Dogfish Head – 120 Minute IPA
Dec1
Not for the faint of heart
On first sip I am not sure if I am drinking a barely wine or a damn strong beer. But I know in my heart this is the strongest beer I have ever had, bar none. To give you some background I saw this beer and I was like “wow, $10 a bottle what is the deal with that?” So, I grabbed the bottle and as I was checking out the bottle was turned around and a custom label had been added that said this “20% Alc. by Vol.” In my mind all I just said was “WTF!?” Now this is a beer that has one purpose to punish the drinker and to give him something to talk about. It punishes the drinker in many ways: the pocket book, the liver and your gut. This beer has a whopping 450 calories, that is a meal in itself!
Besides the freaking high-ass alcohol content it was surprisingly not that bitter. The dogfish site (link below) says that this beer has 120 IBUs which would be crazy. But it isn’t that bad I think there are a few possibilities for this:
- My IBU rate-o-meter is messed up
- The alcohol neutralizes the bitterness
- I got a bum bottle of beer
I am thinking that it is number two, the high alcohol content over powers any bitterness that this beer might have. Once again this is a beer that I find I have to drink slowly. I just can’t imagine chugging this beer or even drinking it semi-quickly. Case in point my sexy girlfriend finished a belgian triple by the time I had about 1/8 of the bottle. Overall I think this beer was made for one purpose, bragging rights. Overall it is a pretty good beer you can definitely taste the alcohol but it is not past the point of being undrinkable. My only wish is that I bought another bottle so I can save it for a few years since this beer is supposed to be good for aging.
Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA Page
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