Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2002 (23%)

Formerly brewed at Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Imperial Stout
Milton, Delaware USA

12oz bottle. Been sitting on this one for a looooong time. Thought it apt to share with the Chicago crew as they treated me so well. Initially the nose is quite hot. The massive 23% does diminish as the beer opens, however. Along with the alcohol, a touch of chocolate and vanilla as well. Pours near pitch black with no head. Virtually lifeless. Flavor has plenty of alcohol (as expected) but lots of chocolate, maple syrup, pour and nutty sherry. Fairly sweet. Thick and chewy mouthfeel. Minimal carbonation with a sweet, boozy finish.

12oz bottle. brought by tytoanderso to An Evening with Pantanap 4. thanks so much for bringing this gem Tyler! pours black with no head. tons of alcohol in the aroma at first but once it breathed it really developed wonderful notes of port, sweet raisiny, and licorice. flavors are sweet port and raisins, sugary but really nice. the alcohol is actually very well hidden as it only warms the throat. wow this has aged wonderfully. thanks Tyler!

bottle...this heavy hitter was brought to us by tyler for the latest P tasting. thanks man!..... poured close to black with brown edges and little to no head....aroma was boozy but not as assertive as the nose. more soy and chocolate..... there was a little heat in the flavor with some soy and black licorice but the flavor was generally enjoyable. maple syrupy sweet but still has held up quite nicely.

Bottled. Poured clear and much lighter than expected with exactly zero carbonation. The aroma was anything but weak with alcohol-powered chocolate and molasses upfront paired with sherry and some oak.. sweet and very warm, but remarkably presentable for such a strong beer. The flavor had more of an impression from the dry sherry notes.. molasses, tar, and aged caramel at the core with candied molasses and dry cocoa through the finish.. more sherry at the end and this was warm (but never harsh). Heavier-bodied, but not as thick as I expected.. bonus point for balancing the heavy ABV in here.. dry, warm cocoa finish. Very good stuff!

Bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm Beer Festival 2007, after festival RB night; huge thanks to oh6gdx
Black and brown color, no head, tears on the glass. Alcoholic aroma, some phenol, mature caramel, tobacco. The liquid flows like lava in my mouth, wrapping the tastebuds like a superfluid, with its sweet concoction of caramel malt, delicate chocolate malt, raisins. The final is shorter than expected (the age?). A monster.

Bottle at Akkurat, Stockholm. Thanks oh6gdx and tbone_! Black color. Sweet aroma with burnt sugar, vanilla, port wine, soya sauce, quite boozy. Very sweet and sugary flavor with chocolate, port wine as well as both warming and sharp alcohols. I prefer the 18 % version, which is less sugary and boozy.

It’s hard to fathom how something this glorious could even be brewed. very little head on top of the red-tinged black snifter. aroma, especially as it warms, is peppery higher alcohols, molasses, figs. the mouthfeel on this one is slightly thicker than i remember the other years being, but who knows how much of that is memory betraying me. again, as it gets warmer, the alcohol becomes more noticable. the flavor is lots of chocolate, a minor hint of roast (aged out, perhaps?), caramel, figs, and more chocolate. this is world-class stuff. easily in my top 5 beers.

Bottle. Big thanks to TheBeerCellar for sending me this one, I’m happy to have tried it. Poured a beautiful black liquid with a small ring of a head. Aroma is alcohol, roast. Flavor is hot even though the bottle is 5 years old, the alcohol blends with the molasses and chocolate roast leaving a major bitter sweetness to it. This has become a sherry. Although it is enjoyable, it is not my particular cup of tea.