Brew: 90 Minute
Brewery: Dogfish Head Brewing
Style: Imperial India Pale Ale
ABV: 9%
Tasting Notes: Since my first sip of dogfish head I’ve been an avid fan and I’m always stoked when I hear that they have a new brew in the works. This beer is near and dear to many a dogfish drinker and I’ve always enjoyed it when I’ve had the opportunity to do so. The reason for this beer being named 90 minute for those of us who aren’t in the “know” is because this beer is continually hopped through out the entire boil, now where I’m not 100% sure is whether the 90 minutes is in reference to the boil or the dry hopping after the fact(feel free to enlighten me). Enough of that though since there is a beer being reviewed some where in this article. This beer pours a dark gold-amber color with some lighter golden highlights around the edges. The head on this brew is about two fingers and an off white color that sticks around for a few sips. The nose on this IPA is all citrus and hops with a slight under current of malt. The sip achieves a very surprising balance between the hops and malts that we hadn’t really expected and since this was my first time trying this beer in an objective way, I didn’t recall it being so balanced, I just recalled enjoying it. The carbonation and mouth feel of this beer fall well within the mid range area which despite the ABV does help the sessionability of this beer to a point. The sip is malt going into some of the citrus that we got from the nose, it quickly fades back into malt for the finish with the expected bitter that lingers for a few seconds. Much as we loved this beer the flavor just didn’t quite get to where we thought it should as far as an imperial IPA goes. We were really expecting a lot more of a hop presence to this beer which I guess really is a pretty big accomplishment given just how “hopped” this beer gets through out the brewing process. So sure the hops never really overtake the flavor, but truth be told they don’t even seem to make an attempt. Instead they meet in the middle and just agree to give you a fantastic buzz.
~Cheers~
Rating: 3.5 Hats
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