Fort | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Brewed by:
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Delaware, United States
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Style: Fruit / Vegetable Beer
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 18.00%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
An ale brewed with a ridiculous amount of pureed raspberries (over a ton of 'em!). Fort has a Belgian-style base, then we follow a similar fermentation process to the one we use on our other super-high ABV beers, 120 Minute IPA and World Wide Stout.
49 IBU
ABV varies from 15-18%.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 02-05-2005
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Ratings: 1,293 | Reviews: 562
3.25/5 rDev -11.7%
myron317, May 01, 2013
3.98/5 rDev +8.2%
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.
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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.
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3.96/5 rDev +7.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
2011 vintage.
Pours a super-hazy rosy dark-orange. Head formed easily in the tulip and has remained a near three-finger constant. Laces, too.
Raspberry skins, floral perfume, floral hops, tart cherry, and pomegranate berry. Nice, after two years.
Raspberries and flora, and I don't mean sour critter flora. Flowery and still somewhat hoppy. Boozy burn in the finish with some lingering white wine-like sweetness, but not 18% booziness. More of that tart cherry/pomegranate and red currant fruitiness in here. Touch of strawberry leaf. Malts have notes of toasted pecan and treacle syrup. Interesting.
Dangerously drinkable. Medium-to-sticky body and feel with a lot of leftover trapped effervescence. You just have to fight the lip-smacking.
Excellent stuff. I miss the hoppier fresh version I've had on-tap, but this was fantastic, too. I feel like this is, at least, close to the sweet spot for this brew.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
2011 vintage.
Pours a super-hazy rosy dark-orange. Head formed easily in the tulip and has remained a near three-finger constant. Laces, too.
Raspberry skins, floral perfume, floral hops, tart cherry, and pomegranate berry. Nice, after two years.
Raspberries and flora, and I don't mean sour critter flora. Flowery and still somewhat hoppy. Boozy burn in the finish with some lingering white wine-like sweetness, but not 18% booziness. More of that tart cherry/pomegranate and red currant fruitiness in here. Touch of strawberry leaf. Malts have notes of toasted pecan and treacle syrup. Interesting.
Dangerously drinkable. Medium-to-sticky body and feel with a lot of leftover trapped effervescence. You just have to fight the lip-smacking.
Excellent stuff. I miss the hoppier fresh version I've had on-tap, but this was fantastic, too. I feel like this is, at least, close to the sweet spot for this brew.
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Fort from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
3.68
out of 5
based on 1,293 ratings.