Dogfish Head Raison D Etre

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

Pours a dark mahogany with a small, but creamy, white head. Looks delicious. Aroma of malts and raisins, with some roastiness in there too. Flavor is similar, and quite sweet. Much more enjoyable than it’s brother beer, Raison D Extra.

definitely can taste the frutiness and the sweetness to it. would call it a Belgian ale. recommend to everyone

A good flavor and a smooth long lasting taste. Has the flavor of sweet raisins but a subtle hoppy flavor to it

Poured a 12oz. brown bottle born on 1/4/08 into a pint glass. Beautiful clear light mahogany, as advertised. It looked like an extended brew iced tea with a tan head. Malty sweetness dominates the nose, what little there is. No alcohol or hops to speak of. The malt reminds me of maple syrup. Yeasty malt flavor fades to a raisin sweetness with a slightly astringent back drop. This beer could use a lot more balance. It makes up points in texture, a smooth ale with mild carbonation. Worth a try as it is a Dogfish Head, but I probably won’t buy another sixer. It went well with my blackened chicken.

The raison seemed a little odd to me when I first heard about it. The raisiney, fruity taste is subtle enough to compliment the maltiness. This is a wine-lover’s beer.

I tried this some time ago, and thought poorly of it then, but now, my opinion has changed. It’s aroma is filled with malts, dark malts, and an assortment of dark fruit, presumably sultanas or some other rich raisin, and interestingly some tobacco notes, with coffee. It’s apperance was a brown color, with a light off-white color. It’s flavor is winey, raisiney, and a huge amount of malts, the dark fruit, really asserts itself, maybe too much, but this is more of a refined brew. It’s palate isn’t bitter. It’s rather like a strong Grappa from San Marino. It’s not for sessions, but Dogfish does not go mild either.

Pours a thin brown, color with a slight white head and strong coffee roasted aroma, much like a porter or stout. tasting much the same with hints of raisins. Very different but good beer.

The pour is brown, with hints of red undertones, with small whit head that rapidly goes. The nose is roasted malts, chocolate making it very similar to a stout in scent. The flavor is Much lighter than the nose and this is where the belgian sugars become present; and the nose characters come into the beer. A typical Dogfish beer, in that it pushes the limits to where no other brewer will go.