Burton Baton
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- From:
- Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #478 - ABV:
- 10%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,558 - Avg:
- 4.23 | pDev: 10.17%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1,929
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 22, 2025
- Added:
- Dec 08, 2004
- Wants:
- 428
- Gots:
- 1,667
SCORE
94
Outstanding
94
Outstanding
This oak-aged gentle giant has been gaining popularity over the past few years and is now available year-round.
For Burton Baton, we brew two "threads," or batches, of beer: an English-style old ale and an imperial IPA.
After fementating the beers separately in our stainless tanks, they're transferred and blended together in one of our large oak tanks. Burton Baton sits on the wood for about a month.
When enjoying the Burton Baton, you'll find an awesome blend of the citrus notes from Northwestern hops melding with woody, vanilla notes from the oak. The wood also tends to mellow the 10% ABV of Burton, so tread cautiously!
70 IBU
For Burton Baton, we brew two "threads," or batches, of beer: an English-style old ale and an imperial IPA.
After fementating the beers separately in our stainless tanks, they're transferred and blended together in one of our large oak tanks. Burton Baton sits on the wood for about a month.
When enjoying the Burton Baton, you'll find an awesome blend of the citrus notes from Northwestern hops melding with woody, vanilla notes from the oak. The wood also tends to mellow the 10% ABV of Burton, so tread cautiously!
70 IBU
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Ratings by Burg:
Rated by Burg from New Hampshire
4.25/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
May 05, 2021
4.25/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
May 05, 2021
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Rated by ttoadee from Texas
4.35/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
RB transfer
Sep 22, 2025
Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
4/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Good balanced, smooth beer. Caramel, pine, and bread mixed together in aroma and taste. Bitterness is high but not sharp. 10% ABV? You don't notice it at all.
Feb 14, 2025Reviewed by Lexluthor33 from New York
4.43/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Golden amber color with a decent head.
Good lace and an aroma of malts, grapefruit, hops, strawberry-peach-papaya.
Taste is slightly sweet with oak, malt backbone with a sharp sting of hops that bounce all over the palate.
Mild and smooth despite the high ABV.
Medium to full bodied.
This was really good !
Nov 21, 2024Good lace and an aroma of malts, grapefruit, hops, strawberry-peach-papaya.
Taste is slightly sweet with oak, malt backbone with a sharp sting of hops that bounce all over the palate.
Mild and smooth despite the high ABV.
Medium to full bodied.
This was really good !
Reviewed by dcotom from Iowa
4.37/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.37/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from 12-ounce bottle into a tulip glass. Dark copper-amber color, with orange highlights and orange-tinged white head that left some streaky lacing as it subsided. Aroma and flavor are malt forward, with notes of orange popping out. Very boozy, with some oaky barrel astringence. Also tons of hop bitterness. As it warms, notes of dried fruit and dark bread begin to emerge. I'd say this is to be enjoyed more as a fine cordial than as a beer. IOW, a slow sipper.
May 21, 2023
Reviewed by DrOfGolf from Delaware
4.29/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.29/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a copper color. Smells of a light vanilla, probably hops, and oak. The taste was that of a clean and crisp beer. Very tasty and delicious. The 10% ABV is hidden but effective. I like it and will definitely get more when I get the next chance.
Jul 20, 2022Reviewed by blazerkor from Nevada
3.94/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
It smells both like wood and the bright freshness of hops with just a little bread water in the background.
It tastes very interesting. The wood, sweetness and boozy flavor from the 10 abv remind me of whiskey... not bourbon because there's no smoke. After the whiskey you get bright hops and bitterness.
The mouthfeel is very light with just a little fizz. It finishes with an aftertaste of bitterness with breathy alcohol.
Overall it's very good. I wouldn't describe it as an IPA. It's a beer I can't really categorize. I give it a 4.9 out of 6. I think it would have received over a 5 if it hadn't come right after that insanely good stout.
Dec 29, 2020It tastes very interesting. The wood, sweetness and boozy flavor from the 10 abv remind me of whiskey... not bourbon because there's no smoke. After the whiskey you get bright hops and bitterness.
The mouthfeel is very light with just a little fizz. It finishes with an aftertaste of bitterness with breathy alcohol.
Overall it's very good. I wouldn't describe it as an IPA. It's a beer I can't really categorize. I give it a 4.9 out of 6. I think it would have received over a 5 if it hadn't come right after that insanely good stout.
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