Dogfish Head Raison D Extra

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

Pours a murky rich brown with a minimal off-white head. Aroma is ALCOHOL, yeast, malt and raisins. Flavor is more ALCOHOL, but there are some tiny background voices of raisins for sure, raw cane sugar, molasses? Honey, licorice. Wooo though, you really have to look to find it behind the alcohol and sweet. I need to pick up another bottle of this and let it age for a year or two to see if it will mellow out. Lots of potential, but a touch on the rough/young side right now.

2006 Vintage... "Brewed with boatloads of big ol’ raisins."

9/27/2008: Dogfish Head Raison D’Extra has a deep golden/orangy color with a honey-colored hue to it. There is still enough carbonation to product a loosely foamy beige head. The aroma reveals a very high alcohol content and is mildy sweet. It also contains a lot of fruit and cherry with soft vanilla tones, brown/raw sugar, and some caramel. This beer is very sweet, but not cloying. The caramel and fruity maltiness dominates in the front with caramelized raisins in the middle, honey and a touch of smoke toward the finish, and fine, aged alcohol. Raisins, apricots, and other dried fruit really come through in the back and throughout the finish. There is no alcohol in the flavor at all. This beer is very big, yet smooth. It is full-bodied, coats the mouth very well, and provides just a touch of sweet burn through the nostrils. Damn, this is a a super fine brew! Awesome actually!

12 fl. oz. bottle (Bottled on 09/29/06) from Party Town in Florence, Kentucky. Rating #697 for this beer...

Overly sweet and syrupy. Tons of raisins and brown sugar in what could be argued to be a mess of a beer. Alcohol presence. However, for the sort of beer it is (the overly sweet, syrupy and alcoholic sort of extreme beer that a few American brewers seem to love doing), this is almost decently integrated. This is also 1+ years old, so it has probably lost some harshness. Is it a good beer, in my opinion? No. Is it good for what it is trying to be? To an extent, yes.

Holy Hell! Big raisin flavor. Alot of caramel and licorice taste. Big Alcohol! Bottle had been aged for 18 months. I liked it but would have a hard time drinking this one alot.

Sample at EBF Copenhagen. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, yeast and alcohol.

This turned out to be my last beer at my Map Room session. The beer is amber with virtually no head. There is a very rich caramel malt and raisin flavor with intense alcohol heat. Wiped me out.

12oz bottle served in a snifter. Brownish-amber body wthout any real amount of head. Smells of alcohol and caramel. Giving it a sip lets you know that there is definitely alcohol in this, lots of alcohol. Underneath all of the alcohol is some caramel and raisin flavor. Lots of warmth. Glad I was able to try it but I prefer the regular version.

Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Amber colour. Powerfull vinius rasin aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Very vinius and alcoholic. Long finish. Creamy palate. Not pleasent.