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Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%) 4.15 1431

Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%)

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
14314.16/5.04.15/5.0Winter18%96Snifter
Commercial Description:
This listing encompasses: A) the November, 2001 release (18% abv), B) the November, 2003 U.S. (but not U.K.) release (18.8% abv), C) the November, 2004 release (18% abv), and D) the November 2005 release (17.8% abv) and E) all subsequent releases due both to their similarity in alcohol content and a lack of change in recipe. None of the releases’ labels provides its ABV, however:
2001 - (18%) displays the unaltered words "Vim and Vigor" on the label, gold cap
"Vim and Vigor" is crossed out only on the 2002 release (23%), which is not rated under this listing
2003 - U.S. release (18.8%). No "Vim and Vigor" present, gold cap.
2004 - Bright yellow cap, no date stamp
2005 - Bright yellow cap, date stamp
2006 - Dark green cap, date stamp
2007 - Dark green cap, date stamp
2008 - Yellowish-green cap, date stamp
World Wide Stout is one of the world’s strongest dark beers. It is brewed using six different yeast strains over seven months and then aged for half a year. Dark, rich, roasty, and complex, World Wide Stout has more in common with a fine port than a can of cheap, mass-marketed beer (released in early winter with very limited availability).
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 tennisjoel (951), Shakopee, Minnesota, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20
Jul 8, 2008  
Black pour with a cloudy head. Complex aromas of chocolate, molasses, licorice, plum. Falvor is sweet with a hoppy and tangy like finish. Not too dry, yet not too sweet finishing. Just about perfect in my book. This is a very solid beer and one I’ll be sure to pick up next time I’m in Wisconsin.


 darn1207 (636), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Jul 7, 2008  
12oz bottle from d.b.a. in manhattan. black pour with thin tan head. smells of whiskey, leather, tobacco and chocolate. tastes of plum, fig and molasses. didn’t even realize this was 18% alcohol until I went to rate. has a nice creamy, tingly, cola-like taste. sweet dry finish. too sickly sweet for my tastes, but a complex interesting beer no doubt. K-7.5


 ketchepillar (491), Des Moines/Grinnell, Iowa, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/55/103/512/20
Jul 6, 2008  
The Kaiser is to Oktoberfest as WWS is to RIS. It really was very similar to that in the crazy sweet but fake tasting fruitiness accompanying alcohol taste. Tasted like what I imagine a strawberry wine cooler would taste like then finally in the finish a bit of roasted malt comes through which is fine, but overshadowed by the fruit which just occurred and soon buried by some alcohol burn. Considering 18%, the alcohol is pretty well hidden


 badbeer (433), Iowa, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/59/104/516/20
Jul 5, 2008  
Poured a thick black color with a tan head that dissipated and left no lacing, I expected that at 18% alchohol. Still looked tasty though. Smell was of alcohol and some cocoa powder, didn’t care for that too much. Taste is a completely different story. It’s full of chocolate and roasted malts, has vinous qualities as well, very complex. Mouthfeel is thick and syrupy, low carbonation. Very nice to drink, I’ll consider picking up some to age.


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/518/20
Jul 5, 2008  
Got this with Rybra. Smells like a port wine, tastes like what God probably pees on a regular basis, and is in every sense of the word overwhelming. Wow.


Merrill (77), Chicago, Illinois, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/518/20
Jul 3, 2008  
Wow! This smells so much like a good Port, it makes one wonder - Until you taste it. Pours dark brown from the bottle, with a brown head and tenacious lace. Port wine, caramel and alcohol immediately hit you; dark chocolate and brandy follow, Lighter than Dark Lord, but more alcohol, the finish stays and is very pleasant. I wish I could have tried the earlier versions, and I hope to lay one of these down for about ten years!


 502Flavors (631), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Jun 30, 2008  
12 oz bottle into sniffer. Pours a pitch black with a thin and short lasting light tan head (not dark enough or big enough head to get a 5 for appearance). The pour was a lot thinner than expected for an impy, not to mention the 18 abv. Vinous aroma - very complex: chocolate, molasses, dates, wood (oak), earth, toasted nuts, alcohol (vodka), and more. Flavor was a surprise (not a great one). It isn;t bad, but it has that subtle soy sauce backbone that leads me to think my bottle might be bad. But besides that, there are some good chocolate and coffee notes, with a sweet feel and still a bitter finish. Maybe it is the sweetness that leads me to the soy sauce flavor. Either way, the alcohol is hidden very well (I have had 8 %abv. brews that taste more alcoholic). It is way thinner than it should be on the palate for the style and the abv. Overall - drinkable for abv. Good, unique, but not as good IMO as people make it out to be. That said, it isn’t worth the ridiculous price for a 12 oz. (I got it for 8$ and thats the cheapest I have seen it for). Worth a try I guess, but I doubt i’ll buy it again.


 IPAaLLtHEwAY (137), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Jun 28, 2008  
Pours black with tan head, alot more carbonation than i expected. Aroma is boozy and dark fruit.The flavor sorta reminds me of a watered down sam adams tripple bock.



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