Dogfish Head Raison D Extra

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

Bottle, thanks to TURDFERGUSON! Pours clear copper with a lacy pale yellow head. Aroma of raisins, grapes, figs. Creamy full body, with surprisingly active carbonation. Sweet taste of grapes, brown sugar, raisins, citrus, and a touch of chocolate. Spicy and almost dry finish. I’d really like to see them back off the carbonation on this one.

This is a massive brew. Raisin, caramel, herb hops, resin, grapefruit, molasses, and thick. Full bodied and quite sweet with rather low carbonation. i am not a big fan of the syrupy feel and alcohol robustness.

A very tasty beer, but a little too strong on the rasins for my palate. I never have tried a Dogfish beer that I didn’t like, but while this one is tasty I prefer their Stout, 120 and 90 brews. Has nice appearance and aroma.

12oz bottle-pours a rich light tan head and hazed amber/brown color. Aroma is nice, sweet medium malt-caramel/toffee, dark fruit-plum/raisin/dates, secondary citrus hops, alcohol. Taste is nice, sweet medium malt-caramel/toffee, dark fruit-plum/raisin/dates, secondary citrus hops, alcohol, brown sugar/some chocolate. Bottled 9/20/06. medium/full body. Lots of malt. OK/mild carbonation. Sipping. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.

Bottle: pours a dark reddish color with absolutely no head, aroma is sweet, dark fruits, spices and a bit of the booze, taste is dark fruits and sweet, no carbonation, the alcohol is not overpowering in the taste but you can feel its presence as it warms your belly. My main problem with this one is that it is much too sweet. I’d like to have aged this one a while longer.

12oz. Bottle dated 09/26/06. Poured a deep ruby color with a quickly dissipating tan head. Small ring of bubbles lasted throughout. Carbonation is mild but persistent. The nose on this beer is huge, with a complex mixture of dark fruits, honey, butterscotch, etc. Despite other reviews of this beer, I can’t believe how well the alcohol is hidden. Flavor is noticeably sweet with notes of green raisins, plums, dark cherries, figs and brown sugar. The palate of this beer is also impressively well balanced, not too syrupy, but plenty thick to keep the beer from having a watery character. Finish is quick and leaves a sticky sweetness on the tongue. Very glad I bought more of this at the brewery a few months ago since it is now out of production. I think some of the poor reviews of this beer are largely due to the fact that this beer seems to need a minimum of a year in the bottle before it is remotely drinkable. Another impressive monster from DFH.

yet another of dfh’s huge beers that i have been disappointed by. aroma is very pleasant, but flavor and moluthfeel are overpowering syrup and sugar. far too sweet to drink more than a sip or two. it took me and 4 friends to finally finish the 12 oz bottle.

12 oz. bottle courtesy of Zinister. Bottled on March 15, 2007. Pour is a cloudy orange brown with a small tan head. Aroma of honey, raisins, cooking butter scotch sweetness. Behind all of that, a touch of booziness. Quite a bit going on in the nose. Taste starts with a lot of raisins, and a lot of mouth puckering acidity. Pretty soon after is a huge blast of alcohol. Really made my mouth water, this tasted way too boozy for me. I realize this is a huge beer, but the complexity and subtlety in the aroma led me to believe the flavor would follow suit, with some balance. It really didn’t follow suite, the alcohol was really sharp and jagged. I originally had this at around 55 degrees. As it warmed to room temperature, it improved a bit, becoming a touch more integrated, still too much for me. As this got to the bottom of the bottle, it was more enjoyable, though that may have been the drunkenness. Thanks for sending this my way, Mike!