Fort - Dogfish Head Brewery

Pahn

New York

3.85/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Split 3 ways into snifters. Drank 9/4/12 (last night), and reviewed from notes (all my reviews are from notes, normally with the beer still being drank).

Appearance: Free pour yields a half inch offwhite head that dissipates quickly. Pours a brownish orange and leaves small bits of lacing.

Smell: Sherry-like, raisiny malt flavors. Good but a little faint.

Taste: Sugary barleywine with tons of raspberry. It's a bit "two note," raspberry punch in the face, really strong caramely malt.

There really isn't anything else to say about this beer, except that it gets a 4 for how delicious the deep, sugary barleywine malt flavor is, how well it blends with the raspberry, and how well it handles the alcohol heat.

Mouthfeel: Medium bodied. Very hot. Moderate carbonation. Bit sugary.

Overall: I like it. Impressive balance for so much alcohol and such a ridiculously prominent fruit addition. Fruit itself doesn't taste like fresh fruit, but it doesn't taste like artificial syrup either.

Would be interested in aging the beer, as the malt depth is nice and the fruit and heat could stand to calm down.

Serving type: bottle

09-05-2012 21:37:19 | More by Pahn

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California

4.75/5  rDev +30.1%

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New Jersey

4/5  rDev +9.6%

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Wisconsin

4.75/5  rDev +30.1%

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Vermont

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

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Vermont

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

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deadliest

Texas

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

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North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +23.3%

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New Jersey

4/5  rDev +9.6%

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New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

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Virginia

4/5  rDev +9.6%

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Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

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Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

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Maryland

4/5  rDev +9.6%

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Kentucky

4.5/5  rDev +23.3%

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Illinois

4/5  rDev +9.6%

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Florida

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

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New Jersey

3.25/5  rDev -11%

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Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

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Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

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Connecticut

4.5/5  rDev +23.3%

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North Carolina

4/5  rDev +9.6%

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New Hampshire

4/5  rDev +9.6%

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Pennsylvania

4.25/5  rDev +16.4%

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Strix

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

2009 vintage

Approximately peach colored, slightly hazy, some head that lingers as a ring.

Sugar, alcohol, slight berry note.

Sugar and booze (reminiscent of Samichlaus) definite rasperry finish. Quite floral.

Mouthfeel slick, coats the mouth.

I was quite impressed by this, really. High ABV melds with the fruit, very Samichlausesque.

Serving type: bottle

04-20-2013 04:26:51 | More by Strix