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Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2001/2003-Present (18%)

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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
14014.15/5.04.15/5.0Winter18%96.1Snifter
Commercial Description:
This listing encompasses: A) the November, 2001 release (18% abv), B) the November, 2003 U.S. (but not U.K.) release (18.8% abv), C) the November, 2004 release (18% abv), and D) the November 2005 release (17.8% abv) and E) all subsequent releases due both to their similarity in alcohol content and a lack of change in recipe. None of the releases’ labels provides its ABV, however:
2001 - (18%) displays the unaltered words "Vim and Vigor" on the label, gold cap
"Vim and Vigor" is crossed out only on the 2002 release (23%), which is not rated under this listing
2003 - U.S. release (18.8%). No "Vim and Vigor" present, gold cap.
2004 - Bright yellow cap, no date stamp
2005 - Bright yellow cap, date stamp
2006 - Dark green cap, date stamp
2007 - Dark green cap, date stamp
2008 - Yellowish-green cap, date stamp
World Wide Stout is one of the world’s strongest dark beers. It is brewed using six different yeast strains over seven months and then aged for half a year. Dark, rich, roasty, and complex, World Wide Stout has more in common with a fine port than a can of cheap, mass-marketed beer (released in early winter with very limited availability).
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 kennydiaz (185), staten island, New York, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/518/20
Dec 22, 2008  
POURS DARK ALMOST BLACK WITH VERY LITTLE CARBONATION. NICE STRONG TASTE IT VERY COMPLEX ONE OF THE WORLDS BEST. I WISH I COULD AFFORD A CASE BUT AT $7.99 EACH BEER ITS NICE FOR THAT SPECIAL HOLIDAY.


 inkubus27 (248), Highland, Indiana, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Big thanks to abcfan for this one. I really wanted to try this, but this isnt really an impy stout in my eyes. It smells like a wine mixed with a stout, and tastes the same. Noticeable alcohol, which i expected. Just not something that I enjoy drinking.


 LtDan (484), LA - Originally from South NJ!, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/519/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Vintage 2008. Appearance: Midnight brown with almost no head. Smells of dark coffee, burnt malts, and a bit of dark booze (rum, bourbon perhaps). Dark rum, plum, raisin, dark chocolate, roasted coffee, vanilla extract. Mouthfeel is sticky and warm. Overall a super sipper. I took my time with it, and found more complexities as it reached room temperature.


 michael-pollack (2647), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 20, 2008  
12oz. Bottle: Aroma of alcohol, roasted malts, and slight chocolate. Poured black in color with a small, rocky, beige head that lasted throughout around the edges. Opaque. Not sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet and alcohol hot. Tastes of alcohol, raisins, dried ripe fruit, vanilla, slight smoke, roasting, light bourbon, slight wood, and light caramel. Medium to full body. Slightly thick, coating texture. Average carbonation. Alcohol, roasted malt, and raisin finish.


 miketd (679), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/516/20
Dec 20, 2008  
Bought at Whole Foods in Plantation Fla. Pour is black with no head. Aroma is booze, caramel, more booze and some sweet malt. Flavor is better than expected with caramel and chocolate mixed with the alcohol. Full bodied and definitely a sipper.


 brokephibroke (140), Mead, Colorado, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/518/20
Dec 19, 2008  
Pours thick and black with a brown, loud diminishing head. Aroma is intense, no need to even put yout nose in the sniffer. Molassas, chocolate, dates and coffee. Thick and coating on the pallate, warming and sour. Not too aweet, yet intense carmalized sugar taste along with chocolate, prune and alcohol. Thick, heavy, intense but not over the top. A treat


 ROGUE (648), Newark, Delaware, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Dec 19, 2008  
12oz bottle. Poured deep black with a brown head. Aroma has hints of dark fruit. Taste is of bitter chocolate, dried fruits, spice, deep malts. Very little bitterness. Finish is a little sweet with big alcohol. Drinkability is alright but with the alcohol you do not want a second.


 tarheels86 (732), Washington DC, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Dec 18, 2008  
330 mL. Pours a used motoroil pitch black with a two-finger tan head that sticks around. Aroma is very similar to the 120 Min IPA- lots of port wine, rum raisin, and booze. Taste is more like an icewine or good port than a stout. The intense sweetness from the chocolate and caramel malt hides the 18% much better than the 120 Min hides its huge alcohol content. There is some chocolate, molasses, maple syrup, and coffee as well with almost a burn of warming alcohol in the finish but it is not unpleasant. Super intense but a joy to drink.



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