Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Burton Baton
Style: American Double/Imperial India Pale Ale
Availability: Limited
Format: 12oz - 4pk
ABV: 10.0%
IBUs: 70
Bottle text & Info:
This is a blended beer that we've been brewing for the past several years and it's recently been gaining in popularity. For Burton Baton we first brew two 'threads' or batches of beer: an English-style Old Ale and an Imperial IPA. After fementating the separate beers in our stainless tanks, the two are transferred and blended together in one of our large oak tanks. Burton Baton sits on the wood for about a month. When enjoying the Burton Baton, you'll find an awesome blend of the citrus notes from Northwestern hops melding with woody, vanilla notes from the oak. The wood also tends to mellow the 10% of the beer - so tread cautiously! Burton Baton is brewed and released three times per year. For all the info you could want on this guy, plus a video click....here!
Tasting Notes:
Pour a bright, clear ruby with a quarter inch, pure white showing some soft bubbles within some silky suds. Barleywine-like prunes on the nose with some booze, pine and the softest touch of oak. Nice, medium body, a bit sticky but that's 90 minute for you. In fact the flavor profile is primarily 90 minute: pink grapefruit, a touch of pine, bready malt showing through and then some oak showing through on the finish. Not a whole lot of vanilla-like notes that you'd expect from something oaked, but more of a dry, woody note. The oaks greatest asset to this ale is that it totally mellows the ABV. This is one sneaky 10%. This is one of my favorite Dogfish releases and I always feel fortunate when I can get my hands on some. I've had better batches (hops seemed a bit mellow in this one), but still a top notch ale.
holy crap this was delicious. And you completely had the description right- the oak really mellowed the aggressive notes of the 90 min. Very smooth and hard to believe that it is 10%, as I feel like I could have two or three.
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