Dogfish Head Raison D Etre

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

Bottle. Pours copper brown and thin head. Aroma is different based on the nose. I picked up on big sweet malt and fruity notes. Taste follows the fruity and malty sweetness expected. A little bit more of a hoppy bite than expected. Unique brew, worth a try for sure.

Pours a clearer dark brown with ruby hints. Head is less than spectacular, just a see through film. Aroma is slightly fruity, light caramel and more heavier character malts (Maris) and sweet brown sugar. Flavor definitely has a raisin sweetness and dark fruit presence up front with it moving into a heavy malty character from a Marris malt giving it a slight smoke flavor, ending with a good alcohol presence. Beer finishes dry and leaves the tongue pretty puckers while the mouth feel of the beer is a moderate density and the flavors start to come out at it warms up. The beer as a whole has a unique flavor not really seen which does work pretty well.

Bottle. Reddish brown, creamy deep head. Looks and smells quite nice, but the awful taste is what earns the awful rating. The taste itself is mostly raisin and malt, with a rotten finish, and it was all I could do to finish the glass. Dogfish Head makes many beers of much higher quality.

Pours dark amber red with a creamy 3 finger light redish beige head that has decent retention. Aroma is dark fruit, toasted grain, roasted nuts, dark caramel. Flavor is grilled fruit, raisin, molasses, dark caramel, dark malt, herbal and bitter hops. Finish is lots of raisin, some alcohol, toast, roasted nuts and some bitter hops. This is a really interesting brew that somehow just doesn’t really pull it off for me, there is something keepiong it from being great.

Color is a bright ruby with good carbonation and a thin head. Aroma is nutty with an alcohol note. Taste is light and sweet. Starting with a lighter medium body it goes down easy with a clean feel. Finish is sweet with light fruit and a slight toasted nut flavor. After taste has a bit of alcohol showing. This is a tasty brew that is easy to drink

Not very strong and a little stale on the nose. Dark fruit, raisin, some malt, and a bit of plum. Tastes of rasins and plum again and a little alcohol feel. I can also detect a bit of coffee and hopps.Feels smooth and creamy in the mouth. Its also sweet and bitter which is interesting. I like it but I dont get this beer.

Bottle, dark amber color. Aroma has some sligt caramel malt notes. Heavy malt taste with dryness some dry plum notes. Alcohol is noticeable for 8%. Good but not that impressive from the stellar Dogfish Head.

Bottle. Decent Head with an amber color. A sweet fruity aroma dominate. A sweet fruity flavor has complexity that includes raisons and alcohol warmth the extends to the back of the throat and to the belly.