Dogfish Head Fort

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Fruit Beer
Milton, Delaware USA

Serve in Flute

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Golden color with a small white head. Very little lacing. Hints of sour raspberry and MAJOR alcohol in the nose. Flavor is much the same. Rather unusual for a DFH beer to be this hot with alcohol. Enjoyable in a sense, packs a serious punch. Nothing spectacular.

thanks to whomever brought this to kps. A light amber pur whtih a clinging lace. A huge flavor of raspberry with just a slight hint of alcohol. A medicine lilke flavor that is part of what the flavor clash is about. A full bodied full flavored beer that should show ore alc. than it does.

Small offwhite head, fair retention with litle lace left behind. Clear amber, red hued brew. Nose of raspberry, cherry, faint chocolate and a hint of alcohol. Body is med/full, lightly oily, coating with a little puckering effect. Raspberry flavor up front, cherryish, fruity, malts are almost present, getting some hints of chocolate again. Finish is lightly sweet and tart. Hard to believe this an 18% brew. Thanks to my friends for assisting me on this one though i think i could of handled it alone.

kp’s Fest of 26. Clear red/amber body with a fleeting white head. This starts out with a wonderful raspberry aroma, devoid of alcohol despite it’s purported 18% alcohol. Some berry flavors with a bit of dryness and a touch of cough syrup. Remarkable if it really is 18% alcohol.

Pours a cloudy slightly red copper color. Oddly enough, the beer smells like raspberries! Thankfully though, this is not Smirnoff Twist, and has more going on than merely being a melted Jolly Rancher with alcohol in it. The aroma is surprisingly bitter, and makes me think of carving pumpkins (and putting a candle in it too). Flavor is fairly similar, a little bit of malty sweetness, courtesy of being a Dogfish Head brew, with plenty of that tartness that people have mentioned. After taste is equally tart. This is by far the thickest fruit beer I’ve had, that’s for sure, but it’s just too odd for me. Actually, that was expected, as I’ve never been a big fan of fruit to begin with. Still, I think people should try this.

Big sulfites sit on a jagged, sparsely patterned white foam head while the body beneath fizzes upwards against the pale copper hue. Raspberries excrete kernels, and there’s a fruity cream cheese danish underbelly to the aroma as well. Elderberry biscuits, cotton gins and seltzer line the nostrils with a minute sense of accomplishment. Thick juice rolls into the mouth, with raspberry chambourd flavors and a daunting, warming and harsh palate backslap. Chewy ooze creates a raspberry cheesecake custard feel, partnered well with the pieces of graham amidst buttercream and fruit swirls. It’s another DFH beer that hides its alcohol strength fairly well. There’s some sharp stopping power, but it’s not too triumphantly overdone. Some almond butter and flambé sauce meet cooking sherry on the cusps of each sip. Tongue numbing and sticky, syrupy, gummy drippings keep the mouth totally closed in the end. Hot pincers enact at the tongue’s tips long after the last sip. Thanks for the bottle, tpkenned!

This was one interesting beer. A big raspberry aroma with some alcohol showing. The flavor is sweet and warming with raspberries and not much else going on. It was almost brandy like in character. The alcohol is not very noticeable. Dont play around with this stuff you’ll be on the floor.

Took this 750 down alone. Poured a dark yellow-copper. Slight bubbly carbonation with a thin flim at the top. Tasted like a bitter-sweet wine. More of a dessert drink. Cherries were very subtle but present. However, It was delicious and unique. Don’t expect a full blown cherry experience. Add this one to the list of DFH’s secret recipe winners! Will we see this one again?

Solo mission with a full 750 ml. Rich golden body with streaming jets of carbonation and an effervescent white head that is slow to recede. Smells like tart raspberries, light grass, and must. The first sip delivers a startling kick of alcohol. Has concentrated raspberry-flavored cider notes and lingering syrupy sweetness. An odd phenolic astringency leaves a long-lasting bitterness that dominates the flavor and aftertaste, while sugary sweetness with medium-low viscosity coats the palate, and warm alcoholic heat occupies the belly. Fails to achieve anything special.

Bottled at ZBF 06. Pours a clear dark red, with a small white head. Aroma is fruity raspberry, sweet, and somewhat alcoholic. Taste is sweet raspberries, slightly spicy. A bit heavyhanded, but still good.