Raison D'Extra | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Brewed by:
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Delaware, United States
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Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 18.00%
Availability: Rotating
Notes / Commercial Description:
A bigger, bolder version of our Raison Raison D'Être.
This is a bulbous, brown ale brewed with a bunch of malt, brown sugar and raisins.
40 IBU
Added by BeerAdvocate on 03-22-2002
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Ratings: 1,492 | Reviews: 702
3.25/5 rDev -18.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
4.5/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.25/5 rDev +6.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.75/5 rDev +18.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.88/5 rDev +22%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Beer Advocate review #700!
Randomly found this in a bottle shop and town I've never been to in Massachusetts today. Enjoyed 3/26/17. Amazingly, this was dated 3/15/07! Yes, just over ten years of age. It was in a cooler, but not sure of how it was aged. Popped the cap and there was a sound so no air loss here. Initial aroma of heavy booze and dried fruit filled the nose. Pours very dark, murky, brown. Thick pour, only a couple bubbles lace the outer edge of the glass. Dark fruits, molasses, and an oak wood arise from the glass. An hour has passed and still sipping. There is an almost smokeyness, like tobacco, on the finish. As it warms the candied fruit take center stage on the pallete. Boozy feel and aroma linger and of course I'm starting to feel the affects of the 18% abv. Raison D Extra was a delight and an honor to indulge upon. I'd love to compare it to something fresh but this decade old gem was a treat nonetheless!!!
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look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Beer Advocate review #700!
Randomly found this in a bottle shop and town I've never been to in Massachusetts today. Enjoyed 3/26/17. Amazingly, this was dated 3/15/07! Yes, just over ten years of age. It was in a cooler, but not sure of how it was aged. Popped the cap and there was a sound so no air loss here. Initial aroma of heavy booze and dried fruit filled the nose. Pours very dark, murky, brown. Thick pour, only a couple bubbles lace the outer edge of the glass. Dark fruits, molasses, and an oak wood arise from the glass. An hour has passed and still sipping. There is an almost smokeyness, like tobacco, on the finish. As it warms the candied fruit take center stage on the pallete. Boozy feel and aroma linger and of course I'm starting to feel the affects of the 18% abv. Raison D Extra was a delight and an honor to indulge upon. I'd love to compare it to something fresh but this decade old gem was a treat nonetheless!!!
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2.83/5 rDev -29.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Look good and then smelled super sweet with raisins. I just didn't personally like the taste. Way too sweet. Feel is pretty good but did have a sugary vibe there too. Overall just not my deal, way too sweet.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.75
Look good and then smelled super sweet with raisins. I just didn't personally like the taste. Way too sweet. Feel is pretty good but did have a sugary vibe there too. Overall just not my deal, way too sweet.
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4.18/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.47/5 rDev +11.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12 oz bottle dated 11/21/14 poured into a stemmed glass. Pours a thicker murky brown color with little head on it, not much lacing when consumed. This beer smells good, with the classic quad smell of plums, sweet caramel malt, candied dates; I also pick up light tobacco, heaps of raisins, licorice, cake batter, and syrup. The taste definitely follows the smell but at first the caramel malts and licorice followed by raisin galore with the tobacco like qualities in the back. The feel is slick and full. Overall this thing aged beautifuly and it's a very nice sipper enjoyed on a cold Sunday evening! Cheers.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12 oz bottle dated 11/21/14 poured into a stemmed glass. Pours a thicker murky brown color with little head on it, not much lacing when consumed. This beer smells good, with the classic quad smell of plums, sweet caramel malt, candied dates; I also pick up light tobacco, heaps of raisins, licorice, cake batter, and syrup. The taste definitely follows the smell but at first the caramel malts and licorice followed by raisin galore with the tobacco like qualities in the back. The feel is slick and full. Overall this thing aged beautifuly and it's a very nice sipper enjoyed on a cold Sunday evening! Cheers.
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4.42/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
12 ounce bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled on 11/21/2014. Pours very hazy dark reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge raisin, prune, plum, fig, date, cherry, apricot, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, toasted brown bread, leather, tobacco, wood, and herbal; with lighter notes of licorice, peppercorn, and yeast earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, raisins, and dark/bready malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, prune, plum, fig, date, cherry, apricot, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, toasted brown bread, leather, tobacco, wood, and herbal; with lighter notes of licorice, peppercorn, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal bitterness and yeast spiciness after the finish; with lingering notes of dark fruit, cherry, apricot, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, toasted brown bread, leather, tobacco, wood, herbal, light licorice/pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, raisins, and dark/bready malt sweetness; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitter/spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, slick, and lightly syrupy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is extremely well hidden; a light warmth with zero booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an insane fruited Belgian strong dark ale! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, raisins, and dark/bready malt sweetness; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV. Very rich, complex, and well balanced; never overly sweet or heavy for the ABV with nice dryness. A really amazing offering all around, and just as impressive as a 6 year old bottle I had 4.5 years ago.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
12 ounce bottle into signature tulip glass, bottled on 11/21/2014. Pours very hazy dark reddish brown color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of huge raisin, prune, plum, fig, date, cherry, apricot, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, toasted brown bread, leather, tobacco, wood, and herbal; with lighter notes of licorice, peppercorn, and yeast earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, raisins, and dark/bready malt sweetness; with great strength. Taste of huge raisin, prune, plum, fig, date, cherry, apricot, pear, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, toasted brown bread, leather, tobacco, wood, and herbal; with lighter notes of licorice, peppercorn, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal bitterness and yeast spiciness after the finish; with lingering notes of dark fruit, cherry, apricot, apple, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, molasses, toasted brown bread, leather, tobacco, wood, herbal, light licorice/pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, raisins, and dark/bready malt sweetness; with an awesome malt/bitter/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from bitter/spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and fairly full bodied; with a very smooth, creamy, slick, and lightly syrupy/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is extremely well hidden; a light warmth with zero booziness lingering after the finish. Overall this is an insane fruited Belgian strong dark ale! All around incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, raisins, and dark/bready malt sweetness; very smooth and dangerously easy to sip on for the huge ABV. Very rich, complex, and well balanced; never overly sweet or heavy for the ABV with nice dryness. A really amazing offering all around, and just as impressive as a 6 year old bottle I had 4.5 years ago.
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4.63/5 rDev +15.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.14/5 rDev +3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.94/5 rDev -1.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
2.3/5 rDev -42.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 1.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2
3.82/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
2014 vintage. Super boozey!
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look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
2014 vintage. Super boozey!
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Raison D'Extra from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
4
out of 5
based on 1,492 ratings.
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Reading of my tasting notes from the 2004 BA Belgian Beer Fest in Boston. 1 ounce pour.
Dark brown with reddish overtones.
Little to no head.
Dark dried fruit aroma with tangy hints in background.
Tastes warm, fruity. High heat from alcohol. Going to have to get food after this one.
Unfortunately... there wasn't much space to write on the tasting card. This is all I have. I do have fond memories of trying this one.
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