Dueling Dreadnaughts

This changes everything.

 

Good to hear, I've got two in my fridge that have been sitting there for about 4 and a half months

 

I noticed a difference between fresh and not. One smelled like fresh citrus fruits, and the other was a malty slightly resinous aroma. The former was fresh.

 

Ill take a case of dueling Dreadnaughts anyday. I actually have told a few people that i once let a Dreadnaught sit for about 3 months and that motha f$%cka tasted like sweet nectar from a pair of candy boobs. It seemed to have garnished a fuller body.

Nuts!

 

ISO!!!

 

Three Floyds beers have this unique element of hoppiness to them, just awesome.

 

Me too!

 

Dreadnaught > Zombie Dust

 

Also glad to hear this as I've had one in my cellar since August that I just haven't gotten too. And I'm trading for a fresh one soon, guess I'll do the same over the holidays and report back.

 

I've had the exact opposite experience, and have found Dreadnaught to be significantly worse when it is old. Makes me very wary about buying it because at $10/bomber it tends to sit around at a number of places. I love it fresh, but it's hard to know if that's what you're getting, even if it just showed up at the store.

At the bottle shop I frequented in Milwaukee the beer guy stopped ordering any Dreadnaught unless it showed up new on the distributor's list, because he had the same problem

 

I just wish I could try Dreadnaught.
Don't care how old.
I do not jest.

 

apocolypse cow > Dreadnaught

 

Doesn't matter anymore, since the brewery burned down.

 

That place needs better fire saftey procedures, place is always burning down

 

I have learned many things about beer this year, but one thing shook me to my core.

It was August and I was on my way up to Chicago to Lollapalooza. Me and two of my friends went ahead of the others in our group so we could make a detour to FFF and Castle Vav. When we got to FFF, we decided to have lunch. As I looked over the beer menu, nothing really took me as something I just have to try. So I ordered the Dreadnaught. Had it a thousand times before, but never on tap at FFF, and ive been there many times. I was sure this was a solid choice. I love this beer. It never blows my mind, but I always enjoy it. I then proceeded to have said mind blown. Holy shit. I will never look at a bomber of Dreadnaught the same again. Having it fresh from the source is so much better. And thats saying something considering how wonderful it already is. The smell, the texture, the bitterness....so amazing.

Long story short, fresher is better. While I agree that some DIPAs will hold on to certain characteristics and even develop new ones, the fresher the DIPA the better the DIPA.

go have one on tap...

 

There are 3 people that i miss the most from the older years of BA, and you are all three of them.

Time to open my 9th beer.

 

Maybe that 2005 bottle of Dreadnaught sitting in the laundry room (yup, still) is worth opening after all...or maybe I can get an 02.02.02 out of it!

 

The world has changed.