»Dogfish Head World Wide Stout

The hoopla surrounding Dogfish Head's various hella-hoppy beers has not moved me: I don't care for hops with the feverish passion these brewers do, and I find that the heady alcohol content of the beers, although well-balanced, make them difficult to drink as casually as I tend to. Today I tried a bottle of their limited-edition World-Wide Stout, "brewed with a ridiculous amount of barley" and 18% ABV. This bottle had a delicious, smooth taste, and nowt of the thin or sharp tastes that sully many craft stouts. It tasted good chilled, although at first it was almost too cold, having sat on ice for a while.
I have tasted their 60-, 90-, and 120-minute IPAs over the past few months, and have been happy but unimpressed. The "minutes" refer to the time that the beer spends in the boiler, I think. I admire the determinedly off-kilter approach that Dogfish take to brewing -- they come up with some delicious beers, and never sacrifice taste in their quest for "extreme"ly alcoholic beers, but their position on hops makes the grassy taste too prominent for my palate. Of the four beers I have tried so far, I enjoyed the World-Wide Stout the most.