Dogfish Head Raison D Etre

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Serving type: bottle. Pours deep mahogany with a lite tan 2 finger head. Smells amazing with hints of raisin, Sugar, and banana bread. Mouthfeel is thicker than expected and coats the tongue with malty sweetness and ends with a slightly bitter and burning finish down the throat. Had this many times in the past and plan on making it one of the staples in my fridge. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle. The aroma shot right out of the bottle: sweet grapes. Once settled, I could pick up on the Belgian doughy yeasty underbelly scent. The appearance was as promised, a mahogany, translucent, with a subtle lacing left by an average. head. The taste was a medium sour, the belgian sweet up front fighting with the sour, and the aftertaste was overrun by a the grapes. The palate was stickier than I expected, a light/medium with a coated mouthfeel.

Mahognyfärgad med ett tjusigt skum. Doftar och smakar russin, apelsinskal och avslutningen i smaken är som en madeira.

En mahognyfärgad öl med ett beige skum. Dofter av jäst, kryddor, russin och söt, lätt rostad malt. Detsamma går igen i en balanserad brygd.

"On tap at the Dogfish Head Alehouse in Fairfax VA. A - Deep amber body, 3 finger head that was off-white S - I’m getting some birch, raisins and vanilla. There’s some other fruit in here...maybe fig or cherry. T - Raisin, huge toffee notes and maltiness. I’m getting the alcohol but it doesn’t linger too much. M - Big explosion of bubbles for a medium bodied beer. O - This is a tasty beer. I’d love to try Raison D’Extra as I hear it’s a far better version of this. The smell is great but the taste is a let down."

Pours amber color with moderate carbonation and little white head. Smells like caramel and toast. Sweet brown sugar and spice, raisin is detectable and well placed among many complex flavors.

Poured a heavy amber with a nice head. Sweet malts with notes of plum and raisin. Well made and delicious, although somewhat sweet.

Pours dark mahogany with a thin white head that dissipates quickly. The aroma is sweet with notes of spicy belgian yeast, candi sugar, raisins, and dark fruit. Taste is sweet, fruity, and complex with obvious notes of raisins and belgian yeast and a warm malty finish. Very good beer.