    I haven't had a chance to try this one yet. Gotta tick it at some point...guess I'm going to try to catch a bar tapping. Olde School and Bitches on the other hand...please please say they are going to make it here soon.
     
  10. kmello69

    kmello69 Initiate (0) Nov 27, 2011 Texas

    Saw Theobroma at the Specs Round Rock today, but didnt pick any up. 120 did not agree with me - wanted to drain pour it, but forced it down on principle alone.
     
  11. jivex5k

    jivex5k Initiate (0) Apr 13, 2011 Florida

    I paid 12 bucks a bottle when it was rarer a couple years ago.
    Yeah it's an *ahem* intense beer as people say.
    Glad to have had it, don't plan on getting more any time soon.
    Now their World Wide Stout is a different story....
     
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  12. Danielbt

    Danielbt Initiate (0) May 4, 2012 Texas

    Theobroma was delicious. I may have to grab a few more bottles.
     
  13. Jefeipa

    Jefeipa Initiate (0) May 6, 2009 Arizona

    I love 120 I'm planning a tasting with 09, 11, and 12
     
  14. Lutter

    Lutter Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2010 Texas
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    Never seen so many 120 haters in my life. Having 120 is like having gold on tap.
     
  15. blatherbeard

    blatherbeard Initiate (0) Sep 30, 2007 Texas

    lol, maybe the hops fad is waning? Yeah not hardly.

    i am suprised at the 120 min hate as well. Whasamater? hops finally got you down?


    Stouts and porters forever!!!
     
  16. pwsoldier

    pwsoldier Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2007 Minnesota

    Some of us don't like the conspicuous taste of booze in our DIPAs. IMO, beers like Hoptimum, Hopsickle, Palate Wrecker, and R10 have that "just right" balance between abv and searing hop bitterness.
     
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  17. Exiled

    Exiled Initiate (0) May 30, 2009 Texas
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    DFH 120 is just a boozy, syrupy, mess of a beer. (IMO)

    If I want a big DIPA, I go for Founders Devil Dancer, or Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree...

    Or even Flying Dog Double Dog...
     
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  18. Krumb

    Krumb Initiate (0) Jan 30, 2008 Texas

    But is it really a IIPA? :wink:
     
  19. Exiled

    Exiled Initiate (0) May 30, 2009 Texas
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    IIPA? Imperial India Pale Ale?

    Founders Devil Dancer - 12% abv
    Dark Horse Double Crooked Tree - 13.6% abv
    Flying Dog Double Dog - 11.5% abv
     
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  20. air

    air Initiate (0) Mar 28, 2007 Texas

    Agreed. Devil Dancer is everything 120 isn't. Still really sticky, but the sweetness and bitter are better balanced and neither is overpowering.

    120 is just an awful beer all around and I really wish more of it would get to TX. That way more people would have a chance to try the stuff and form an opinion instead of building hype due to the scarcity.
     
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