World Wide Stout from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Rating: A
Three year old WWS poured into a snifter at the Dogfish Head Alehouse Gaithersburg location...
Appearance: Opaque black with ruby/purple highlights. Miniscule head that disappeared quickly, no lacing. It looks like port in the glass. intriguing!
Smell: smells like... chocolate covered rum-soaked raisins...
Taste: In an airport duty free shop several weeks ago I bought a "rum raisin hazelnut" chocolate bar - that's what this reminds me of! Alcohol is very present, but not distracting. This is like drinking a liqueur or port, that just happens to be carbonated. Much less roast character than I expected from a double stout - more along the lines of what I'd expect from a quadrupel, especially with the raisin fruitiness.
Mouthfeel & Drinkability: Lighter than I expected from a stout. Also, carbontaion seemed too high at first, almost distracting from the flavor. The flavor here was so good, this could have been great completely uncarbonated! That said, improved as it sat... The only drawback to drinkability, honestly, is the incredible alcohol content. Goes down frighteningly easy.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 06-29-2006 04:48:06
Rating: A
Three year old WWS poured into a snifter at the Dogfish Head Alehouse Gaithersburg location...
Appearance: Opaque black with ruby/purple highlights. Miniscule head that disappeared quickly, no lacing. It looks like port in the glass. intriguing!
Smell: smells like... chocolate covered rum-soaked raisins...
Taste: In an airport duty free shop several weeks ago I bought a "rum raisin hazelnut" chocolate bar - that's what this reminds me of! Alcohol is very present, but not distracting. This is like drinking a liqueur or port, that just happens to be carbonated. Much less roast character than I expected from a double stout - more along the lines of what I'd expect from a quadrupel, especially with the raisin fruitiness.
Mouthfeel & Drinkability: Lighter than I expected from a stout. Also, carbontaion seemed too high at first, almost distracting from the flavor. The flavor here was so good, this could have been great completely uncarbonated! That said, improved as it sat... The only drawback to drinkability, honestly, is the incredible alcohol content. Goes down frighteningly easy.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 06-29-2006 04:48:06
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