Dogfish Head Au Courant

Formerly brewed at Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Milton, Delaware USA

Bottle from ibrew2or3! I guess this bottle is about 3 years old. Pours a muddy amber/brown color. Small head. Aroma of grapes, almost wine like. Taste is tart grape juice, or cranberry juice. Not that good, not that bad. It got worse as I drank more of it...Texture is medium. I am glad I tried this beer but I would not suggest seeking it out. Only wish I would of tried this 3 years ago....Thanks Dave for the brew!

Another fine bottle from Degarth. This beer looks absolutely grotesque, like a mixture of tomato juice and prune juice. No head at all. Strong currant aroma with some grape and apple. Syrupy mouthfeel. Faint taste of currants. Sour. This feels like it was much better when fresh.

Gold colored ale with fruit/berry scents, but no real fruit flavor. This was much more sour/tart than would be another ’fruit beer", but not at all what I would have expected. Relatively bland

12oz bottle, bottled 2003. Sweet and tart fruity aroma. Grapeish (I don’t know what currants taste like). Cloudy orange color with a small white head. Lightly sweet in the beginning with a tart finish. Light fine carbonation at the end.

Pours deep purple with a lavender, moderate head. Aroma is lightly sour and currant. Flavor is lightly sour with qualities of grape and currant. Moderate mouth feel.

Bottle poured red color...no, not amber reddish brown...I’m talking RED color...with a moderate head that disappeared very quickly. The nose was sweet and alcohol-ish. The first sip I took...I thought, "ok, this is different." With each passing sip, it got worse and worse...to the point where I was downing "cheese filled" Combos to kill the taste (I can’t bring myself to pour out beer). Was very sweet, but very bitter. eaglefan described it as beet/berry juice...I was thinking more like cranberry juice gone bad mixed with cheap wine. I don’t know what a "currant" taste like, but I’m not thinking it goes well with beer. I guess with Dogfish’s "originality", you win some and you lose some...this is a loss. Belgian Strong Ale? Seriously?

Date: February 02, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: dark blood red, scant head
Aroma: funky aroma that is almost identifable
Flavor: thick skinned muskidine flavor (cuorants, I guess), complex array of strange flavors, thread of sharpness
Overall: grows on you, like a fungus

Date: May 06, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: trade
Score: 1.2 to 3.4
Appearance: cloudy orange, huge off white head, thick sudsy lace
Aroma: sweet fruity aroma, nice bready character, light musty funkiness
Body: creamy body
Flavor: sweet fruity flavor, light fruity tartness, touch of funk

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

12 oz btl. pour an obscure dark purply brown with interesting tan head. aroma of berry, i guess currant, but had that blueberry smell and earth. was sweet and slightly acidic with a very minimal tart berry and malt blend. medium body rich.