Dogfish Head Fort

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

Serve in Flute

Appearance: bright pink like dark rose petals. Viscous pour with little to no apparent carbonation. A few bubbles cling desperately to the sides of my glass, but that’s it. In looks alone I know her to be a big brew.
Nose: rich raspberry concentrate with their fleshy juicy and slightly tart meats hitting solidly in the back. Powdered sugar sweetness wafts by along with a touch of blackberry. Mingling with the tart side of raspberry is fresh picked whole cranberries for a burst of tart, sweet, and tannic, then it’s right back to a gentle dusting of powdered sugar and raspberry.
Palate: interesting. Not as heavy as nose implied, raspberries nonetheless dominate my tongue along with immediate warmth thanks to her generous ABV. Warm raspberry tart, anyone, soft pie crust included of course. Tart lemons tickle underneath to offset the weight of her body which doesn’t stop her from being surprisingly easy drinking. Cranberries weave in and out of the raspberries while blackberries and blueberries skitter about. Tis a berry conference atop my tongue. My chest is aglow and though it took me two hours, I finished the whole bottle myself.
Final Thoughts: next time, I’m sharing the bottle with someone. Other than that, an amazing interpretation of just what a fruit beer can be. I personally have no problem with good fruit beers, but for some tis a blasphemous thing I speak of. Meh. Just means more for me.

Damn! Couple of problems with this one. Big bottle and 18% ABV that is not mentioned on the label. The aroma is good and what i expected, but the tart bitterness is more then i can stand. I don’t think i’ll finish this bottle and maybe even the glass as I’m drinking it as i write this review. Looks almost the same as a Hefe but maybe even cloudier - definantely thicker. Maybe the reason for all the high ratings is because it got everyone drunk "off their a$$" before they reviewed this. Overall below average - and may not be consisedered a beer category. Put it in the wine section!

I had this beer a while back and from what I can remember I enjoyed it. I’ve had this at the pub/brewery so it was fresh. Nothing special about it is popping into my head at the moment.

I’ve had my bottle for almost a year and have finally opened it. Very cloudy, amber with some purple mixed in. Aroma mostly of raspberries. The taste is quite sweet with raspberry taste along with a bit of alcohol burn. That said, it hides the 18% very well (I guessed perhaps as high as 10% - boy was I wrong). Still - the taste and feel has enough alcohol burn to turn off a few tasters in the group, leaving me with the "responsibility" of savoring the remainder. I like this, but I also think there’s some DFH fan in me helping me like it.

750mL bottle, pours hazy amber with a tiny white head. Aroma of berries and strong alcohol. Flavour of berries on the beginning, with a lot of sweetness, very brandy/sherry like, and the alcohol punches you towards the end - but not overburdening.

Bottle. Would hardly call this a beer. Aroma is berries and a lot of alcohol. Appearance is a cloudy greyish pink. Not very nice to look at. Taste gets better as the beer opens up. But the berries definitely take a back seat to the alcohol on this one. Kinda feels like drinking brandy.

2009 bottle. Pours a dark peach with a scant head leaving a thin, even, almost sedimentary lace. Ripe raspberry, peach, apple, apricot and plum flavors, but the raspberry dominates along with a middle tartness. Balanced to be very sweet with minimal carbonation, smooth mouth feel and a heavy body - the fruit beer equivalent of Dogfish’s World Wide Stout. Leaves a brandy-like alcoholic warmth in the stomach.

Draft: Poured an orange color with a little bit of head. The aroma was tart, malty, funk, and berry. The flavor was raspberries, funk, alcohol, and sweet malts. Overall, tasty!