Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2002 (23%)

Formerly brewed at Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Milton, Delaware USA

YOU MUST SIP THIS, do not attempt to drink this like a regular beer. This is one to be savored and never forgotten. 23.04% and you can feel every bit of it

Dogfish head's world wide stout is a strange drink. Although I found it thoroughly pleasant, I am not sure if it I would have suspected this concoction to be a beer. It is black as night with no head or carbonation. It smells of alcohol and black currants. It's got a huge black-currant like flavour intertwined with roast and a massive amount of sweetness. It lingers for a long time on the palate and is very viscous and heat from the alcohol BIG! Overall it reminds me more of a liqueur than a beer.

Aroma of coffee hops and yeast.Expresso appearance with quick brown head.Thick warming mouthfeel with tingly carbonation.Hoppy yeasty port brandy flavors with sweet molasses toffee vanilla chocolate and coffee.Sweet yeasty malt finish.

Name: World Wide Stout
Date: May 10, 2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
Vintage: 2002
Appearance: black, thin tan head
Aroma: rich fruity sherry-like aroma
Flavor: amazing rich malt flavor, lots of fruity vineous character, good of alcohol that is strong but not fumey, sweet and creamy like an imperial milk stout, no roasted or chocolate malts in the forefrount, beyond a stout, at the end it becomes all sherry

Name: World Wide Stout
Date: February 09, 2005
Vintage: 2002
no change

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Score: ***4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

Deep brown color. Big alcohol aroma. Only the slightest head. Some fruitiness. Sweet flavor. Very port-like. Alcohol warming. Tingles the tongue. Medium body. Impressive to get this sort of strength solely from fermentation. I'm not floored, but it's interesting as a novelty. I can't imagine drinking a whole bottle. Far, far better than Sam Adams Triple Bock. Thanks user_ex!

Pitch black color, small head, burnt smokey chocolate-coffee aroma, Strong alcohol flavor, dark malty and burnt sugar flavors. Full and thick mouthfeel, kind of syrupy, more alcohol in the bitter-sweet finish.

Pardon my French, but Jesus H. Christ on a broomstick. If you like alcohol, go to town with this thing. It'll knock your socks off. The alcohol flavor is overpowering, making the beer more one dimensional than the 18% version. This isn't a bad thing, but it does put you under. Having water close at hand when drinking this may not be a bad call.

Holy smokes. They've done it again. I thought the 18% WWS couldn't be beat, but this brew almost did it. The only way you can tell the 18% from the 23% beer is that on the 23% label, the words "vim and vigor" are crossed through with a black marker. Weird. It's like they had additional labels from last year's batch and had to use 'em up. Anyway, the alcohol is incredibly well-hidden. The 23% has a very slight head, while the 18% beer was totally still. Like a fine port wine.