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

	Percentile
	100
	overall

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1400	4.15/5.0	4.15/5.0	Winter	18%	96.1	Snifter

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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IPAaLLtHEwAY (136), La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	3/5	8/10	4/5	17/20

Jun 28, 2008

Pours black with tan head, alot more carbonation than i expected. Aroma is boozy and dark fruit.The flavor sorta reminds me of a watered down sam adams tripple bock.

Tweety (343), Vancouver, Washington, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	9/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	17/20

Jun 25, 2008

"Really Old Beers and Really Stinky Cheeses" tasting session at ACBF 2008. A pour from an ’04 bottle. Pours a dark black, minimal dark tan head. Aroma and flavor are sweet, mostly chocolate with a touch of coffee on the back end. Not even a hint of the ridiculous amount of alcohol just under the surface. Sooooooooooo smooth.

Fin (3406), Merton, Oxfordshire, England

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	8/10	5/5	17/20

Jun 22, 2008

Had this at Mes’s 20-06-08 in the company of Mes, Ang and Loz, many thanks Mes for your generosity Pours jet black with tan head. There is a thick dark and treacly quality to this and the nose releases the unmistakeable aroma of camp coffee taking me back to my grandmothers kitchen back in the late seventies and early eighties. This is so heavy with malts, fizzing on the tip of the tongue, rich but bitter cocoa and the camp coffee, I think it must be the chicory that I’m getting from the camp coffee similarities. A quite wonderful beer and I really appreciate the fact that Mes cracked this little beauty open.

Rciesla (3580), Exit 15W, New Jersey, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Jun 20, 2008

Bottle. This is one hell of a beer. If i was to ignore the 18% i wouldnt rate this beer as highly. Lots of creamy chocolate, booziness, some chocolate coco, and a vinous character. A great stout.

TheElder (49), DeSoto, Wisconsin, USA

4.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.7	8/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	19/20

Jun 17, 2008

I just couldn’t wait and so now I have to go buy another one to age. Pours the darkest black you’ve seem with a dark tan head. The aroma is pleasantly light. Not boozy but instead smells of roasted marshmallows, caramel, and a trace of cocoa. This stout tastes, to me, like communion bread and wine together. Molasses, caramel, maltiness, then the burn of alcohol similar to a dark red table wine. Thank you, once more Dogfish Head!

GRM (1251), Aylmer, Quebec, Canada

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	8/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Jun 17, 2008

Sample, savoured at the Mondial de la bière on May 29 2008; eye: black, tiny ring of beige head, opaque; nose: powerful, coffee, caramelized malt, roasted malt, candied fruits, liquorice, soya sauce, bittering hops, brown sugar, finale in roasted malt with a good presence of caramelized malt, full body, not much carbonation, lightly salty, mildly sweet; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Échantillon, savourée au Mondial de la bière le 29 mai 2008; oeil : noire, petit anneau de mousse beige, opaque; nez : puissance, café, malt caramélisé, malt torréfié, fruits confits, réglisse, sauce soya, cassonade; bouche : puissance, liquoreux, malt torréfié, café, sauce soya, houblon amérisant, cassonade, finale en malt torréfié avec une bonne présence de malt caramélisé, corsée, peu carbonatée, légèrement salée, moyennement sucrée; en résumé : pas mal bon

sebletitje (1903), Tampa, Florida, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Jun 15, 2008

Thick black with little brownish head. Roasty, matly despite the 18%. A lot thicker, a little less complex, more fruity and less spices than the the 120IPA. Every sip as a strong undertone of alcohol, gives it a warmthly touch.

grandridge (222), Port Clinton, Ohio, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Jun 13, 2008

I pour this bad boy as I sip a ten fidy and I become nervous because it pours with virtually no head and boasts a kick your ass 18%. It pours an uneventful black with no head. Aroma is roast, alcohol, and something I’ve never whiffed before in a stout. What is it? wine, some kind of syrup, licorice? Drinks like a port with alcohol burn flowing down to the stomach but not in the mouth. Sweet in the mouth but alcohol makes this a hard one to take more than once in awhile. It just seems as though they are out to pump as much alcohol as possible, but they do an alright job trying to mask it. Now I have to finish what I started: the ten fidy and the WWS.

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