Dogfish Head Raison D'Etre

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Bottle. Colour - rusty brown colour, slightly hazed, frothy tan coloured cap, good lacing. Aroma - roasted malt notes, dark fruits, some caramel, and some chocolate. Mouthfeel 0 medium bodied, well carbonated. Flavour - rich flavours of bready malt, raisins, and caramel notes.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

This is another one of those beers that hits the gag factor upon the first taste. It smooths right out and becomes enjoyable after that. Can't say it taste like raisins but reminds me more of maple syrup. This is something really different but not exactly what I would think of as being Belgian style.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Probably my least favorite so far from DFH. It's good, but lackluster in some ways too. There's a lot of sticky sweet going on, that may have something to do with it for me.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pretty good beer with a nice dark pour and very little head. The smell is average and it is hard to really pick out anything, maybe some raisins/plums but not something that stands out. Taste is good but I would rather have other beers. Great to try once but not something I would readily get again.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

I watched the video of this beer on the DFH website before I even had a place to purchase it. I understood that the base beer was/is the indian brown ale, a beer I LOVE. I thought this was going to be a superior version of that and unfortunately it wasn't. This is more or less a belgian dubbel, banana, clove, yeast, raisins, plums figs, malts and malts. The standard brown and candi sugars show up. Its really quite good, but not the outstanding beer that I wanted it to be. Mouthfeel is thinner than I wanted. Will buy more Indian Brown Ale next time.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Pours a dark brown with a nice offwhite head. Tons of lacing left on my glass. Aroma of malts and spices. Flavor is nice and smooth, sweet but not overly with great malt flavor. Good beer!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

12oz bottle
8.0% ABV
The Beerbistro (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
May 28, 2010
The beer poureed a deep mahogany colour with a 1/2" tan head which lasted throughout. The aroma was sweet malt, candy sugar, and dark fruit. The mouthfeel was medium bodied with medium carbonation. The flavour was sweet malt, with fruit and molasses hints.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Deep mahogany/ red brew, clear with a huge velvety head, decent spotty & ropy lacing. Dull chocolate on the nose, plum, raisin, soft roasty malts, meaty??, light spice. Nothing complex but it just smells good. Taste: Belgy, more meat, chocolate, spices and a good roasted malt back bone, biscuit. Smooth drinking brew, nice spices that remain soft. I like.. but not too much.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This is simply an amber coloured Belgian strong ale with a tan head that could easily be mistaken for a lot of others. Don't get me wrong, it's a very good beer, but nothing outstanding to separate it from the rest of the crowd.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

cannot say that this beer is not different. It has a nice brownish orange color with a nice head that doesn't go away quickly. It also has nice lacing. The aroma is very malty and caramel, which makes the taste all the more suprising. It is bitter (green rasins) and a little hoppy. This beer is much better when served at a slightly warmer temp (not quite room temp but not cold)