Raison D'Extra | Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Brewed by:
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Delaware, United States
dogfish.com
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: 1,532 | Reviews: 713
3.5/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.26/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottled 11/21/14 (4 years ago today) poured into a DFH branded teku glass at fridge temp, no ABV listed on label. The beer pours slightly murky medium brown in color with light khaki colored head. The head recedes to a pencil thin ring. No lacing. The aroma is raisin, rich malt, brown sugar and sweet booze. The flavor is sweet rum soaked raisins, burnt sugar caramel with a barely tart berry-like medium bitterness to finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation and a semi dry finish. Sweet, but not cloying. The carbonation or the alcohol tingles the tongue for a minute after each drink. The alcohol is evident in the aroma and taste at any temperature, but isn't overpowering. Overall, excellent just based on the sheer audacity of the product. I can't speak for fresh or aged 10 years, but I wish I could. This beer was aged in a 55 degree refrigerator from time of purchase (close to bottling) and is really not showing any sign of going downhill.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
12oz bottled 11/21/14 (4 years ago today) poured into a DFH branded teku glass at fridge temp, no ABV listed on label. The beer pours slightly murky medium brown in color with light khaki colored head. The head recedes to a pencil thin ring. No lacing. The aroma is raisin, rich malt, brown sugar and sweet booze. The flavor is sweet rum soaked raisins, burnt sugar caramel with a barely tart berry-like medium bitterness to finish. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with above average carbonation and a semi dry finish. Sweet, but not cloying. The carbonation or the alcohol tingles the tongue for a minute after each drink. The alcohol is evident in the aroma and taste at any temperature, but isn't overpowering. Overall, excellent just based on the sheer audacity of the product. I can't speak for fresh or aged 10 years, but I wish I could. This beer was aged in a 55 degree refrigerator from time of purchase (close to bottling) and is really not showing any sign of going downhill.
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3.59/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
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
3.5/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
4.16/5 rDev +2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Cellared since 2008. Held up nicely. Flavors of sweet raisins, pipe tobacco, maple syrup, faint cinnamon, and sticky buns. There isn't even a hint of the high ABV. Time to get another.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
Cellared since 2008. Held up nicely. Flavors of sweet raisins, pipe tobacco, maple syrup, faint cinnamon, and sticky buns. There isn't even a hint of the high ABV. Time to get another.
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4.15/5 rDev +2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.92/5 rDev +21.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.14/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.75/5 rDev +17.3%
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
4.25/5 rDev +4.9%
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
4.6/5 rDev +13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.21/5 rDev +4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Had this on 2017-12-24 from a 12oz bottle, which is about 3 years old.
A - Hazy reddish-brown with a short tan head and almost no lace
S - Raisins, light-medium toasted fruit cake, prune, caramel.
T - Fruit cake theme. Cherry, raisins, raisin bread, figs, plums, candied orange peel, brown sugar and some alcohol sweetness. There's some roasted and hop bitterness to bring some balance. I quite like the flavor. In a blind taste test, I never would have guessed the ABV is this high.
M - Thick body and light carbonation. Smooth, creamy and sticky.
O - I really enjoyed this brew. At this high ABV (15-18%), I wouldn't have it very often, which is why it has sat in my fridge all this time. On this Christmas Eve, it finally seemed time to indulge and I'm glad I did. It is reminiscent of an English Barleywine with some fruit cake flavors that aren't over-the-top. I'll have this again and won't wait as long after my purchase!
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Had this on 2017-12-24 from a 12oz bottle, which is about 3 years old.
A - Hazy reddish-brown with a short tan head and almost no lace
S - Raisins, light-medium toasted fruit cake, prune, caramel.
T - Fruit cake theme. Cherry, raisins, raisin bread, figs, plums, candied orange peel, brown sugar and some alcohol sweetness. There's some roasted and hop bitterness to bring some balance. I quite like the flavor. In a blind taste test, I never would have guessed the ABV is this high.
M - Thick body and light carbonation. Smooth, creamy and sticky.
O - I really enjoyed this brew. At this high ABV (15-18%), I wouldn't have it very often, which is why it has sat in my fridge all this time. On this Christmas Eve, it finally seemed time to indulge and I'm glad I did. It is reminiscent of an English Barleywine with some fruit cake flavors that aren't over-the-top. I'll have this again and won't wait as long after my purchase!
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4.26/5 rDev +5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
A bottle with approximately 3 years on it. Based on my experience, this is a nice time to drink this one.
A - It pours a nearly opaque brown with reddish highlights, a minimal head, and a bit of tight bubble lacing around the edge.
S - Booze and raisins, of course. The sweet dark fruit is front, but the warmth on the nose is unmistakable and what lingers.
T - Follows that nose, but with a strong over-steeped tea bitterness that mingles with the sweet flesh of raisins and wood notes. The malts are quiet, but bready and rich.
M - Surprisingly light on the tongue for the ABV. A huge beer that is superbly warm, but lands clean and no sign of the stickiness you might expect.
O - By no means my thing, but so well done it delivers a lovely and drinkable, if boozy woozy experience.
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
A bottle with approximately 3 years on it. Based on my experience, this is a nice time to drink this one.
A - It pours a nearly opaque brown with reddish highlights, a minimal head, and a bit of tight bubble lacing around the edge.
S - Booze and raisins, of course. The sweet dark fruit is front, but the warmth on the nose is unmistakable and what lingers.
T - Follows that nose, but with a strong over-steeped tea bitterness that mingles with the sweet flesh of raisins and wood notes. The malts are quiet, but bready and rich.
M - Surprisingly light on the tongue for the ABV. A huge beer that is superbly warm, but lands clean and no sign of the stickiness you might expect.
O - By no means my thing, but so well done it delivers a lovely and drinkable, if boozy woozy experience.
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3.37/5 rDev -16.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bottled 11/21/14; drank 10/15/17 @ the Yarchives.
Opaque purple/red appearance. A violent pour yielded a nice khaki head; decent lace. Raisin, cognac & merlot notes in the nose; fragrant but fairly boozy. Thick, sticky mouthfeel. Raisin & fresh leather flavors up front; astringent booze heat on the finish. Nearly 3 years & this is still an undrinkable, boozy mess still. Boo.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Bottled 11/21/14; drank 10/15/17 @ the Yarchives.
Opaque purple/red appearance. A violent pour yielded a nice khaki head; decent lace. Raisin, cognac & merlot notes in the nose; fragrant but fairly boozy. Thick, sticky mouthfeel. Raisin & fresh leather flavors up front; astringent booze heat on the finish. Nearly 3 years & this is still an undrinkable, boozy mess still. Boo.
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3.25/5 rDev -19.8%
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
Raison D'Extra from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer rating:
4.05 out of
5 with
1,532 ratings
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