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Squall IPA
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- From:
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #987 - ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 92
Ranked #4,629 - Avg:
- 4.14 | pDev: 11.35%
- Reviews:
- 798
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Mar 05, 2023
- Added:
- May 17, 2009
- Wants:
- 94
- Gots:
- 266
An unfiltered and 100% bottle-conditioned version of 90 Minute IPA that's dry-hopped with Palisade, Amarillo, Simcoe, Cascade, CTZ, and Willamette hops. Brewed to honor the Rogue Gallery in Portland, Maine, who will also be releasing a DFH designed clothing line in the summer of '09.
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Ratings by zac16125:
Reviewed by zac16125 from South Carolina
2.96/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5
2.96/5 rDev -28.5%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5
750mL bottle poured into a snifter
2010 vintage
Thanks to baybum for sending this one over as an extra.
A: Pours a hazy light brown/ amber ish color with 1 fingers width of the strangest soap bubble- like head. It doesn't resemble any head I've ever seen on a beer, odd. It dissipates pretty quickly and leaves some spotty lacing. That odd looking soap bubble head is pretty unappealing.
S: Very malty, candied sugar, caramel and sweet bread, some booze, a woody oak like character, a hint of tropical fruits are hidden behind the big malt sweetness. Barleywine esque but quite nice.
T: Sweet and boozy with a touch of piney hop bitterness on the finish. Some citrus notes, but mostly just sweet malts and booze.
M/D: This one is flat (which explains the weird bubbly head) and it's killing the beer for me. Besides the flat character the mouth feel is rather syrupy. Drinkability is poor, also due to the flatness.
O: I like sweet boozy beers but this one bordered on a drain pour, mostly due to how flat it was. I can see the potential that this beer might have had (a good carbonation and a fresh hop profile and this could be something), but it's ages past it's prime. If this came out of retirement and they started brewing it again, I might try it, just for comparisons sake, but as is I certainly can't recommend.
On a side note this in no way resembles the 90min IPA.
Jun 21, 20122010 vintage
Thanks to baybum for sending this one over as an extra.
A: Pours a hazy light brown/ amber ish color with 1 fingers width of the strangest soap bubble- like head. It doesn't resemble any head I've ever seen on a beer, odd. It dissipates pretty quickly and leaves some spotty lacing. That odd looking soap bubble head is pretty unappealing.
S: Very malty, candied sugar, caramel and sweet bread, some booze, a woody oak like character, a hint of tropical fruits are hidden behind the big malt sweetness. Barleywine esque but quite nice.
T: Sweet and boozy with a touch of piney hop bitterness on the finish. Some citrus notes, but mostly just sweet malts and booze.
M/D: This one is flat (which explains the weird bubbly head) and it's killing the beer for me. Besides the flat character the mouth feel is rather syrupy. Drinkability is poor, also due to the flatness.
O: I like sweet boozy beers but this one bordered on a drain pour, mostly due to how flat it was. I can see the potential that this beer might have had (a good carbonation and a fresh hop profile and this could be something), but it's ages past it's prime. If this came out of retirement and they started brewing it again, I might try it, just for comparisons sake, but as is I certainly can't recommend.
On a side note this in no way resembles the 90min IPA.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by HarlotBronte from District of Columbia
3.79/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
L: Clear amber body with a 2 finger eggshell head
S: Malt forward
T: Taste is way more explosive than the nose. Plenty of sweet malt balanced by resinous hops. Notes are sweet toffee, caramel, orange, and pine
F: Medium bodied with a dry finish. Alcohol warms the chest.
O: A little too sweet for me, but otherwise the flavor is excellent.
Mar 05, 2023S: Malt forward
T: Taste is way more explosive than the nose. Plenty of sweet malt balanced by resinous hops. Notes are sweet toffee, caramel, orange, and pine
F: Medium bodied with a dry finish. Alcohol warms the chest.
O: A little too sweet for me, but otherwise the flavor is excellent.
Rated by Reggie_Dunlop from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
For some reason I remember this as not having the Dogfishhead beer taste..... it tasted just like any other good beer I guess
Jan 13, 2019Reviewed by Karibourgeois from Texas
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Slightly cloudy orange/gold pour with a foamy off-white head. Big citrus and grain aroma. Taste has a very mild bitterness at the beginning with flavors of orange rind, herbs, mango, grass, and a hint of wet bread. Bitterness becomes stronger as the beer warms but is never overpowering. Full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Jan 15, 2017
Squall IPA from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
92 out of
100 with
1495 ratings
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