Dogfish Head Red and White

750 mL bottle, split with NachlamSie. Pours crystalline rusty red with thin, but long lasting white head with a pink hue to it. The aroma is corriander, a touch of cellar funk, and lots of sweet fruity tones. Pretty vinous nose, really, though it has some zest and citrus in there with the grapes and berries. The flavor is zest and yeast at first; it starts off like a pretty textbook wit. The mouthfeel is very sparkling, but still fairly round. As it moves through the mouth, it becomes much more vinous. Grape, oak, and alcohol tones kick in toward the finish, though a strong corriander presence reminds me of the mixture. The aftertaste is dry and musty and is really where the red wine aspects dominate. After several sips it starts getting really dry. Interesting, to say the least. I think I’ve decided that I like it.

Bottle thanks to Tronraner. Pours a distinctive red with a fluffy, receding white head. The nose is fairly delicate for a beer of this magnitude. Apparent vinous notes are up front with fruity suggestions, subtle farmhouse funk, oak, cherries. Why is Dogfish Head so weird? The mouthfeel is crazy. It’s very spritzy, yet coating and cakey at the same time. It’s heavy on the oaken/grapey sweetness with a fairly earthy finish with bold flavors of coriander and other, tamer spiced tones. This is a very vinous beer indeed. DFH tries so many weird things, which I really respect. This is one of the winners.

I’m not a big fan of wit beers nor wine, but I am a DFH fan, so I had to give this a try. The color is beautiful, somewhere between a burnt orange and cherry red. Aroma is all coriander/wit. Flavor is more of the same, plus some cherry, orange peel, and oak notes. I don’t get a lot of wine, except maybe in the moutheel, which is pleasantly sharp. I don’t want to write this off as simply an interesting experiment, because it’s more than that -- but it’s not one of my favorites.

Bottle. Ruby red pour with a snow white head. Lovely, wine-like aroma with hints of cherry and red raspberry. Medium body. The orange and coriander come out in the taste, along with the cherry and raspberry I had detected in the aroma. Alcohol is only noticeable in hints in the aftertaste. With all of the flavors that go into this one, the final flavor seems a little subdued. But then again, Pinots are such delicate, subtle reds that I guess it makes sense that the end result here is likewise subtle and mellow. Not my favorite of the Dogfish lineup, but their innovative spirit really shows through in brews like this one, and that is the quality I love most about this brewer.

Reddish pink, fairly large head with good lacing and retention. Aroma is somewhat fruity (grape) with oak notes and coriander. Medium bodied with a somewhat sweet finish. More interesting than good. Why try to mimic American wine?

Bottle from Capones. Thanks Stegosaurus. Red pour (Makes sense). Fruit aroma citrus and grapes. Flavor was spice ,fruit and vanilla. Not a bad brew.

1 pint 9.6 ounce bottle. Bottled on 2/19/07. Poured hazy auburn with some splotches of lace. Nose is spicy with sour cherries. Lemony flavor with a touch of warming alcohol. Sweet pinot finish.

A strong belgian wit that is highly carbonated with a complex flavor that releases more and more as you go through it. It’s a strange marriage of wine and beer that works well. A good complex full bodied wit.