Dogfish Head Hellhound On My Ale

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A lemon, pepper, spice nose that is pretty well matched on the tongue. A nice looking orange beer with a foamy white head. A good hop punch at the back end, decent.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Sampled on 5/5/2012. This double IPA pours a medium orange gold color from a 750ml bottle. Small to medium sized white foamy head. The aroma is fruity and sweet, touch of orange and orange peel. A medium bodied Imperial IPA. The malts are fruity and sweet. The hops are herbal and earthy. A malt forward, slightly sweet IPA, either that or this is an older bottle. Still has a nice hop presence. Mild carbonation. Good balance. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

I haven't been reviewing much of what I drink lately, but I figured this one deserves it. A friend of mine found this somehwere and picked one up with me in mind. Now that is a beer pal. Medium amber color with a soft soft foamy head. The lemons really come out in the aftertaste. Speaking of lemons, I'm not sure how much of a mentor Jefferson was to Johnson; I'm not sure that they even knew each other. What the hell...they're both dead bluesmen from the thirties, so we'll just throw 'em together. The beer is self is rather tame, perhaps it has mellowed a bit since its release. With the exception of the zesty lemon tingle at the end, there is nothing distinctive about this at all.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Aroma has a strong fruity overtone, rather like a hard cider, with notes of malt and yeast. It pours a beautiful clear orange amber with a thick, fluffy head just a shade off white. Flavor is - whoa, serious alcohol bite, like a liquid pit bull! It has strong woody and fruity notes with a whisper of butterscotch. Smooth flavor has a woody alcohol edge and a fair amount of tingle. Be careful, this is not for the faint of heart!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

A bright orange-amber colored beer witha big foamy . Lots of into a medium ringlet. Some caramel. Lots of into a medium ringlet. Some caramel. Lots of lemon, acidic-bitter. Lots of floral hops. Light bodied. A nice thirst quencher.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

yup, that's a lemon .. . Pours a medium amber, medium foam, light clasping lacing .. . floral notes, some citrus and of course lemon .. . an ok beer, a bit muddled and under whelming .. . another DFH that seems intriguing but never lives up to how good it sounds .. . Well they should, those filthy buggers. They go from port to port.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

This is a decent DIPA that could have used more flavour. The extra added lemon didn't do anything to help. The typical golden orange pour gave way to a hoppy aromas, but lacking in 'oomph'. The flavour was well balanced although the alcohol is noticeable with the slight sweetness.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This Hellhound Blues Ale is courtesy of kinger, who sent me this knowing I coveted it. Not the first Blues inspired beer ever brewed but certainly the most ballyhooed. When I first read about DFH and Sony honoring Robert Johnson, I knew that this beer was a "must have" item for me. The Beer: Clear bright amber pour with a very tight white head and lazy lacing throughout. Decent carbonation present. Citrus hops and light lemon zest aroma with a clean almost floral scent, offset by some earthy malts and a near heavy mouthfeel. The lemon zest becomes more prevalent as it warms but still not overwhelming and nicely refreshing. Taste is citrus and lemon hops upfront, hugely so, great bitter linger only cut a bit by the malts. Hellhound did not disappoint. It was as I expected; nothing more, nothing less. Fairly simple like the earthy Delta Blues that Robert Johnson purveys. Music hauntingly playing in my background: Cross Road Blues and Hellhound On My Trail - Robert Johnson - hell, I'm listening to the entire box set of King of the Delta Blues right now! Letting this beer take me to another place and time... a dusty highway crossroads in the middle of the Mississippi Delta, just outside Clarksdale. It's near midnight and a lonely figure in the distance is walking the road carrying a guitar case, silhouetted by what little moon is present. Lightning crashes in the distance. The smell of rain and the heavy humidity is all around me lingering in the Southern night air. Dogs barking near me, chasing the soul carrying that guitar case...

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

A nice beer that unlike Bitches Brew, wasn't quite worth the price. Good amount of malt and a nice hoppy citrus backbone, with the lemons not being as prominent as I figured or hoped they'd be. With 60 and 90 minute ipa already in the line-up, this was needed to stand out more. big, full feel. hid the alcohol well.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

750ml bottle. Pours a hazy golden amber with a medium creamy white head that retains well and laces the glass.

The aroma is some caramel and crystal malt with tropical fruits, bubble gum and piney hops and notes of tobacco.

The flavor is caramel malts and bubble gum with a little tropical fruit. The finish is charred strong bitterness from the hops. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with smooth carbonation.

Overall, an OK DIPA. I don't really care for the flavors. It's kind of similar to the Robert Johnson that I listened to while drinking - I was expecting more.