Dogfish Head Fort

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Milton, Delaware USA

Aroma of alcohol, anise, fruit, brown sugar, jelly. Sticky, syrupy and hot. This is just too slimy and sweet for me. Alcohol and berry in the finish. I couldn’t imagine drinking more than a couple of ounces of this.

Pours out a rose colour with minal head and some lacing. Nose- raspberry jam and honey. Taste- yeesh- hot boozy sweet raspberries. Fuck, that’s not good for business. Its just too damn sweet. Its the same sweetness I’ve not enjoyed in some other DFH offerings. The raspberries are nice enough, but the its just too hot and sickly sweet. Not enjoyable whatsoever. Why did I crack this one by myself? Better yet, why didn’t I buy two bottles of raspberry tart that were in eye sight of this abomination??? Not a happy drinking experience. I think if this had been toned down a tad it would have turned out better. good for DFH to experiment, just don’t bottle it and charge me almost $20 for it!

Poured at the GABF, 2006 edition (they were out of the WWS from 2004, bastards). Actually, this surprised me. Poured a fizzy, dull ruby with a white head. Taste was strongly raspberry and quite refreshing with a nice crisp kick at the end. Almost no noticeable heat. Solid when aged a little.

Pours out easy brown kind of red minmal white head. Nose is big on raspberry. Flavor is also potent raspberry witha nice sweet alcohol touch to it. Actually a nice drinkable beer. But a 750 will do just fine.

Not for my palate, raspberry overload, but again this my palate talking....I usually don’t like fruit beers....

Pours a two finger white head that fades slowly leaving some lace. Cloudy amber/red color. Medium carbonation and medium bodied. Raspberry nose. Flavor is raspberry pie with alcohol, sweetish, alcohol finish. Another decent beer from DFH. Bottled Nov 13, 2006. Pricey at $16.00 for a 25.6oz bottle from Tully’s Beer and Wine Wells, ME.

Tasting Date: 9/24/2007 2005 Bottle This was nice. Red/Orange Cooper look. Thin foam ring and just enough bubbles. Rather attractive in a flute. The smell of raspberries was not as over powering as I expected. Wickedly warming. Slight candy taste on the back of the tongue. Second flute was enjoyed with a selection of dark chocolates. Resealed bottle was great the next night.

750ml... Huge. Pours a ruby-reddish-copper with very little head. Aroma is slighly fruity but is almost washed away by the warm alcohol. The flavors start out slightly fruity, but finish with a huge malty alcohol kick. At 36 proof, this beer would be best off saved for the cooler months in my mind.