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

Thanks to Ramenen. Bottle, Dark green cap: Too sweet it hides well the potent 18% but overshadows the rest. Overhiped.

’07 Vintage....Pours deep dark mahogany with a small dark brown head. Very strong aroma of sweet/sugary raisins, earthy undertones, and some light intermingled milk chocolate and roasted coffee. As expected, the flavor is fruity and sweet, but with a good bit of roasted coffee towards the finish. Tons of molasses throughout, and just a bit of bitterness and very slight alcohol. Palate is full and warm, quite oily/viscous, and bitter-sweet with a long finish. Quite an impressive brew, not sure I’d call it a stout though. I’m not really sold on 120 being any sort of IPA either. As far as I’m concerned this is a barley wine, and a damn fine one at that.

12oz bottle. Pours a midnight black with a thin coffee-colored head. Aroma is a bold mix of the sweet tang of prunes and plums alongside roasted malt, coffee, and molasses. Taste is full and warm, with a long velvety taste of chocolate, coffee, molasses, dark fruit, and just a twinge of alcohol on the finish. Dark, complex, and an absolute joy.

A fantastically dense and dark pour with a wispy, creamy head has strong herbal notes of anise and nut with an earthy undertone. The flavor of the beer it self is that of toasted malt, espresso, vanilla, toffee, and black bread. Marvelously complex and dark, this fit my mood perfectly on a blustery fall evening. Definitely best enjoyed with toasted almonds and a bit of milk chocolate to break through the toothsome quality of this excellent brew.

35,5 cl bottle. Black color. Small brown head. Coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, dark fruit, alcohol (well hidden, though). Complexe and balanced. A beer that makes you warm and glad. (RBNAG’07 in Grimstad Nov. 3th.)

Bottle, bought at consumer beverages. Didn’t realize what a find it was, and I think we got the last one. We’re just sitting around on a Sunday evening, and decided to crack this open. There’s only two of us, and I think we’re going to pass out from it. It’s pitch black, with a nose of sweet coffee and chocolate. My first first sniff led me to conclude that "here is a stout that wants to be a barleywine" and that was before I realized that it was stronger in alcohol than a barleywine. It is quite a sweet stout, and really should be drunk by about four people at once--share the wealth and also spread out the alcohol. Very lingering sweetness on the back of the tongue. But, really, I’m just not sure if I really like it. I appreciate it, but it really requires some contemplation. The rating is an afficionado’s nod to excellence. I’m going to go and contemplate it some more.

Bottle. Sampled multiple times, most recently at Monk’s cafe DFH dinner 10/9/07. Poured opaque black with a moderate sized khaki head. Intense aroma; slightly vinous, with sweet chocolate, port, molasses, raisin and caramel. Big roasted chocolate malt flavor, along with coffee, raisin, caramel, and molasses. Long chocolate finish. It’s been a long time since my first WWS, but I’m still a fan.

mmmmmmmm...words can not possibly come close to describing this beer. One of my favorite imperial stouts. A pitch balck pour, aroma of fruits and chocolate, taste of more fruits (dark, most likely), chocolate (of course), sweet malts, some coffe. Oh yeah....the alcohol! At 18%, this beer is insane. Alcohol is well-covered (as well as it could be considering the strength). You can still smell/taste it, but you would never know it was 18% It may be expensive, but it is so worth it.