Dogfish Head World Wide Stout 2002 (23%)

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

12 oz. brown, longneck bottle. Bottled in 2002 label on front of bottle, along with inked out Vim and Vigor on front label. I’ve had it aging in my cellar for 6 years now. Weak pfftt when bottle was opened. Still has a very little carbonation left in this old girl. My pocket beer engine produced a quick 1 finger dark mocha colored head. Major legs on this beer. Aromas are of molasses, rum soaked prunes, whiskey barrel, licorice, burnt sugar. Flavors are astounding. Major molasses / rum in the flavor. Along with licorice, burnt sugars, espresso beans, vanilla, and alcohol. Aging this brute of a beer has mellowed out the alcohols somewhat, but they still burn all the way down. Brandy flavors blend with the massive malt backbone. Some cherry pit flavors at the end. Thick, rich mouthfeel. Surprizing, since this beer is now 6 years old. Chewy texture. Almost a meal in a glass. This beer has aged extremely well, especially since it’s been moved around 4-5 times in it’s lifetime. It makes me kind of sad to know I only have 2 more of these beauties aging in my cellar. A first class, world class beer from Sam & the gang at Dogfish Head. Cheers!

Thanks to mojuck for this whopper of a beer! Pour is thick and pitch black...no head at all. Im tackling this myself, and at this point I am considering if this is a good idea. Aroma is of booze, caramel, chocolate and a bit winey. Flavor is nice...better than expected. Very hot, but nice roastiness balances. This reminds me of a rum ball. Body is thick and creamy. Very nice after dinner drink.

(Bottle) Pours beautiful dark with deep red and brown tones. Heavy malty and liquor-ish aroma with complex tones of dark chocolate and dark fruits like raisins and figs. Raspberries, soy, rum, caramel, dark fudge, syrup, brown sugar, dark bread and English fruit cake are also present. Spicy with notes of vanilla, cardamom and cinnamon bums. Good strong alcohol warmth on the nose. Vinous flavour with tones of vanilla, mature dark fruits and mature dark berries. Also a lot of creamy dark chocolate, some anise and liquorice. Malt brings heavy tones of caramel, syrup and dark bread. Liquor like and sweet but not too sweet, just perfect. The dark fruit tones bring raisins, dark grapes, figs and plums flavour wise. Numbing (without destroying the palate) peppery alcohol warmth. The aftertaste goes on end on with a complexity never seen before. Surprisingly smooth but a bit syrupy mouth feel. Full bodied. I can imagine that this beer was way too “hot” when it was first released but now, wow – a perfect and fantastic Imperial Stout liquor.

Bottled@Akkurat
Opaque black, no head. Very caramelly, roasted nose. Very sweet, lots of caramel, vanilla, licorice and salted licorice. Some alcohol and notes of oxidation. Soft, liquerish with loads of alcohol. Is this beer? More like a liquer.

Bottled@Akkurat, Stockholm. Dark black colour, small brown head. Aroma is bigtime coffee, hops, chocolate, caramel and some roastedness. Flavour is really much roasted malts, coffee, vanilla, some alcohol and lots of caramel and toffee. Really wellaged and pleasant brew!

Bottle. (Thanks to Papsoe.) Dark brown allmost black colour with nearly no head. Very alcoholic aroma of port, sweetness and hints of roastedness. Wonderful smooth flavour of alcohol, sweetness roastedness, chocolatevery nice endeed and reminds me a lot of port just with carbonation.

Name: World Wide Stout
Date: May 10, 2003
Mode: Bottle
Source: Whole Foods Market, DC
Vintage: 2002
Appearance: black, thin tan head
Aroma: rich fruity sherry-like aroma
Flavor: amazing rich malt flavor, lots of fruity vineous character, good of alcohol that is strong but not fumey, sweet and creamy like an imperial milk stout, no roasted or chocolate malts in the forefrount, beyond a stout, at the end it becomes all sherry

Name: World Wide Stout
Date: February 09, 2005
Vintage: 2002
no change

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 5/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 3.8/5.0
Score: ***4

The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.

First tasted this at the Beer Yard in PA - don’t tell anyone.... so I bought a case and after drinking 6 or so the first night (with a friend) I saved the rest for annual celebrations. Mess with the best and die like the rest -- this is a perfect strong ale. What it lacks in sophistication it amply makes up for in character.