Dogfish Head Raison d'etre

Dogfish Head Raison D’etre Review

by Rob Young on February 23, 2010


Dogfish Head Raison D'etre

I had never heard of Dogfish Head Brewery until my brother gave me a Dogfish Head t-shirt and coaster for Christmas back in 2009. From what I understand they are a fairly small (and growing) brewery from Delaware that started a small Brew Pub in Rehoboth Beach, DE back in 1995.

About 2 weeks ago I picked up a six pack of a Dogfish Heads brew that I had never heard of before, Raison D’etre. Since I always enjoy trying new beers that seem to be different than most of the crap that is mass produced I figured that I’d give it a shot.

The beer pours a ‘mahogany’ color with a ‘bourbon’ appearance and a healthy head that subsides moderately. It has a sweet smell, similar to, well, you guessed it, Raison’s! It also has an “organic” type of smell to it. You know when you pop open a Budweiser and it has a nasty chemical smell? Well, it’s just like that, but opposite! It’s actually quite nice.

It has has a great taste with a thick mouth feel and the carbonation is not overly powerful. You can pick up on the fermented raisons and the belgain beet sugars which give this brew a sweet and tangy flavor at the same time. It’s not an overpowering flavor at all, just a very nice fruit-’ish’ type flavor.

While I was drinking this brew I noticed that the abv is listed at 8%! So, if you’re planning on drinking a lot of these just be careful, they’ll creep up on you very quickly. It’s a great tasting brew that is most likely considered to be more of an “extreme” ale than most other beers that I have tried.

I would highly recommend trying this beer. It was absolutely delicious! Two thumbs WAY up. Thanks Dogfish Head!

What do you think of Dogfish Heads Raison D'etre?

  • It's absolutely delicious, two thumbs up! (100%, 6 Votes)
  • It was pretty good, I'd definitely try it again. (0%, 0 Votes)
  • It really wasn't that good, I don't like it! (0%, 0 Votes)
  • (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 6

Loading ... Loading ...

Cheers!

-Mybeer



{ Comments on this entry are closed }

Christmas Spiced Ale Recipe

by Rob Young on October 1, 2009


It’s that time of year again! Fall is finally here and it’s time to start thinking about a little Christmas cheer, or is it Christmas beer? This weekend I am going to make a Spiced Christmas Ale that should be ready just in time to warm us up on Christmas day.

Here’s the recipe I plan on using.

Christmas Spiced Ale

Target OG – 1.082
Actual OG. – 1.084

Fermentables:
6 lbs light DME
4 lbs light LME
1 lbs wheat malt
1.5 lbs Munich light
1.54 lbs crystal 80L

Hops:
2 oz. Kent Goldings pellet (5%AA – 60 min)
1 oz Tettnanger plug (4.5%AA – 2 min)
1 oz Hallertau pellet (4.5%AA – 2 min)

Spices:
.5 tsp fresh ground cinnamon (10 min)
.25 tsp fresh ground ginger (10 min)
.25 tsp ground nutmeg (10 min)
1.5 cinnamon sticks, 2 inch (secondary)

Wyeast 1056 – American Ale (primary)
Wyeast 1056 – American Ale (secondary)

Please keep checking back for future postings with pictures of the brew process.

Cheers-

Mybeer



{ Comments on this entry are closed }

What do you think about Guinness 250?

by Rob Young on September 29, 2009


guinness 250

How would you rate Guinness 250?

View Results

Loading ... Loading ...


{ Comments on this entry are closed }

New Hampshire Brew Fest 2009

by Rob Young on September 23, 2009


17New Hampshire Brewfest 2009The New Hampshire Brew Fest is the premier event in New Hampshire for craft brewers from the entire New England region and beyond to showcase their talent. The Master Brewers Association of America (New England Chapter) will be hosting this event, with proceeds going to Prescott Park Arts Festival and the MBAA’s scholarship fund. This is a beer fest put on by brewers for craft brew lovers.

Redhook Brewery has kindly donated space for approximately thirty breweries to setup outside in a natural grass amphitheater. All breweries will be tented over in case of poor weather. Foliage season should be in full swing by this date.

Here’s the deal:

Date: October 3, 2009
Location: Redhook Brewery. Portsmouth, NH
Time: Two Sessions: 12-3 PM and 5-8 PM Maximum 1500 tickets per session.
Breweries: 25-30 New England/North East Breweries
Beers: 90-100 different craft brews
What else: 21 years old and over only please. Live Music. Food. Unlimited samples with admission price (3-4 oz samples)

Price: $25.00 in advance/ $35 at door.

Some are the breweries participating in the brew fest are:

Allagash Brewing Co
Long Trail Brewing Co
Boston Beer Co
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Pennichuck Brewing Company Inc
Redhook Ale Brewery
Shipyard Brewing Co
Widmer Brothers Brewing Co
Tuckermans Brewing
Martha’s Exchange
Smuttynose Brewing Co
Otter Creek Brewing
Kona Brewing Co.
Cambridge Brewing Co
Magic Hat Brewing Co
D L Geary Brewing Co
Woodstock Inn Brewery
Gritty McDuffs
Sebago Brewing Co
Moat Mountain Smoke House & Brewing Co
Portsmouth Brewery
Kennebec River Brewery
Elm City Brewing Co Ltd
Gardner Ale House
Milly’s Tavern
Peak Organic Brewing Co
Lowell Beer Works
Boston Beer Works
Farnum Hill Ciders

For those of you that are not familiar with Portsmouth here’s a map:
View Larger Map



{ Comments on this entry are closed }

← Previous Entries