Dogfish Head Fort

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

Bottle, at csbosox KC tasting 4/14. Pour is a hazy orange. Aroma is raspberry, and pretty much nothing else. Taste starts with the tart / sour raspberry and builds, and builds, and builds. Huge hot aftertaste. This has a huge malt profile, and a huge raspberry taste, that somehow just didn’t work for me. csbosox mixed some of this with the Ø Impy Stout, and that was pretty tasty!

Pour is a clear reddish amber with a small fizzy head. Strong aroma of raspberries, lots of raspberries, and notes cherry and oak. Flavor is very one dimensional, strong sweet raspberries and a little bit of malt. Alcohol is very noticeable, although considering the abv I guess its not that bad. Interesting for a fruit beer.

750ml Bottle: Aroma is very sweet. Smells strongly of raspberries, and also a little of alcohol. Smells a bit like a Black Cherry LifeSaver. Poured amber in color with a reddish/purplish hue to it. No head at all. Small lacing. Clear. Very sparkling. Flavor is highly sweet. Tastes strongly of raspberries and alcohol. Alcohol burns a bit in the beginning but is warming in the finish. Full body. Thick, syrupy texture. Soft carbonation. Long, sweet, medicine-like, raspberry finish is very warming. Quite drinkable for an 18% beer. Overall, a good fruit beer.

For the cost of this beer it was tremendously disappointing. Not to say the price tag should reflect quality (although there is a pretty direct relationship between the two most of the time), but it certainly does amplify how much of a waste it was to buy. Other than the strong armed presence of raspberries and alcohol, this beer doesn’t have much else going on.

For the world’s strongest fruit beer this is all I can say to describe it: It tasted like raspberry infused everclear. The raspberry flavors came through on the front, but they disappeared leaving nothing but alcohol on the back end. I couldn’t finish the glass. Re-Rate: This years Fort was very different than last years. The alcohol was better integrated and the flavors of raspberry preserves was absolutely wonderful and lingered for a very long time.

Bottle: This has been sitting in my basement for a while and I didn’t want to go out to get more beer, so I guess I’ll have this bad boy. Pours a cloudy orange with a carbonated soda-pop like head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of raspberries, a bit of alcohol, and a bit of sugar. Taste is well carbonated , fruity with raspberries coming to the forefront, and a slight alcohol burn. Rather a warming brew, but it was 81 here in Detroit today so a bit out of season for this brew. Oh well. The raspberry taste lingers on through the palate, bubbly, and still some alcohol. Overall, Pretty decent stuff. Strong as hell, but I’m not complaining. Cheers!

Cloudy, orange appearance with a very small white head. Aroma delivers on the advertised raspberries, to the extent that it was relatively one dimensional. Alcohol infused taste is tart, sweet, and fruity. Full-bidued, well carbonated mouthfeel leading to a long lasting finish. Paired with decadently rich mascarpone that enhanced the overall experience.

ok, so maybe i’m nuts but i really enjoyed this beer. maybe it was the Farm weekend, maybe it was the engagement, or maybe its a good beer that no one gave a chance. some honey, lots of raspberry and hints of strawberry with a little bit of floral notes. not overly agressive or complex but i enjoyed that. some good alcohol burn. i must say i enjoyed this a lot.