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Dogfish Head Raison D Etre

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
17703.61/5.03.61/5.08%81.5Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler
Commercial Description:
Raison D'Etre Voted 'American Beer Of The Year' in January 2000 by Malt Advocate Magazine. A deep mahogany ale brewed with beet sugar, green raisins, and Belgian yeast. As complex as a fine red wine. 36 IBU - available year round, 12 ounce bottles & draft - Descriptors: Notes of pit fruit, decadent, winey, raisiney, malty
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aguyintx66 (78), Humble, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/514/20

May 16, 2009  
Bottle. Pours a dark red with a off-white head. Aroma of berries snd brown sugar. Flavor is sweet and bitter with a hint of alchol.

 Fred82 (399), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Dec 7, 2009  
12oz bottle from Winooski. Pours deep mahogany with a medium off white head. Nose is yeasty, fruity and nutty. Hints of spices and malt. Taste is yeasty, fruity and malty. A bit sweet but not too much. Some spices. Finish is a bit sweet and a tiny bit bitter. Quite drinkable. Almost no trace of alcohol. Well made, sessionnable, nice example of the style (from what I can tell). I would have to drink this side by side with a Rochefort or something... I’ve been away from Belgian Strong for too long to compare. Really tasty and fruity. A treat really !


SpencerDB (70), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/510/20
Dec 6, 2009  
I’m assuming I just got a bad bottle or something, but this beer smelled like toilet water and tasted like a watered down brown ale. I’ve heard good things about this so I’m going to give it the benefit of a doubt and buy another one, but this bottle was not very good


Finhead (80), Illinois, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Dec 6, 2009  
A deep brown with amber highlights and an off-white head. The aroma is very similar to wine, with a sweet grape smell and some malty notes. The taste is sweet and smooth with raisin dominating the flavor. The finish is short and sweet with slight alcohol warmth.


 EHopper (337), Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Dec 5, 2009  
Always liked raison, and this has it in a kind of dried plum wine taste. Also sweet dark overtones of cocoa and coffee and old fruit. Like a lot but need more of.


mcd410x (13), Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 2, 2009  
World of Beer St. Pete. Bottle. Aroma is a little sweet with spice. Appearance was a nice brownish-red. Taste was sweet, nutty, spicy, yeast and perhaps a little hoppy on the end. Wonderfully complex. Different but yummy take on a Belgian.


 georgekillian (205), USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/103/56/104/516/20
Nov 30, 2009  
a very complex and deep beer, hints of raison and wine in the aroma, very smooth beer though with a lot of hops and bite, overall a very good beer


v8powered (61), , Nevada, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Nov 29, 2009  
Well balanced beer with dried fruit and amber flavors. Dark amber beer with light white head. You can taste a lot of the fruits with slight balanced hoppiness. The beer definitely has the belgian finish and is really complex. Good session beer.


 mcberko (154), British Columbia, Canada
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Nov 28, 2009  
12oz bottle, pours a dark reddish brown with a medium white head. Raisins, plum and malt on the nose. Flavour is malt, raisins, very sweet, with a faint coffee hint at the end. Very nice.



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