Dogfish Head Raison D Extra

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

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours bronze with a light tan head. Aroma of raisins, alcohol, citrus, and spices. Flavor is smooth, raisins, spices, and alcohol. One of my favorite beers, highly recommended.

Poured a deep copper color with a quick dimishing head full of fruity aroma. Complex taste, yet very satisfying. The alcohol soothes at it went down my throat. Full of fruit, spice, and malt. One of the best beers from Dogfish! Shared one of my 2 bottles with Jeremy (jgb9348)! What a class act man.

12-oz. bottle. Pours coppery mahagony with a very faint edgy tan head and slow rising tiny bubbles are the only thing disturbing this thick liquor that is beer. Huge fruity port and raisins to welcome you and all your senses to this beer, hoppy candied fruit (berries) and caramel malt, brown sugar, maple and alcohol round out the complex aroma. Dry port highly acidic drying start to the flavor, fruity candied hop that remains on the palate giving the raisins a place to dance, shortly giving way to the resinous hop and caramel malt (cookie) finish. Medium and full bodied, thick, smooth and warm palate. Each sip is better than the prior, leaving me extremely thirsty for more of this heavenly brew.

The beer reminds me of flowers on a spring morning. Come on...its beer!!!! Super sweet and strong...its good..enogh said.

Normally when I think of an American Strong ale I imagine something very hoppy and aggressive such as Double Bastard. This is completely different. I was lucky enought to have one that was cellared since ’02. The aroma was similar to the same brewery’s world wide stout, namely sweet alcohol, but it also had alto of the same smell characteristics of its younger brother: Raison D’etre. When I fist tasted it I was amazed at how sweet it was, nothing likr the other American Strong Ales I’ve had before. After my first taste of it I left it for about 15 minutes so that it could have a chance to open up. The next time I put my nose in that snifter I was knocked on my ass. Every smell had enhanced greatly but the alcohol was overpowering. Anyone who has ever been in a distillery knows how thick and dizzying the air in them is. The air in this snifter was very similar which at first made me believe that I had made a terrible mistake letting it warm up so much. I was wrong the flavor had become so nice that I had to sit down after taking a sip. The alcohol flavor was enhanced greatly making it quite hot but it was a nice warming reminder of how strong this beer actually is. Besides, what do you expect when you buy a beer that is 20.5% alcohol. I would not recommend that anyone try to drink an entire bottle of this by themselves. Your tastebuds will be exhausted after half of it and the other half will just be a waste

I tried the 12 oz. bottle. Pours a light amber color with a thin white head. Strong raisin aroma that combined ripened fruits, grape, caramel, and brown sugar. Taste is similar, with a sweet finish. It went down super smooth for the alcohol content. This beer really surprised me and I liked it a lot.

Yowza. Very reddish. Beautifully fruity nose, loads of peaches, pears, and strawberries. Lovely, lovely flavor. Very fruity, strawberry hints throughout. More like a port wine than any beer I've ever tried. Tastes of chocolate and brandied cherries. Alcohol amazingly well-hidden, really only noticeable after the swallow, and the slight burn was only noticeable deep in my chest. A beautiful brew, but doesn't remind me in the vaguest of Raison D'Etre.

Finally decided to open this. Why I waited until now is beyond me? Bottled is dated Dec 19 2002(I've never heard of any other date). Dirty copperish red body with a small tan head. Nose is rich and thick. Alcohol, malt, sugar, raisins and other fruit along with light spice. Oh man!!! This is powerful! The tongue is met with a alcohol laden attack. Fueled by ripened fruit and sugar. Definitely tastes like an suped up version of the Raison D'Etre. The mouthfeel is a little syrupy and this is a little one-sided but man, this is awesome! I like this kind of big, bold beer. Very smooth finish to this only some alcoholic and sugary notes to speak of. I need to get way more of this!