120 Minute IPA
(has 16 batches)
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Quadruple Rotating|
Score
7.46
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Clocking in at 15-20% ABV, 120 Minute IPA is continuously hopped with a copious amount of high-alpha American hops throughout the boil and whirlpool, and then dry-hopped with another pallet of hops. Unfiltered and abundantly hoppy, it's the Holy Grail for hopheads!
We brew 120 Minute IPA a few times a year, but it goes fast. If you find some grab a few bottles -- some to enjoy and some to age.
Every Beer Has A Story...
Check out our Quick Sip Clip to see Sam talking about 120 Minute IPA. In the video, Sam also shows off some of our vintage pieces of brewing equipment, including our second-generation continuous-hopping device, Sir Hops Alot. He also touches on why we dialed 120 Minute IPA back in ABV, some aging recommendations, and a little lesson on IBU measurement. Enjoy!
We brew 120 Minute IPA a few times a year, but it goes fast. If you find some grab a few bottles -- some to enjoy and some to age.
Every Beer Has A Story...
Check out our Quick Sip Clip to see Sam talking about 120 Minute IPA. In the video, Sam also shows off some of our vintage pieces of brewing equipment, including our second-generation continuous-hopping device, Sir Hops Alot. He also touches on why we dialed 120 Minute IPA back in ABV, some aging recommendations, and a little lesson on IBU measurement. Enjoy!
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9/10
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Tried
from Draft
on 17 Mar 2019
at 17:58
5/10
This was a bad idea. 16% IPA not as smooth as 16% bourbon aged stout, just saying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2019
at 15:07
6/10
02/22/16, Is this a barleywine yet? Shamed by the latest malt couture episode, clearing out my cellar of these. Jk, I never thought they'd turn into barleywine, but still clearing out since no room in the fridge. Ultra malty nose, pretty smooth considerin
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2019
at 14:20
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Seavans tasting, thanks Jon and Gregg. Comparison of 2015 and 2017 versions, both 18% abv (in 2019). 2015: Darker orange our, bit hazy and some beige bubbles. Apple jam in the nose, some sweetness but not sticky, light hops. Taste is soft sweet and boozy, some oak but still drinks easy, especially for such high abv. Hop marmalade, well blended together. Warming, raisins, good balance actually (3.8). 2017: Creamy orange pour with some white foam there. Nose has some grassy hops, sweet tropical fruits, persimmons. Tastes hoppy, sweet and with a good hop bite. Booze there but super hidden compared with the abv it has. Too easygoing. Good and still feels like IPA, not like barleywine (4.0).
Tried
on 10 Feb 2019
at 05:33
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5
Flaska från trade, vintage 2013. Mörk, riktigt murken och grumlig rostbrun med smutsvit/biege krona. Kanderade apelsinskal, kola, choklad, citrus. Stor kropp, ganska het fortfarande. Viss beska kvar men även här ganska snäll. Inte mycket att säga om denna. Lite plojigt, men inte superkul egentligen. Det här mellantinget mellan IPA och barleywine kan jag tycka tenderar att hämta de sämsta av två världar snarare än tvärtom. Kanske mer spännande att dricka en något färskare.
Tried
on 03 Feb 2019
at 18:40
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
It took a long time to locate 120 Minute but I did find it in 5/18 at The Cellar in close-by Odessa. The 12 oz bottle is stamped with a born-on date of 4/19/18. A search on the internet tells me that the ABV is 16.5% easily making this the most potent IPA I will have ever had. Time to see what the deal is. My Cowtown Brewing tulip glass receives the pour, a dark orange-gold liquid. The head is a small ring of almost-white, very fine bubbles. The scent carries from a distance, I get pine, candied fruit and citrus. A sip delivers pineapple, grapefruit, a small hoppiness, hard candy. It has a definite alcohol presence, has some heat and is thick for an IPA. The brew gives a cocktail impression, I do not mind. Intriguing. I like it more than expected. Three more to pull out over a period of time. Life is good. So here a few years later I see that 120 Minute has tumbled out of the top 50 for the style. No understanding of that. I have a recent 12 oz bottle, opened and tasting now. It is still an unusual and outstanding DIPA, way beyond from what I first expected and overachieves today. So there it is. Adjust my rating of the brew a bit, my favorite for the style now. No doubt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2019
at 23:29
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Amber color. Aroma of pine resin, alcohol, and floral notes. Taste is alcohol, hop bitterness with a hint of malt sweetness and dank earthiness. Tastes sweeter when it warms up. Alcohol is the overpowering flavor. A sipping beer.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2019
at 00:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
How: Bottle.
Where: Top Hops Beer Shop, New York.
Appearance: Hazy orange/amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, pine, resin, hops, alcohol.
Body: Medium to full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, hops, alcohol, bitter finish.
Where: Top Hops Beer Shop, New York.
Appearance: Hazy orange/amber colour with an off-white head.
Aroma: Malt, caramel, pine, resin, hops, alcohol.
Body: Medium to full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, hops, alcohol, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2018
at 10:43
7/10
Hazy amb sml off wht head. Floral toffee caramel arma. Big bitter caramel floral toffee flav. Full bod mod low carb. 7/2/7/3/15 3.4
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2018
at 15:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle. Aroma is sherry, caramel, raisin. Pours hazy burnt orange with a < than one finger bone white head with decent retention. Taste is both highly sweet and highly bitter with strong caramel and sherry notes, some licorice. Citrusy hop notes are there, but the alcohol warmth and caramel malt kind of drown it out. Like an extreme barleywine with pronounced American hop notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2018
at 07:02