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

not a strong nose.hints of pepper and honey.medium gold bodyy topped with a white head moderate retension moderate lace.the mouth is medislippery and slightly under carbonatedcarbonated it's pretty dry fairly happy mostly bittering hops some pinefinishes bitter and drysome honey and burnt green in the mid taste,alcohol is very present and warming

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

Hmmm, Ok its got fruit in it so I guess its a fruit beer, but its much more. Nose has a ton of apricot when first poured with hints of hopy citrus notes that become more predominant after a moment or two. Also a lot of pine in the nose, its a very big nose and sweet. Pours a pale clear copper with decent off white head that dissipates fast with minimal lace. Mouth is slippery and medium bodied and quite fizzy in an OK way. Flavor is pretty well balanced lots of apricot but lots of hops too,kinda like magic hat but with out the sour, the hops and the alcohol keep the sweetness just this side of cloying.The is a peppery note from the hops as well and a bit more malt then one might expect. Alcohol present but masked well. Finish is quite dry and very balanced after the initial apricot sweetness. for an apricot beer this is well done and befitting of DFH. Nicely done.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 6

Zero nose detected, here we go again, whats up with this, two nights in a row 2nd beer had no nose. Ok minute later nose developing. Floral hops, pepper, hint of sweet malt, maybe a hint of chicory, prunes. Dark brown almost opaque body, frothy short lived carmel colored head, moderate lace. Mouth is too thin, carbonation OK. Not a real special flavor profile going on here. MIght get better as it warms. Very little in the front end, follows with a bit of bitter chicory flavor, then chocolatey malt on the end with a slightly sweet finish. Like DFH a lot, not impressed with this.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Nose is lemmon, pepper, lavender,and fresh backed bread ... complicated and balanced, real nice. Pours a thick forthy beige head with moderate endurance and real good lacing. A deep copper body lurks beneath with continuing effervesance moving up to restore the lace. For some reason, personal I guess, I find hte color slightly off-putting. Mouthfeel is VERY slippery, creamy and tingly ... again VERY nice. Taste is spot on for type, winey, layered, complicated, and balanced. It hits very sweet, I suspect crystal malts and toasted malts, a bit of caramel flavors in that initial taste. It follows with a nice floral hoppy bite, an astringency,and a significant presence of alcohol in the midtatste. That is followed with a lavender and citrus flavor and stronger caramel flavors. End taste is sugar, almost like icing but with a hint of tartness. Aftertaste is suprisingly clean for this ale and i get an intersting pear flavor. I find this to be a very good ale but if sweetness bothers you then this one's not for you. I would liek to try this with a real good stinky cheese course, I suspect it would be fantastic!

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

Very small and short lived beige head with minimal lacing over a deep deep copper colored body . Perhaps the carbonation is not as well done as most Dogfish products. Nose of citrus, figs and cotton candy. Mouth feel is delightful… all silk and velvet with a decent tingle but just a bit thin. Flavor is nice, the first tatste is porter-like but becomes more aleish as time goes buy. It hits sweet with a good carmel flavor then goes astringent and hoppy with a nice bitterness that leads to a sweet flavor of toasty malts. Well balanced for a sweet ale it finishes surprisingly clean and fairly dry. Alchohol is barely present in the taste but leaves a nice heat in the belly. This would probably be a great beer to introduce less adventurous quaffers to a whole new world of elixers. Its very very aproachable! RERATE 11/22/2016 Nose has nots of licorice and bourbon. Vigorous pour now produces a thick frothy head with good retention and lace.

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

Nice pils nose of grass and herbal qualities, some hint of grapefruit and bready yeast. Slightly foggy golden body is topped with a tight white head of medium retention. Mouth is medium bodied, nice sand slick with good tingle. Flavor is better slightly warmed. Heavily hopped for a pils but a nice sweet malt body with some caramel notes followed with big grapefruit and a very dry bitter finish that ends clean. Alcohol is not masked and provides a nice flavor addition. This is an odd duck but quite tasty, DFH strikes again with another high quality brew.

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

The nose is mild but very appealing. Cinamon, pepper, violets and rosemary. A slightly fogged light coppr body is topped with a moderate head that leaves a long-lasting skim coat and laces nicely. Mouth is a touch light with a real nice back of the tongue tickle. I like the flavor a lot! Hopheads are probably going to find it slightly lacking for an American Pale but it is quite hoppy. Starts ever so slightly sweet, goes very nicely bitter and ends exceptionally clean and dry. The malt backbone is really well done with just a hint of a toasted/caramel flavor. I find the balance exceptional. This is a great session beer!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 10

Oh My God! didn't see ABV on the bottle but one sniff! Alcohol dominates the nose with black cherries, concord grape, and perhaps cassis, and some definate malt in the nose as well. Ruby black opaque body sits over a very minimal burnt umber head that goes away fast leaving a skim coat and a bit of lace. Mouth is medium bodied, slick, and more carbonation detected than is visually apparent; coats the mouth nicely. Taste is winey in a nice way, hits a touch bitter then goes sweet with a big alcohol burn, has a nice tratness towards the end, finish is suprisingly dry, and then leaves a really full and complicated aftertaste, almost like a mince meat pie but I actually like this. Real good burnt malt backbone on this oneThis could bring to mind Southern Comfort of perhaps Sloe Gin. Certainly NOT a session beer, bottle says it has a ridiculous amount of barley, not sure I know what that tastes like, I am having this for dessert and its yummy but takes a bit of getting used to. Not everyone's cup of tea a but a damn interesting experiment, I would like to see what it would taste like in a less sweet version, could they keep the 18% under control tatse-wise without quite so much sweetness? but then it would be a different beer! Hats of to DFH as usual.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

Simply amazing nose...green and honey and violets and peach, long lasting and strong. Light gold body with a white head with fair retention and no lace. Medium to thick mouth, nice coating yet clean. Can you say alcohol masked! This is just dangerously drinkable. Not super bitter, lovely malt backbone. Wildflowers and honey, not tart not sweet not cloying hint of stone fruit and pith, herbal, touch of pine. WOW! This is the best DIPA I have had.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Aroma is a nice mix of malts and hops...pine, lemon peel, rosemary, and apples with a nice bready overtone. The aroma lasts! This is an aromatic brew. Appearance is in the eye of the beholder I guess but this one looks lovely to me. Pours a medium deep copper-colored body that is slightly foggy and is just a bit more red than most copper-colored ales ...bronze I guess. Caps with a very foamy head that is nicely done and lasts a moderate amount of time. No constantly rising bubbles but a nice thin foam remains on the top and excellent lacing. Mouth is real nice, very soft and velvety, smooth and suprisingly a nice hint of thickness with a decent tingle. Like the nose promised there is a good amount of hops in this beer. It hits a bit nutty-malty,yeasty, a little rosemary astingency in the taste --- not a strong flavor but nicely done. Leads to a nice yet not terribly complex sweet sour thing and ends tart and dry. Reminisent of an IPA with less hops bitterness, this is a very drinkable ale. Alcohol is fully masked. I drank a LOT of English bitters in the pubs in 73 when I was 19, This is the first I have had since. For a beer that in most ways is modest I am suprised how high my rating is going to come out. This is just very well done!

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Bread and honey in the nose with just a hint of vanilla and lemmon. Amazing head! Pure white frothy, huge .....whipped eggwhites is comprised of VERY large bubbles, beautiful to gaze at with the best lace I have seen. This sits on a very transparent pale gold body. Mouthfeel is medium-bodied with a nice tingle. (It might be my imagination but I have had maybe a quarter of the bottle while writing this and I think I am already a bit buzzed.)Flavor is very clean, alcohol very well masked. Its a perfectly balanced flavor that is constantly complex throughout, not a lot of stages to the taste except perhaps a distinct aftertaste that goes deliciously sour and a nice bit of bitter. The alcohol shows up in the aftertaste more as a feeling then a taste. The taste......earthy with a bit of nut flavor, sour ripe fruit somewhere between grape and fig, a complcated yeast component and a nice malt flavor that gives a solid backbone that is ever so slightly sweet and plays beautifully witht the sour. This is just art in a glass; an intense complexity of brewing perfection hidden in what appears to be at first a very simple flavor. This is incredible beer-making! I am starting to think my ratings at the high end are low, this is probably a 4.7 beer as are several others that I have ranked in the low 4's (which are tops of my list.) One other comment, for a strong ale this is incredibly lager like in its character!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Light roasted malt in the nose with grassy notes, maybe some almond. Medium copper body with decent off white head that leaves a skim coat, some suds on the side but no real lace. Mouth is medium with some creamyness. Carbonation is low. Would love to get a hold of their marzen and oktoberfest to compare flavor. This is malty, bready, sweetening a bit as it warms, totally sessionable. Really clean finish, perhaps a bit lighter than a fest or marzen. Just a hint of bitter on the swallow, a really nicely done brew.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Very surprisingly mild nose. Lovely medium brown to Ruby body with significant caramel colored head. Not much lace. Nice mouth Folsom coating slightly creamy significant fizz. Really like the flavor on this one. Some chocolate hints of coffee.... Brown sugar... Sweet but not cloyingly so... Bit of dark ripe fruit... Lengthy finish.

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

Nice IPA and a bit unique. Drank out of bottle so not to able to judge appearance or aroma. I suspect its a medium to dark copper with lots of hops in the nose. Mouth is medium to thick with excellent carbonation. Perhaps its just me but it hinted at a brown ale in the flavor profile but very nicely bitter with quite a bit of malt. ABU, not listed here, was I believe 7.8; it certainly had a kick to it though the alcohol was very well masked. I liked this beer a lot!

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

Long lasting tropical nose ... guava, lemon, hint of cereal. Very pale yellow body with small head leaves a white skim coat with little lacing. Thin mouth, almost watery, with decent tingle. Tangerine, White Pepper,some pith on the finish. Flavors go away fast leaving just a touch of fruit on the palate. This really feels like a low cal low alcohol brew and yet it isn't. Kind of odd. Not objectionable, sessionable.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Solid in the nose balanced pine and citrus . slightly fogged medium gold body topped by a moderate white head with good lace. Mouth is medium and slick perhaps a bit creamy with subtle carbonation . flavor profile is a hop heads delight. Good sweet malt balance to the predominating citra with alcohol present and warming. Bitter and clean in the finish.

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

Very unusual brew! Really big nose lots of malt and some hoppy fruit, not bananas or other esthers normally found in a hefe. large eggwhites head befitting the hefe style atop a very cloudy light peach/amber body. Light on the lacing. Mouthfeel is a bit fullish and not as slick as a normal hefe. Not a complicated flavor but nicely balanced for a fest. Not much hops, lots of malt, and some yeast... again befitting the hefe style but clove, and tropical fruit esters notably absent, this really is between hefe an marzen/oktoberfest. Quie interesting, very drinkable. A faint sourness to the finish which is dry.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

mild nose not nearly as explosive as claimed. Musty grass predominates with some citrus and some biscuit. Poor is a light copper body with a solid frothy head and very good lace. Mouth is a little creamy for an IPA medium Bodied. They claim low bitterness but at 85 IBU I think that claim is wrong. There is a lot of grain present in the taste almost leans towards a British Pale Ale. I'm getting some of the tropical fruit but not really any lemon or Peach. Finish is extremely dry. I like this flavor profile a lot just don't happen to think it's what they claim it is. To me it's much more an old fashioned IPA as opposed to a new or New England IPA.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Having this on draft at icons in New Fairfield. Mild nose of citrus and Pine . Hazed dark golden body Topped with a decent white head that leaves a skim coat and very nice lacing . Mouth is light and slick Slightly creamy Understated carbonation . This is just a really nice IPA A little sweet With a Tarte bite of hops in the middle Extremely clean finish Dangerously sessionable

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Nose is pine, citrus, and perhaps a bit of anice, some flowers, some nice bready malts. This is really a pretty pour! Medium gold body that is NOT clear (OK wrong for the style but really pretty none the less) is topped by a thick, creamy dead white head which leaves lovely lacing. If this was not a style that should be clear I would give it a 10 here but, although it pains me, am marking it down to an 8 on appearance. Wow, this is a very well-crafted IPA; nothing over the top but not a watered down presentation either, more or les spot on except perhaps a bit, just a bit, sweet. Although in a can, very reminiscent of DFH 60 on draught. I am following a very spicy mexican-thai inspired shrimp stir fry and this is absolutely delightful! OK, mouth is medium to full, creamy, slippery very nice on the carbonation. Flavor hits sweet malts, goes a bit floral and then citrus, nice bitter finish that is neither dry nor sweet. Some apricot and some nuttiness and some sour grapefruit. This is getting low numbers here, I think its killer!

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

Carmel sweetness, a hint of malt and good citrus in the nose, also a bit of alcohol. Clear copper body is topped with medium head that is off white and lasts well enough with a touch of lacing. Medium bodied slick and slightly low carbonation on the tongue. Flavor is interesting, it seems simple but that may well be a complex objective to have achieved. A very evenly balanced brew, it seems composed of strongly toasted malts and a significant (but not hop-headed) amount of hops. Somewhat sweet for an IPA with burnt caramel and grapefruit nicely balanced, at 7% the approaches an imperial IPA and alcohol plays a nice part in the taste, especially as the beer warms. Very drinkable and approachable and packs a bit of a wallop, this is a nicely done and slightly different IPA.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 9

Mild side of standard NEIPA nose, tropical with a little barnyard funk. Medium hazed body that is pale amber toped with average white head, little lace. Mouth is creamy for an IPA, carbonation a bit lacking. Mild and balanced with no predominant flavor, some bitter lemon, a bit of wildflower honey. Extremely sessionable and a good brew to introduce non-IPA drinkers to...I gotta kick up the overall cause its my home state with home state ingredients.

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

More like a brown ale than an IPA, nice coper color body with a carmel colored head with good retentin and good lace.. Malty in the nose with toasted grain and caramel notes. Medium body with carbonation very well done. Taste is sweet for a pale ale again tastes like a brown ale. Lots of malt and hops just present mostly bittering not a lot of hop flavor. A good beer very drinkable but not really right for style.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 5

Nice nose if fairly standard, fruity, citrus, a bit yeasty,maybe a a bit bright for the style, as in where's the malt? Light orange/copper body that appears still is topped with an OK white head that leaves moderate lace. Mouth is very watery with carbonation missing. Flavor, what can I say, i think they took "Pale" way too literally. No objectionable flavor notes. Ultimately non-complex, some sweetness that is suspicious in that is a sweetness without flavor, a little bit of bitter at the end, and very little in the middle. Certainly lacking in the flavor of any grain bill, solid malt backbone needed to produce a pale ale is completely missing. Drinkable and so is my tap water.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Unusual nose of vanilla and pepper with some floral notes. Very cloudy pale orange body is topped with a white head that leaves a nice skim coat and very good lace.( I think its really pretty but for style is should be clear unless unfiltered which it does not claim to be.) Mouth is spot on, medium bodied, slick, perfect carbonation. This sucker is bitter, more bitter than the 60 IBU indicates. I am very impressed, the hops are more for bittering than for flavor. (and not familiar with Warrior and Columbus hops.) Starts a bit sweet on the tongue with tropical fruit and some grapefruit, nice solid malt backbone is neutral to slightly toasty, bitter hits in at the end and the finish is somewhat dry but with a nice fruitiness. Fairly unique IPA that is simple on a wonderful way. Intersting, the lower scores here are basically saying that there is nothing "special" about this IPA which is exactly what I like about it.