Joe Quinn

Mandarin & Mango Crush Quinn

2024 Edition. Same deal. No change to score. Nice summer IPA. Low key haze. Great mango and orange twist on a fairly good IPA. Sessionable. Would bring to the beach. Finishes tart and sweet. Refreshing. Can't rank higher because it's just not exceptional.

Festina Peche (2024) Quinn

Re-release from DFH Milton. Re-review. Crystal clear golden. Tart sour. Strong peach. Berliner weisse. Wheat all over. This beer isn't wheated enough, peachy enough, or punchy enough. 4.5% ain't gonna cut it when it's blasting your taste buds like that.

Oak-aged Black & Blue Quinn

Clear blue-red nightmare purple. Noses juicy blueberry, blackberry, subdued by vanilla oak barrels. Tastes preserves. Real fruit. Sugars. Tartness abounds but the boozy burn evens the sweetness with acidity. Wine adjacent. Barrel punchiness. Unique.

Boy Howdy! Quinn

Dark golden semi-translucent color with a vibrant foam top. Collaboration with Creem Magazine. Exclusive from the Analog A-Go-Go event this year. Corn maze nose. Michigan grown hops. Ginger rye. Fermented yeast. Light. Clean creamy sessionable slammer.

Standing O Quinn

Exclusive beer done in coordination with Milton Theater. Wheat beer. Noses light and orange. Passion fruit. Lime. As far as drinkable wheat beers go, this is as high as it gets. Bill Ryan would love this beer. Wheat heaven.

The Mandala Effect Quinn

Dark dark roasted malts. Strong vanilla. Strong chai tea. Fantastic lacing. Extremely clean and well done, buttoned up, beer. You could drink this and not get sick of it. Whiskey. The whiskey lingers. For 12%, very drinkable. Thanks to the chai, I think.

Oak-Aged Vanilla World Wide Stout (2024) Quinn

Let's go, boys.

Nønɇmör Quinn

Best beer of the day. Brings me back to the mid 2000s. West coast piney and citrusy hops that have been charred black. Simcoe. Citra. Comet. Black rye and midnight wheat malts. Dunkels aren't IPAs. Black IPAs are rare. Love love love this. What a treat.

Botanical Harmonics Quinn

Sage forward west coast IPA. Simcoe, citra, comet hops. Sourced at Juniper Ridge from a family farm in Northern Mexico, the white sage adds enticing, bright notes of fresh herbs. A blend of pilsener, rye, crystal and Munich malts. Toffee, spices.

Signor Imperiale Quinn

7% pilsner??? I had to try it! 7% pilsners are weird and I like weird because I'm weird. I read my wife this review and she said "You're so dumb." Ha ha ha. She told me to write that.

Poised For Flight Quinn

Last of the "light beers" for a while. Made with an exclusive and you up too Patagonia grain, Kezna, and mounds of granola, this hazy IPA is a comfortable afternoon sipper with a great deal of drinkability.

Nuggets of Wisdom Quinn

Gorgeous looking cloudy IPA. American IPA. Amarillo, centennial, citra, and simcoe hops. All together. Limited edition brew here at Milton. There is a juiciness to it but this is more of a showcase of hop bitters. Clean and dirty, all at the same time.

Poquito Grande Quinn

Really nice starter beer. Dogfish doing a lot of Corona style Mexican beers. Heavy corn influence. Noticably salty with the sea salt. Crisp and refreshing. I wanted to start this visit to Milton with a clean vibe. Mission accomplished.

Utopias Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA Quinn

I can't be stopped. 😤

Tasty Traveler Lager Quinn

Mexican lager. Corona competition. Golden clear color. Noses of Oaxacan green corn, sea salt, and lime juice. Baja Salicornia. Cracker malt backbone. Really clean. Malty lime finish that screams ocean breeze. Not complex enough to score higher. Sadly.

Indefinite Staycation Quinn

Let the vacation begin. Aged in French Oak barrels for two years. 6%. Aged even further in my cellar for an additional 8 months. Cherry red color. Huge white wine vibes. Raspberry. Acidic. Tastes like summer at the beach. Suns out, guns out.

Nordic Spring Quinn

(2024 Re-Review) I enthusiastically gave this beer a 4.5 last year saying, all caps, I LOVE THIS BEER due to its interesting relationship with gin and pine needles. Still true! I'm happy to report I still love this beer. However, reducing by 0.25.

120 Minute IPA Quinn

(2024 Re-Review) Cloudy viscous amber color with a resinous shield. Noses caramel, malt, brown sugar. Pine resin, figs, raisins. Tastes herbal, medicinal, with thick hop bitterness. Warming booze. Smooth malt sugars. Bittersweet booze finish. IPA perfect.

World Wide Stout (2007) Quinn

16 year old bottle. Pours night black with little to no carbonation. Sits flat. Noses chocolate and espresso with cherry and dark fruits. Tastes smoother than I want. It is very boozy still. The age edges off the malt more than it does the alcohol.

120 Minute IPA (2012) Quinn

11+ years old bottle. Cloudy dark brown. Moved fantastic in the glass before settling flat. Boozy and malty. Fruity. This is shockingly bitter for an 11 year old bottle. Maintained fantastic flavors but this is mostly an experience of malted alcohol.

Wake Up World Wide Stout Quinn

Black motor oil color. Light carbonation. Creamy head. Nose is malt, molasses, darkly charred wood, dark fruit, brown sugar, coffee. Taste is black malt, strong dark roast coffee, chocolate, maple syrup, toffee. Finishes a boozy splendor of dark malt.

Olde School (2011) Quinn

Reliving the golden age of one of America's most quintessential microbreweries. Harkens back to Dogfish's championship runs. One of the best barelywines money can buy. Then and now.

World Wide Stout (2009) Quinn

Zero carbonation left. Absolute liquid rocket fuel. As told, more bitter than expected. Malty backbone. Really interesting red wine qualities. Alcohol shines but in a very subdued way. Bittersweet.

Utopias Barrel-Aged 120 Minute IPA Quinn

#birthdaytreat

Raison D'Extra Quinn

(2021) Deep mahogany brown w/ sentiment. Fast lace. Massive raisin and prune on the nose. Brown sugar. Brute yeast. Molasses. Tastes of malty brown bread. Candied raisin. Plum and cherry. Booze and brandy. Tobacco. Finishes strong, boozy, with raisins.

Fermentation Engastration Quinn

Rare pour at Tee's for the 4th from the Dogfish Head Brewery. Good save. Good pour. Good company. Apple juice. Muscat grapes. Faint oak. Deeper rice flavors. Rice syrup. Yeast. Barley and wheats. Sweet and dry. Sweet with the dates. Dry rice. White wine.

Crimson Cru Quinn

Deep and dark copper red. Nose of candied cherries, citrus aroma, toffee, with a caramel from wooden oak. Atlantic sea salt. Tastes of malts and peppery woods. Plums and dark cherries. Toffee, vanilla. Finishes sweet malts, oak barrels, and booze. Lovely.

Burton Baton Quinn

Live @ Dogfish Head - Burton Baton is one of the best beers in the world. Period. Stop. End of story. Imperial IPA mixed with Olde English Ale. Aged in bourbon barrels. Stop. Just stop. Beer lives here.

Brimstone & Treacle Quinn

Live @ Dogfish Head in Milton, DE. British mild ale. You don't see many of these. Rare. Treacle is a British molasses. Uncrystallized syrup made during the refining of sugar. Strong. Slightly bitter. Rich. Syrupy feel. Dark malts. Easy drinking.

Nordic Spring Quinn

LOVE THIS!! Mildly hazy dark golden. Lovely nose of tangerine and orange. Vibes of pine needles and gin. Complex. Bready rye dryness mixed with a boozy fruit. Hoppy. Juniper needles are everything. Brilliant gin. Finishes hoppy and dry like a martini.

Olde Buck Twenty Quinn

120 Minute IPA laid down in Weller, Buffalo Trace bourbon barrels. Aged 1 year. Maple syrup, toffee, caramel, orange marmalade. Aged on orange peel, cherries, gentian root. Vibes of Old Fashioned. 18% ABV not fucking around. Idk how you can expect more.

Collage De Coupage Quinn

Live @ Dogfish Head R&D Tasting Room. Lithuanian farmhouse yeast aged for 3 years in French oak wine barrels and blended with a saison.

Oak-Aged Vanilla World Wide Stout Quinn

Dark opaque black oil. Aroma dark malts, coffee, oak, bourbon. Licorice and toasted vanilla. Taste is velvet sweetness and malt burnt ends with coffee, vanilla bean, bourbon. Dessert wine. Warming alcohol. Smoke and char. Sweet cherry old fashioned.

Canadian Breakfast Stout (CBS) Quinn

Midnight black with a gorgeous tan head. Fragrant nose of dark roast, malts, maple syrup, and bourbon. Taste is complex: coffee, chocolate, bourbon, dark malts, alcohol, and maple. Finishes very boozey. Burnt ends. Bourbon. Smoke. Sweet maple syrup.

Fleur Fleurie Quinn

Reddish golden hue. Nose is lavender and lingonberries. Sour nose of chardonnay and raspberries. Light oak and light char nose. Tastes sour wild ale with wine white spritzer. Heavier carbonation than the others. Finish is crisp sour apple and red berry.

Where the Wild Hops Are Quinn

Mixed golden pour with a real nice head. Smells of sour wild ale with a barrel aged presence. Hop aroma is subdued via complexity of flavors. It's an IPA taste in the front and a sour in the back. French oak grounds the sour into wooden smoothness.

The Black Briny Quinn

On cask. Pitch black color with a cream white head. Smells of malts and sea salts and milk chocolate. Tastes as creamy as it looks. Dashing bitter choco malty goodness. Smooth. Easy. Could drink all day but won't. Coffee and wood cask. Oddly light.