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Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2002 (23%)

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Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2002 (23%)

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98
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An Imperial Stout formerly brewed by
Dogfish Head Brewery

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

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3373.91/5.03.91/5.0Winter23%71.1 Snifter P  Stats

Commercial Description:
This listing encompasses the November, 2002 release (23% abv). This release can be identified by the use of black ink to cross out the words "Vim and Vigor" printed on the label.

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 dolemike1 (1105), Owings Mills, Maryland, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 9, 2002  
#500. Am i giving this a perfect score because it is #500? ... NO. I am giving this a perfect score because i can find nothing wrong with this beer. All the same outstanding flavors as last years version, and surprisingly no burning feeling from the alcohol. Utterly brilliant. The entire bottle was delicious. My new #1.


 mkobes (2027), somewhere, New Jersey, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Sep 6, 2003  
Great flavor. High in alcohol content but you really can't notice it. Very smooth beer and flavorful. It has a great color.


 WISEGUY572 (1103), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Dec 4, 2002  
My first American perfect 5. I agree with Wakie that it is perhaps too intense. I found that a single 12 ounce bottle is meant to be shared with two or three friends, but not drunk by one person at one sitting. Is this beer or hoppy Kaluha? Screams of coffee, choclate, sweet dark roasted malt, kinds of hums about hops, and then slams you with a serious alcohol burn. The alcohol is probably necessary. I bet that it would not be possible to get such complex aromas and flavors to dissolve in a regular beer. I wonder how they kept the yeast from dying? Appearance is jet black, no more head than on a glass of Kaluha, sweet and syrupy thick, with more and more going on the longer it sits on your tongue. Of course if you try to drink the whole bottle you miss all this wonderful activity and end up giving the beer a lower score because it is, indeed, too hard to drink. The only thing you get out of the second half of the bottle is the remaining 333.3 calories. And enough alcohol to have a one-beer hangover.


NickVega (71), Eugene, Oregon, USA
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Aug 13, 2007  
First tasted this at the Beer Yard in PA - don’t tell anyone.... so I bought a case and after drinking 6 or so the first night (with a friend) I saved the rest for annual celebrations. Mess with the best and die like the rest -- this is a perfect strong ale. What it lacks in sophistication it amply makes up for in character.


 amx1970390 (466), Southampton, Pennsylvania, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/519/20
Dec 14, 2002  
Holy F Batman!! Pours black with no head at all, I every poured it from the bottle 12’ into the glass and no head. Aroma is alcohol and barley and get this ’a fresh magazine’ don’t laugh smell and think Car and Driver. The brew is dark and black and lets no light pass thought it. Taste of port, brandy, banana and blackberry. Syrup and sweetness abound. (this beer has 666 calories in a 12 oz bottle. This in more of a really fine port than a beer. I cant wait to see how this tastes in a couple years. I feel that this ranks as good a Westvleteren 12 and is a little cheaper. Cheers! Rerate 12/14/2002 I had to up the aroma rating on this. As you drink it, the aroma becomes better and better, until there is 1/2’ in the bottom of your glass and you do not know whether to drink it or keep smelling it!




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