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pDev: 12.41%
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Dogfish Head Brewery
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United States
Style | ABV
American Brown Ale
| 12.00%
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An unfiltered, unfettered, unprecedented brown ale aged in handmade wooden brewing vessels. The caramel and vanilla complexity unique to this beer comes from the exotic Paraguayan Palo Santo wood from which these tanks were crafted. Palo Santo means "holy tree," and its wood has been used in South American wine-making communities.
50 IBU
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imaguitargod
Ohio
4.35
/5
rDev
+3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Brown ale with stout like color profile with very little head and has an amazing taste profile. It's almost like a chocolate stout with it's malt tastes. Medium smoothness and not hoppy at all. A nice sweetness that can be likened to a fine barley wine. Awesome flowery taste and you can definitely taste the cane sugar used to brew. It almost borders on molasses in that respect. I can't wait to age this and see how it tastes!
~Jonathan Passow
Serving type: bottle
02-29-2008 21:30:29 |
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BEERchitect
Kentucky
3.9
/5
rDev
-6.9%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
I've never had a 4-pack to come wiht a CD before. I thought I was getting a deal with Left Hand 6-packs with the free sticker. Our homebrew club recently brewed an Imperial Brown and aged it in a Four Roses Bourbon Barrel for the '08 NHC. Interesting to compare the differences. This beer surely qualifies for a Double Brown without loosing any balance, falling into Porter or Stout territory. A nice chocolaty, nutty flavor with a hearty helping of malt, sweetness, and berry-like esters. Good hopping rates give the beer a grassy, piney flavor while offsetting the heavy sweetness. The wood gives a well-roundness to the flavors, but don't give a whole lot of wood flavor or astringency. Quite delicate in it's balance, despite a dominant alcohol (ethanol)taste and slightly harsh textures, but does thin the weighted brew a bit. Surprised to see a fizzy head formation that didn't last any time at all, nor did the carbination -- strange for DFH.
Serving type: bottle
02-29-2008 16:58:55 |
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ATLbeerDog
Georgia
4.43
/5
rDev
+5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
Poured dark brown almost black with a tint of red from a 12oz. bottle. 1/8 inch tan head. Aroma of heavy malt with a scent of wine. Tastes sweet then bitter with a hint of vanilla. Mouthfeel is very creamy. Closer to a Baltic Porter than a Brown Ale. The 12% percent is well hidden. This is a great beer. I'd love to have this on tap!
The four pack came with a DVD glued to the side. I almost didn't see it.
Serving type: bottle
02-29-2008 04:09:23 |
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pwoods
Ohio
4.6
/5
rDev
+9.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12oz. brown bottle, purchased at Dilly Deli, poured into a snifter. Dating is smudged but it looks like 1/12/08.
A: Pours a very deep chocolate brown that's completely opaque. Maybe an inch of head struggles to forms after a semi rough pour and dies within a minute or 2. Some thin lacing rings.
S: Intense aroma. Plenty of woody alcohol and vanilla notes. Super sweet, bready malts that make me think that I'm gonna have to chew through this one :)
T/M: Wow, very tasty. Super beefed up American brown. Sweet caramel malts(though not as sweet as I would have thought they'd be) with a subtly growing malted milk ball flavor that peaks at balancing right at the end. A bit smoky, a bit peaty, and plenty of earthy, woody notes. The alcohol plays very nice around the tongue and warms the throat and belly. Body is nearly full and it has just enough carbonation to add a silkiness.
D: It doesn't get much more drinkable for a 12% brew. If I had much more, I'd have another but I want to save and savor these.
Serving type: bottle
02-29-2008 02:09:57 |
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schoolboy
Ohio
4.8
/5
rDev
+14.6%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Wow. I am a Dogfish Head fan. This does nothing to slow down that fandom. The care that obviously went into this beer is amazing. In case you weren't aware of this, a film was included on DVD with the $15 four-pack.
The beer is opaque. Strong as hell. Sweet. Full of character. One of the ten best beers I have ever drank.
I can't wait to age these (that sounds dumb). I will get more to drink now as well. Last summer I made a pilgrimage ot Rehoboth Beach. I need to find another excuse to do that so I can taste some of this on tap. Wonderful.
Serving type: bottle
02-29-2008 01:52:21 |
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Mudpuppet
Massachusetts
3.9
/5
rDev
-6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A- Poured from a 12oz bottle into a Perfect Pint glass. Pours a dark brown with no head.
S- On the nose I get the notes of the normal Dogfish yeast, molasses, and apple. It is also a bit smokey and woody. Reminds of of the nose of Angel's Share.
T- I taste coffee, alcohol, chocolate, raisin, and smokey woody notes. Definitely not a normal brown ale.
M- good carbonation, with a medium thick viscosity.
D- This is a nice strong brown ale. I am not sure I could have it all the time but it is tasty.
Serving type: bottle
02-29-2008 00:17:01 |
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slvrmon82
Delaware
4
/5
rDev
-4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
palo santo marron has just been released in bottles as well as on tap at the brewpub in rehoboth. It is served in the 8 oz. snifter and pours a deep dark brown to black with a little amber quality. The smell is very earthy and very sweet with some chocolate notes and the dark roasted malts. The taste is very good but unusual. You can definitely taste the wood in the beer. It is described as an epic brown ale and it does just that. The mouthfeel is pretty thick and a little creamy. The drinkability hurts a little due to the weight and size of this beer. Dogfish keeps it coming with the craft beer and I am always blown away by their creativity.
Serving type: on-tap
02-28-2008 16:46:07 |
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athensbeermaster
Georgia
4.15
/5
rDev
-1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
This one was hard to find only 10 cases came to Athens! Had this beer at Trappeze Pub! The appearance was impressive for a 12% abv. it had a decent size head with some patchy lacing. The nose had rich woodsy smell with dark fruity undertones. The taste was really smooth for being so high in alcohol,which gave the brew a sherry like quality. Caramelized apples and light notes of sherrywood and spice really add to the complexity. The mouthfeel was solid but not extremely silky for being oak aged. The drinkabilty is great for a night cap! This one will sneak up on ya!
Serving type: bottle
02-28-2008 15:46:26 |
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Jettanbass9
Pennsylvania
4.2
/5
rDev
+0.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
bottled 2/11/08
A - This unfiltered brown ale is as dark as night and a head just as dark to reassure you. You may think, i thought this was a brown ale i got myself into... prepare to be intrigued.
S - Faint woodsy aroma... not overpowering but an aroma that really contributes to each sip. Caramelized malt pair with a faint aroma of rum raisin, roasted malt and a slightly spicey finishing hop... vanguard maybe?
T - Layers of flavor. Caramelized malt, layered with a smokey woodsy flavor turns into a roasted phenomenon. Dark chewy malts leave behind a slightly warm tone of alcohol.
M - this brew is smooth. Make sure this is a sipper...
D - Get out your finest glass, serve slightly warm and call it a nightcap. Thats what im doing right now. This beer is wonderful. Certainly one of the more interesting brews i have ever been able to sample.
Serving type: bottle
02-28-2008 04:14:08 |
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CWiggins
North Carolina
4.08
/5
rDev
-2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
I first tasted this beer in the Rehoboth Beach brewpub back in October of '06. After a long day of driving, this was the first beverage I tasted; it was the prelude to a well-prepared and well-deserved meal. And it couldn't have been a more pleasant sipping experience. Upon hearing that Dogfish Head would be bottling this precious concoction, I nearly leapt for joy; the waitress at the brewpub informed me that this was a once-only brew that would be gone forever within a week's time. Now it makes an appearance in North Carolina; I happened across it tonight at Sam's Quik Stop in Durham and couldn't even consider purchasing any other beer until I get this out of my system.
(Let me say before the review that I don't really expect this to be the exact same beer I had previously. The alcohol is 2% lower, and I'm sure there will be differences in the on-tap vs. bottled versions.)
This brew pours pitch black with a short-lived, dark tan head. (Its appearance is very akin to a Russian Imperial Stout.) Light aromas of dark roasted malts, along with sweet dried fruit and vanilla waft up from the surface. It's not a very intense aroma; actually, I expected more.
The thick and creamy mouthfeel give way to flavors of dark sweet chocolate malts (especially on the front), vanilla, light sweet dried fruit, strong coffee, and a mild smokiness I imagine was imparted by the Palo Santo barrels. There's a heck of a lot going on here, and the best way to experience it is through a not-too-cold tasting. As it warmed the flavors became even more intense and the balance shifted slightly. I wish it weren't quite so carbonated, but that's a pet peeve I have with too many ales to complain too bitterly!
Serving type: bottle
02-27-2008 05:04:38 |
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Freshie
Massachusetts
3.85
/5
rDev
-8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Interesting one.
Dark mahogany color. Tan head one finger head.
Aroma is sweet. With a real woody-earthy undertone.
Taste is sweet upfront. Vanilla, Molasses, hints of chocolate. Spicy and light hop character in the middle. Woody aftertaste prevails as you drink.
A good ale, but the woody nature of the brewing process, and the high ABV overpower the sweeter characters of the flavour.
Which is fine with me, but may make this one harder to down for some.
Serving type: bottle
02-27-2008 03:44:16 |
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jimbomill
New Jersey
4.3
/5
rDev
+2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This is a new DFH Craft Brewery product for me. I consider their IPA 120, WWS, Raison D'Extra and Olde School "best in class" contenders. I've much less American Brown Ale experience under my belt.
The appearance was dark, more brown-black than reddish, all from my pour into my DFH Craft Brewery Ales brandy snifter.
The nose was new to me. Muddy earth tones come to mind. It was not as pleasing as many other beers' fragrances, so I may have been generous at 3.5. The taste very nice - but more "new" than anything else, reminding me of pork BBQ - maybe that's the special wood peaking through. The mouthfeel was solid, not overpowering and not thin - this is just right, like the third try by Goldilocks. Drinkability is also given high marks. On an absolute scale, the abv is high at 12%, but compared to other DFH stable mates, its on the low side.
I'm glad I scarfed up the last few 4-packs I could find around here in South Jersey. I found a bonus - on the 4-pack itself was a DVD where the folks at DFH explain what went ito the making of this brew.
Serving type: bottle
02-27-2008 02:20:51 |
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GbVDave
Illinois
4.33
/5
rDev
+3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass. Thanks to HeatherAnn for the assist!
Bottled on 02/11/08
A: Pours a thick and murky looking dark brown, almost black. Nice and creamy dark khaki colored head that recedes and leaves a thick and bubbly ring in its' wake.
S: Delicious smells of vanilla, brown sugar, chocolate, cherry, and a bit of resin-y wood.
T: Dark fruit, spice, vanilla, carmelized brown sugar, dark chocolate, toffee, cherry, wood, blackened malt, molassas, and caramel glazed bread pudding. Yum.
M: Sticky and coating. Slightly thinner than I expected, but that made this drink like a beer with 1/2 of this ones' 12% abv.
D: Very good. The alcohol presence was virtually non-existant making this one quite drinkable.
Serving type: bottle
02-26-2008 23:59:13 |
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pershan
Maryland
4.58
/5
rDev
+9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5
I have to disagree in calling this a brown ale. First of all, the beer poured a thick, black color with a thin, dark head into a 12-oz pilsner glass. The smell was of caramel, currants, roasted malt, and just a hint of vanilla. The appearance and smell were more in line with a stout (an Imperial stout, I guess, due to the 12% ABV). The initial taste was of sweet caramel malt, thick and viscous, transitioning into a very full-bodied toasted malt and alcohol finish - very "stout-ish". Very smooth and balanced for a 12% ABV brew - possibly the smoothest high alcohol beer I've ever had. I can't honestly say I could pick out the contribution the Palo Santo wood made to the beer, but this is a great brew nonetheless, even if the style categorization seems to be wrong.
Serving type: bottle
02-25-2008 15:43:00 |
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prototypic
Ohio
4.3
/5
rDev
+2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Appearance: Brown ale? Wow. It's jet black from my perspective. Very generous creamy, tan two and a half finger head. Excellent retention and lacing.
Smell: Roasted malts roll off the top. There's some toasted nut, hints of dark fruit, and chocolate aromas added to the mix. Very light espresso or coffee smell. Alcohol is masked pretty well, but is noticeable. Very faint spicy and hop aromas on the tail.
Taste: Roasted and chocolate malts are most prevalant. It is sweet and a bit spicy. Toasted nut and plum flavors mix well. Very light espresso taste. Light hops provide just the right amount of bitterness. It has a bit of a smoked flavor to it (could be the wood effect). Alcohol is not very noticeable in taste.
Mouthfeel/Drinkability: It's medium bodied and extremely smooth. Carbonation is excellent. It is strong at 12%. I probably wouldn't drink more than one or two in a sitting. But, it's extremely drinkable. Definitely not hard to put away. Overall, this is a damn fine beer. Very unique. I would strongly suggest picking it up while you have the chance.
Serving type: bottle
02-25-2008 02:14:24 |
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GilGarp
Colorado
4.53
/5
rDev
+8.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
I bought this one on the raving review given by my local liquor store beer guru. Expectations were high before I even got home.
Poured in a tulip glass. It had a very little, lacy, bone white head which disappeared quickly.
The beer was much darker than I would have imagined for a brown ale. No light passes through this one.
On a blind taste test I would have called it an imperial porter. It has the sweetness of vanilla at first but a surprisingly dry finish, perhaps because of the alcohol content.
Speaking of which, I notice the warmth in my belly after just a few small sips.
This is an intensely special beer and one should take the time to enjoy it. Like most Dogfish Head brews, it's expensive but worth a try. Next time I have one, it will be at cellar temp. I hope this will bring out more of the subtle flavors.
Serving type: bottle
02-24-2008 03:45:00 |
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bluejacket74
Ohio
4.47
/5
rDev
+6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12 ounce bottle, bottled on 2/11/08. Served in a Dogfish Head snifter, the beer pours dark brown with about a half inch brown head. Head retention and lacing are both OK. The aroma is great and very unique. I assume the stronger part of the aroma (since it's something that's not familiar to me) is from the Palo Santo wood. I can also smell some vanilla, toffee, and cream. The taste of this beer is just all over the place. With each sip it seems like I can taste something different. I can taste wood, chocolate, toffee, vanilla, roasted malt, molasses, coffee, dark fruit and little bit of booze. Mouthfeel/body is medium/full, it's creamy, coating and a little bit slick. Drinkability is pretty good too, it's smooth and it doesn't seem like a beer that's 12% ABV. I don't think I could drink more than a couple of these at a time, but it's very enjoyable. This is one of the better (and most unique) beers I've had in a while. I definitely recommend this, get some if you can!
Serving type: bottle
02-24-2008 00:28:55 |
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satowns
Colorado
4.1
/5
rDev
-2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Bottled on 2/11/08
PS Marron pours completely opaque with a quickly receding head of dark brown. I guess I didn't check this bottle in the light. I was expecting a beer of deep brown or auburn. What a surprise!
Vanilla bean and alcohol fill the initial waves of aroma. Some whipping cream in there somewhere. Smells like an amazing butter cream desert. I get a little toffee in the end. I have no idea what Palo Santo smells like, but I don't get any traditional woodiness in the nose.
Wow! I don't know where to start, except that you don't get any of the 12% abv in the flavor! Extremely complex flavor components. Chocolate, green grape, vanilla, sweet Bing cherry. Amazingly easy drinking.
Beautiful body, great mouthfeel.
This is a great strong ale. Flavors melt together well to form a rich and complex deliciously tasting experimental ale. I admire the spirit of DFH because they stick to the essence of why we advocates of beer drink the beer we do; to experience new flavors. They are mega scale home brewers because they are not afraid to try something new. I have had several DFH beers that I did not like, but there wasn't a beer that I didn't enjoy. Its all about the experience; and trying something new and outside your comfort zone is a major factor.
Music enjoyed whilst sampling: He's Back by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones
Serving type: bottle
02-23-2008 03:21:15 |
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DefenCorps
Oregon
4.33
/5
rDev
+3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Original review: Reviewed on: 02-23-2008 02:04:24
12oz bottle poured into my Duvel tulip at near cellar temp. Bottled all of 11 days back!
A: Brown ale? Heck this is black with a thin dark tan head. Appealing on this winter night
S: Unique. It's got caramel, toffee, roasted nuts but it's also got this wonderful smell that's quite distinct - a sweetish, spicy aroma that i guess is from the wood. Very good
T: This is like a Scorsese movie - long, twisting and enthralling. Starts off with some caramel and chocolate malt, turns sweet and then all of a sudden, becomes rather dry and then the hops kick in. Mildly done for a DFH beer but well in balance here. The finish is dry with a definitely woody taste to it.
M: Very good - not too light, not too heavy, not too slick - it's got it all together
D: One and done - that's all you need but what did you expect from a 12%abv beer?
Try it at least once - it's interesting!
**Edit: 31 July 2010.**
I've had this over two years now, and my palate's changed a LOT since I last had this.
The nose is excellent, with a blend of vanilla, a light woody character, a little incense and some caramel. As it warms up, the wood grows, but is unique, very perfumey and quite like sandalwood in some respects. With some cocoa to round out the nose, this smells excellent.
The palate opens with a spicy, woody character, with the caramel and little cocoa working very well with it. In some ways, it's like a heavily but slowly caramelized loaf of pumpernickel bread with a dusting of caraway on top. A touch tannic on the finish, this helps balance out the moderate sweetness that's present. The chocolate character really comes through mid-palate, quite cocoa-like. The finish is quite excellent, with a nice, lingering woody spice character. Alcohol is quite spectacularly hidden, this is an excellent beer, one I wish I'd drunk more of.
D+.5
Serving type: bottle
02-23-2008 02:04:24 |
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mcallister
Ohio
4.3
/5
rDev
+2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3.5
Well something mysterious about this beer in its appearance. As a brown ale it looks fantastic. A dark chocolate colored or even fudgy in appearance. A distinct creamy mocha head settles quickly into a light mist within seconds after pouring. Carbonation levels are obviously high as the snifter is swirled.
Chocolate in color and chocolate in aromas. Semiweet chocolate actually. Some dark fruits leaning toward plums and dates with a rum soaked raisiny edge. Than the wood sneaks in. Somewhat of a rustic scent with earthy undertones. And things mellow out in a thick brown sugar, and roasted malty aroma.
This is a good beer. A damn good beer in fact. Mouth coating with maybe the longest finish I've had in a brew. It just sticks with you and stays and stays and stays and...well you get the picture. Very rich and creamy. Tastes nearly like it smells with very litte in way of the wood used. Not sure how much of the wood could really infuse the beer anyway being a 10,000 gallon barrel. Gooey brown sugar with rummy raisins, roasted almost burnt malts, date, black fig, plums and nutty berry like middle. A damn good beer however this one is so big and rich it could take quite awhile to drink one let alone more. With age in the bottle I see that changing.
Serving type: bottle
02-22-2008 22:04:04 |
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beerkeeper
Maryland
3.88
/5
rDev
-7.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 3
A- The look of this beer was very inviting. Poured a dark brown seemed to be a little thicker beer then usual brown ales. Good head which disapeared as beer warmed. Left behind a good lace all the way down the glass.
S- Sweet. With a bit of a burntness to it.
T- Flavor explosion up front the first sip you take. Stays on your mouth for a while. I had a problem with the finish though. The after taste was a little bitter.
M- Loved the mouthfeel like how it coated your mouth and stayed with you till you let it go.
D- Not so drinkable 1 maybe 2 beers a sitting. I drank it by itself thought maybe if paired with food if maybe the taste and drinkability would increase
Serving type: bottle
02-22-2008 15:51:54 |
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pjb171
Massachusetts
3.8
/5
rDev
-9.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5
Poured from a 12 oz bottle into a pint glass. Dark brown color with a bubbly tan head. Very thick and remained around the edges for quite some time. Good lacing.
Smelled very malty
Taste was similar to the smell. Lots of malt flavor up front followed by a flavor I could not put my finger on. I can only assume this to be the wood.
Was a bit of a strange mouthfeel for me which detracted from the overall enjoyment.
It's pretty drinkable and would be far better if it didn't have the odd mouthfeel.
Serving type: bottle
02-20-2008 22:32:17 |
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DIM
Pennsylvania
4.25
/5
rDev
+1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
a: This brown ale is just a degree short of black. It pour with a huge frothy light tan head that has decent retention.
s: Mild chocolate notes with some faint wood and vanilla aromas. After warming a strong alcohol smell emerges.
t: Most noticeable are sweet peaty vanilla flavors, which are not at all cloying. It tastes of earthy dark fruits and a well balanced woody taste. Some bitterness in the form of coffee and chocolate. Absolutely unique and very complex.
m: Very thick and oily, a great body. The carbonation did not last as long I took to savor this.
d: I sampled the first batch at the Rehoboth Beach brewpub in the fall of '06. I remember tasting a lot of wood, vanilla, and booze. It wasn't bad then, but whatever changes they made are a huge improvement. I love DFH for their willingness to experiment. It doesn't always work, but this is certainly a success.
Serving type: bottle
02-19-2008 11:40:19 |
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ggaughan
Pennsylvania
4.25
/5
rDev
+1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
On taps at Monk's Cafe in Philly for a DFH dinner. This beer is also known at the "Big Brown Woody". Great name. Was planning on taking a trip to the brewpub to try this but didn't have to. This was served along with a desert which was a perfect pairing.
The beer poured a brownish black color with a thick tan head. The nose of the beer was a soothing toasted malty aroma. There was also a touch of coco in the nose. The beer had a full body and the taste gives you more of the strong malty backbone which is very pleasing. With the abv at about 14% this is a ver strong beer but Mike did a great job of melding the taste profile with the high abv. It does not at all overpower the last. Although I didn't get much of a woody taste from the rare wood that it was aged on, it is still an enjoyable beer and if you are lucky enough to come across this at a DFH event, get yourself some.
Serving type: on-tap
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Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, 320 Rehoboth Ave, Rehoboth Beach
09-05-2007 01:03:44 |
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Keith238
New Jersey
4.25
/5
rDev
+1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
I had the pleasure of stopping into the Rehoboth bar and finding this gem on tap. Deep reddish brown in color and peppery to the taste. The GM was on scene and showed me a sample of the paolo santo wood that they age the beer with. Odd looking South American hardwood with a blue tint that gave the beer the peppery taste I mentioned. The taste was excellent and drinkability was good enough to drink 2 or 3 of them. At 12% abv you may not want to drink more than that. Those small snifters pack a wallop. Limited edition beer not available for carry out so stop into the bar while it lasts!
Serving type: on-tap
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Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, 320 Rehoboth Ave, Rehoboth Beach
07-31-2007 14:19:00 |
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