Dogfish Head Squall IPA

Brewed by: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

Brewery Location: Milton, DE

Style: Imperial IPA

ABV: 9.00%

The Squall IPA is the unfiltered and bottle-conditioned version of Dogfish Heads ever-popular 90 Minute IPA. It shares many features with the 90 Minute, including a beautiful dark orange pour, with a very thick head.

Upon first tasting, the first thing that comes to mind is: hops. This is an incredibly hoppy beer, and that flavor does not go away as the beer warms up, although it is partially taken over by a malty, almost caramel flavor. Thoroughly impressed by the dominant hop flavor, I researched and learned that this beer is dry-hopped with six different types of hops: Palisade, Amarillo, Simcoe, Cascade, CTZ and Willamette.

The Squall IPA is a very well balanced beer.  There is an almost perfect ratio of hoppy flavor to other dominating flavors, which include citrus and other tropical fruits, which results in an IPA that is very drinkable. For those turned off by the bitterness of some IPAs, the Squall IPA could very well be a nice change of pace.