Just like this beer's weaker siblings, the 90 Minute IPA and 60 Minute IPA, this beer is a continually hopped (for how long? you guessed it, 120 minutes), big, over-the-top doozer of a beer.
This beer is cloudy, with lots of carbonation, and pours a pale red color. There is a very strong hoppy smell. Smelling this beer reminds me of 7th or 8th grade science class where we were taught to never just stick our noses down a test tube and smell, as the chemicals could strong enough to burn our noses or lungs. Instead, we were taught to waft the odors towards our noses. Not to make the aroma coming out of this beer sound bad, but it is just such a strong hoppy smell it made me think of that.
Basically the way to describe the taste of this beer is hoppy. It is basically a beefed up 90 minute IPA. Drinking and smelling this beer is like sticking an actual hop up your nose and inhaling deeply. It is difficult to describe this beer other than just saying the hops are a bit overwhelming. I am quite the hophead compared to the normal beer drinker, but this beer was still too intense for me. There is super huge mouthfeel and lots of flavor in this beer. Unlike the Jack Bauer variety of this beer, there is no citrusy undertones present.
Even the Dogfish Head website describes this beer as ridiculous and over-the-top. They even beg the question, "Too extreme to be called beer?". This beer is 20% alcohol, 120 IBU's, and a whopping 450 calories! I didn't taste all that alcohol while consuming this one, but I certainly tasted the 120 IBU's. This beer is released three times per year, and it is only sold by the single bottle (for $9.45 where I bought it). I enjoyed the experience of drinking this ultra hoppy beer, but I wouldn't buy it again, as it is too intense for me to really enjoy. I enjoyed its weaker siblings better (60 & 90 Minute IPAs). It would certainly be easy to get drunk off of a few of these however, it's easy to forget it's 20% alcohol!
Overall rating 3 out of 4 beer bottles.
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