60 Minute IPA
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
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7.29
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It’s hard being the sequel, unless you wrote the original story. Inspired by the continual hopping process we invented with 90 Minute IPA, 60 Minute builds on that one-of-a-kind process and flavor, crafting a solid gold hit that’s found its own identity.
Brewed using a boatload of intense Northwest hops, we boil this continually hopped IPA for a full 60 minutes, adding more than 60 hop additions continuously to create a bold and timeless flavor. Continually hopped to deliver a pungently, citrusy, grassy hop flavor without being crushingly bitter, 60 Minute IPA is a surprisingly sessionable IPA for the craft enthusiast.
You’ll quickly see why this sequel has become our best selling beer, and why you’ll find yourself coming back to it again and again.
The Greatest Invention You’ll Ever Taste
It was back in the mid-90s when we started messing around with extreme versions of super hoppy IPAs. We would use foolhardy amounts of hops, creating a really pronounced bitterness that seemed out of place.
After an ‘aha!’ moment while watching a cooking show on TV, Dogfish Head founder & CEO Sam Calagione tracked down one of those old school vibrating football games to help feed the beer a continual stream of hop pellets. Boom! Continual hopping was born!
You see, traditionally brewers make two hop additions - one big dose early in the boil for flavor, and another bunch at the end for aroma. But thanks to a rigged up football-machine-turned-continual-hopper and our addition of equal increments throughout the entire boil, Sam was able to create an outrageously hoppy IPA, without being crushingly bitter.
Now all these years later, and after much more sophisticated second, third and fourth generation contraptions have taken over our continual hopping process, the theory and execution are essentially unchanged.
In 2019 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of continual hopping and the really special experience that comes with it. Who knew that a thrift store game and a random cooking show would put us on a path to creating ‘the greatest invention you’ll ever taste.’
Brewed using a boatload of intense Northwest hops, we boil this continually hopped IPA for a full 60 minutes, adding more than 60 hop additions continuously to create a bold and timeless flavor. Continually hopped to deliver a pungently, citrusy, grassy hop flavor without being crushingly bitter, 60 Minute IPA is a surprisingly sessionable IPA for the craft enthusiast.
You’ll quickly see why this sequel has become our best selling beer, and why you’ll find yourself coming back to it again and again.
The Greatest Invention You’ll Ever Taste
It was back in the mid-90s when we started messing around with extreme versions of super hoppy IPAs. We would use foolhardy amounts of hops, creating a really pronounced bitterness that seemed out of place.
After an ‘aha!’ moment while watching a cooking show on TV, Dogfish Head founder & CEO Sam Calagione tracked down one of those old school vibrating football games to help feed the beer a continual stream of hop pellets. Boom! Continual hopping was born!
You see, traditionally brewers make two hop additions - one big dose early in the boil for flavor, and another bunch at the end for aroma. But thanks to a rigged up football-machine-turned-continual-hopper and our addition of equal increments throughout the entire boil, Sam was able to create an outrageously hoppy IPA, without being crushingly bitter.
Now all these years later, and after much more sophisticated second, third and fourth generation contraptions have taken over our continual hopping process, the theory and execution are essentially unchanged.
In 2019 we celebrate the 20th anniversary of continual hopping and the really special experience that comes with it. Who knew that a thrift store game and a random cooking show would put us on a path to creating ‘the greatest invention you’ll ever taste.’
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
14.07.2013, 0,35l bottle (bottled 20.05.2013) @ home:
Nice creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly fruity, hops, light malts, leafs, hints of pine needles and popcorn. Taste is mild and slightly grassy, newly cut lawn, wet leafs, pine needles, bark, grain, soap. Mild longlasting bitterness, mouthfeel is kind og oily, butterscotch, popcorn. Don’t really like it too much.
Nice creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly fruity, hops, light malts, leafs, hints of pine needles and popcorn. Taste is mild and slightly grassy, newly cut lawn, wet leafs, pine needles, bark, grain, soap. Mild longlasting bitterness, mouthfeel is kind og oily, butterscotch, popcorn. Don’t really like it too much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jul 2013
at 09:32
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Nearly clear, orange-amber with a short, off-white head. Orange-peel, malt, cedar aroma. Flavour is orange-peel, sweet fruit. Very nice balance between sweetness and the mildly bitter hops. An Exceptional IPA
Tried
on 29 May 2013
at 17:41
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
12 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, bottled on 1/23/2013. Pours lightly hazy golden amber color with a nice 2 finger dense and fluffy off white head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass, with some light streaming carbonation. Aromas of grapefruit, tangerine, orange zest, floral, grass, lemon, pine, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of hop and malt notes. Taste of grapefruit, tangerine, orange zest, floral, grass, lemon, pine, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness. Good amount of piney citrus bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of citrus, citrus zest, floral, grass, pine, caramel, bread, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic balance and complexity of hop flavors; with a nice malt balance that isn’t too strong; and zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a creamy and fairly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a fantastic IPA. Very well balanced, yet still hoppy; and extremely smooth to drink. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2013
at 19:11
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Khourys Las Vegas; clear amber pour, small off white head, subdued hop aroma, taste is mellow hops balanced with malts perfectly, I was expecting a hop beast but what I got was a delightful IPA with a biscuity malty edge, I enjoyed this wish I had 2.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2012
at 11:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught at Old Chicago in Boulder, on October 8, 2012Clear golden color, white head. Apricot, sweet, light roasted and caramel taste. Roasted aftertaste. Medium mouthfeel, medium high dry bitterness. Sweet, hoppy scent.
Tried
on 09 Oct 2012
at 07:45