Dogfish Head Raison D Extra

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

bottled on 3/15/07 Has a roasted molasses sort of aroma....can also smell the raison. Alcohol scent very hidden for being 18.5% ABV. Cloudy amber appearance with almost no head at all. Sweet taste with a hint of raison and brown sugar. Maltiness does a good job holding the taste considering how high of an ABV there is. Almost no carbonation...medium body. A great after dinner beer.

12 oz. bottle. Pours hazy brown with a touch of reddishness, kind of like apple cider. Absolutely no head except for a thin white rim of foam around the edge of the glass. Aroma of thick roasted malts, syrup, brown sugar, molasses, figs, alcohol, and raisins. Flavor is full of sweet dark fruit, roasted malts, and alcohol; it’s very thick and chewy. It fades into burnt/caramelized sugar with a hot, dry boozy finish. Considering the ABV, it’s quite well hidden. I like how the alcohol is not the focus here, but rather complements the beer. Gets a touch sweeter as it warms. Really good.

800th rating for this brew! - Footbalm brings a 2002 corked and caged 750 to a tasting this past weekend and blows us away, Thanks man! - Pour is thick, clear amber, almost no head, vicsous...aroma is just full of sticky fruit, grapes, figs, molassas and some wood...flavour is similar, chewy malt and dried fruit...rich and velvety, it would have almost been worth going blind to finish the whole bottle...thanks man, that was awesome!

12 oz. bottle purchased not far from Atlanta. I didn’t appreciate the cost for this 12 oz., but I wanted to try it. I tried to produce a head on this thing and it just wouldn’t work. The thin head did last for a few seconds. Dark malt/caramel brown appearance; looks pretty good for an ASA. Dark fruits dominate the seemingly pungent aroma of this brew. Alcohol is present in the aroma, but not as problematic as I thought it would be with this beer. Reminds me of an abt aroma. Very sweet smelling brew with few nuances. Wow, a very distinct sweet raisin flavor! The slight alcohol burn is merely on the throat, and not so much in the mouth. You have the fig like flavor coming out with the raisins providing a solid sweet flavor. The biggest surprise for me was the extremely tasty flavor. I didn’t expect it to be that fruity! The alcohol is WELL hidden for a beer with an ABV of this magnitude. Overall, I had a better experience with this beer than that of the World Wide and 120 minute. Those beers are dominated by alcohol, as opposed to this one where the alcohol is only slightly noticeable; good stuff.

12oz bottle into a snifter. Pours opaque brown with red around the edges with a decent khaki head that sizzles into a ring that sticks around. The aroma reminds of barley wine with lots of sweet roasted malts, a touch of coffee and syrup, a dose of alcohol, and a flourish of dark fruits, notably, of course, raisins. The flavor is big and sweet up front like a raisin punch to the tongue that finishes with a roasted malt finish that dries slightly in combination with a tiny bit of hop. The mouthfeel is big and thick with medium-low carbonation.

Just tried a vintage 2007 at Brewfest Tallahassee, and it honestly wasn’t that much different... slightly less hop, still tastes like raisiny barleywine.

12 0z bottle. pours a very murky red brown shade, that displays some orange highlights when held to light. a one finger off white head comprised of fat fluffy bubbles comes and goes quickly. the nose is huge. tons of raisin aroma along with toasted brown sugar, real maple syrup, and alcohol. smells very potent. lots of dark fruits and sweet sweet malt. alcohol is perhaps too present and is obvious from start to finish. it runs head on into hoppy bitterness. mouthfeel is rich and heavy. but overall this is big for big’s sake and not an amazing brew. worth a try though i love dfh stuff usually.

AAtsted at Pikkulintu. Slightly sour nose with some raisin notes. Hazy reddish/brown colour. Pale brown head. Sweet madeira like taste. Hoppy bitterness. Varming alcohol.

Rusty penny in color with a small eggshell head that quickly diminishes into a ring. Intense aroma of dark fruit, caramel, brown sugar, and maple syrup. The flavor, unfortunately, just isn’t as inviting. The 18.5% is distracting and all that is noticed is the heat of the alcohol and malt. Thick and coating...won’t get again.