Brewed By: Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, Delaware
Purchased: 12oz single bottle bought at Capone's Liquor & Food in Chicago, IL; 2014 (2013 vintage - bottled on 12/11/13)
Style/ABV: Imperial Stout/Strong Ale, 18.0% (technically 15%~20%)
Reported IBUs: ?
Like many of Dogfish Head's beers, tonight's beer has been on my radar for a long time. About Dogfish Head:
Reported IBUs: ?
Like many of Dogfish Head's beers, tonight's beer has been on my radar for a long time. About Dogfish Head:
Dogfish Head is a craft brewery based out of Milton, Delaware. The brewery was founded by Sam Calagione back in 1995.The brewery began as a brewpub (the first in Delaware) called Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats, and was originally located in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. The initial brewing setup included three kegs and propane burners. They brewed 12-gallon batches of beer three times a day, five days a week. In 1996 the brewery began bottling their beer, and by 1999 they had distribution to around a dozen different states. In 2002 the company outgrew their Rehoboth location, and moved to Milton, Delaware. More info can be found HERE.
The World Wide Stout is a monumental and epic Strong Ale/Stout thing, punching in at a variable ABV around 15%~20% ABV. This beer is similar to the Dogfish Head Fort and the Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA, in that it's giant and huge and all that jazz. This beer is brewed with a "ridiculous amount of barley," and sugar. Surprisingly, this beer debuted back in 1999, and is reported to age very well. Also, of all the beers to drink warm (like...near room temperature warm), it's this one. Drink this beer warm.
The beer pours into a chalky black body that isn't quite cola/brown/red, but it isn't the viscous, inky black you sometimes get on a huge RIS either. Bright light confirms some brown tones on the edges, but the beer is mostly black and opaque. The beer does kick up a finger of moderately dark/tan head, and the head retention is pretty good for a beer punching in around 15-20%. There is obviously some glossy alcohol legging, and brown carbonation coats the edges of the glass.
On the aroma is mostly dark grain and meaty malts. Like, literal meats: leather, beef jerky, dark grain, and that weird burnt raspberry character. If you dig further you get some wood, dirt, ash, coffee, chocolate, and some dark fruits. There's a really nice and complex nutty-peanut-chocolate-wood note on the aroma, and I love it. It's just a subtle aroma that doesn't even begin to hint at the wonderful beer lurking beneath.
God damn this beer is amazing. This is truly a one of a kind beer, with immensely complex flavors expanding against the huge dark grain backdrop and the boozy and warming finish. The 12oz format is perfect, but 750ml would be Ron Paul levels of brave and awesome. You get swaths of dark grains, roast, wood, bourbon, and malty chocolate up front. That rolls into fat, creamy chocolate, vanilla, irish cream, dark cereal grain, booze, dark fruits, figs, raisins, cherries soaked in alcohol, and then alcohol. The front edge has a honey-like sweetness, with some raisins dipped in chocolate and alcohol. Dark grains are abound, with some hints of meat and weird high-alcohol whodunnits. And then there is that chocolate-dipped peanut note, which is any nut aficionados dream. Nut aficionados get on this.
This is a full-bodied, big beer. Obviously. It also drinks fairly boozy, although maybe not that boozy considering the 15-20% ABV. It's very palatable and drinkable, but it definitely works as a sipping beer that is best served near or at room temp, and in a snifter. If that sounds too snobby you can certainly pour this in a pint glass to be the anti-jerk, but what a waste. This really does drink like bourbon. Palate depth and duration are good, and the complexity is wildly huge. I don't even know where to begin, especially since this beer changes quite a bit as it warms up (drink it warm!!!). Up front: huge dark grains, honey sweetness, coffee, earthy ash and dirt, roast, hints of dark fruit; that rolls into wood, bourbon, milky chocolate, chocolate, creamy vanilla, peanuts dipped in chocolate and nuttiness; the back end dials up some fruits, cherries, raisins, fruits soaked in alcohol, boozy, dry....and the flavors linger, and the duration is long. Just...amazing.
Rating: Divine Brew (5.0/5.0 Untappd)
I'm going to go with a Strong Divine Brew on this. This may be the best Dogfish Head beer? It also might be their best high-gravity beer, though I did enjoy the 120 and the Fort. I particularly like this vintage, and I think you can make a strong case that the 2013 is pretty damn good fresh. Yeah, you can age this, for sure...but drink a bottle fresh. I'm really impressed with the quality of this beer, and this is definitely a beer to not pair with food and savor in your snifter over the course of an hour. If you do go with food pairings, go with your dry chocolate cakes, ice cream, a cigar, or really strong grilled meats and cheeses. Big thumbs up, good job, Cam Salami.
Random Thought: Hearing people talk about letting the homosexuals play football is embarrassing. Apparently Michael Sam is gay, and he's also really good at football. The latter is important if you care about football,
and the former is important if the year is 1960 or if you're from Louisiana. As a sports fan, I'm generally embarrassed by the machismo and regressive attitudes around issues like gender equality and LGBTQ support.
Let's get a few things straight, machismo people and sports players. A lot of things in life are pretty gay, here's a short list of a few of them:
1) patting someone from the same sex on the ass
2) all-male sport teams
3) locker rooms
4) the shared hot tub in the locker room
5) bros
6) that bag full of black dildos
I understand that homoerotic =/= gay, but holy fuck. How is this shit news? Most NFL players are concerned with winning the big trophy, making money, selling drugs, and not getting caught for murder. So what if your teammate is gay. What my teammate does after he goes home from practice is none of my business, and I'm going to see his hot man-rod when we shower together anyway. And then I'm going to tackle him on the field. Which is totally not gay, by the way.
The worst part is that the national sports news media is treating this like it is a legit story instead of a legit fucking embarrassment. Evidently football is populated by the lowest-IQ fanbase. It's probably not shocking that the same mouth breeders who are comfortable letting their middle school-aged kids play tackle football (dae brain damage or concussions, LOL?) are also not comfortable with the private actions of adults behind closed doors when they go home from their job. But can we just ignore these people and mock anyone who thinks that gay players don't exist, or people who think that gay football players is actually an issue?
It's all fun and games to make fun of Russia, but when old outdated curmudgeons in the NFL do it shit gets serious. The balls are in your court, sports media.
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| Dogfish Head World Wide Stout |
The beer pours into a chalky black body that isn't quite cola/brown/red, but it isn't the viscous, inky black you sometimes get on a huge RIS either. Bright light confirms some brown tones on the edges, but the beer is mostly black and opaque. The beer does kick up a finger of moderately dark/tan head, and the head retention is pretty good for a beer punching in around 15-20%. There is obviously some glossy alcohol legging, and brown carbonation coats the edges of the glass.
On the aroma is mostly dark grain and meaty malts. Like, literal meats: leather, beef jerky, dark grain, and that weird burnt raspberry character. If you dig further you get some wood, dirt, ash, coffee, chocolate, and some dark fruits. There's a really nice and complex nutty-peanut-chocolate-wood note on the aroma, and I love it. It's just a subtle aroma that doesn't even begin to hint at the wonderful beer lurking beneath.
God damn this beer is amazing. This is truly a one of a kind beer, with immensely complex flavors expanding against the huge dark grain backdrop and the boozy and warming finish. The 12oz format is perfect, but 750ml would be Ron Paul levels of brave and awesome. You get swaths of dark grains, roast, wood, bourbon, and malty chocolate up front. That rolls into fat, creamy chocolate, vanilla, irish cream, dark cereal grain, booze, dark fruits, figs, raisins, cherries soaked in alcohol, and then alcohol. The front edge has a honey-like sweetness, with some raisins dipped in chocolate and alcohol. Dark grains are abound, with some hints of meat and weird high-alcohol whodunnits. And then there is that chocolate-dipped peanut note, which is any nut aficionados dream. Nut aficionados get on this.
This is a full-bodied, big beer. Obviously. It also drinks fairly boozy, although maybe not that boozy considering the 15-20% ABV. It's very palatable and drinkable, but it definitely works as a sipping beer that is best served near or at room temp, and in a snifter. If that sounds too snobby you can certainly pour this in a pint glass to be the anti-jerk, but what a waste. This really does drink like bourbon. Palate depth and duration are good, and the complexity is wildly huge. I don't even know where to begin, especially since this beer changes quite a bit as it warms up (drink it warm!!!). Up front: huge dark grains, honey sweetness, coffee, earthy ash and dirt, roast, hints of dark fruit; that rolls into wood, bourbon, milky chocolate, chocolate, creamy vanilla, peanuts dipped in chocolate and nuttiness; the back end dials up some fruits, cherries, raisins, fruits soaked in alcohol, boozy, dry....and the flavors linger, and the duration is long. Just...amazing.
Rating: Divine Brew (5.0/5.0 Untappd)
I'm going to go with a Strong Divine Brew on this. This may be the best Dogfish Head beer? It also might be their best high-gravity beer, though I did enjoy the 120 and the Fort. I particularly like this vintage, and I think you can make a strong case that the 2013 is pretty damn good fresh. Yeah, you can age this, for sure...but drink a bottle fresh. I'm really impressed with the quality of this beer, and this is definitely a beer to not pair with food and savor in your snifter over the course of an hour. If you do go with food pairings, go with your dry chocolate cakes, ice cream, a cigar, or really strong grilled meats and cheeses. Big thumbs up, good job, Cam Salami.
Random Thought: Hearing people talk about letting the homosexuals play football is embarrassing. Apparently Michael Sam is gay, and he's also really good at football. The latter is important if you care about football,
Let's get a few things straight, machismo people and sports players. A lot of things in life are pretty gay, here's a short list of a few of them:
1) patting someone from the same sex on the ass
2) all-male sport teams
3) locker rooms
4) the shared hot tub in the locker room
5) bros
6) that bag full of black dildos
I understand that homoerotic =/= gay, but holy fuck. How is this shit news? Most NFL players are concerned with winning the big trophy, making money, selling drugs, and not getting caught for murder. So what if your teammate is gay. What my teammate does after he goes home from practice is none of my business, and I'm going to see his hot man-rod when we shower together anyway. And then I'm going to tackle him on the field. Which is totally not gay, by the way.
The worst part is that the national sports news media is treating this like it is a legit story instead of a legit fucking embarrassment. Evidently football is populated by the lowest-IQ fanbase. It's probably not shocking that the same mouth breeders who are comfortable letting their middle school-aged kids play tackle football (dae brain damage or concussions, LOL?) are also not comfortable with the private actions of adults behind closed doors when they go home from their job. But can we just ignore these people and mock anyone who thinks that gay players don't exist, or people who think that gay football players is actually an issue?
It's all fun and games to make fun of Russia, but when old outdated curmudgeons in the NFL do it shit gets serious. The balls are in your court, sports media.
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