You're supposed to have Raison D'Etre ("reason for being") in a goblet but my current goblets aren't "beer clean" so I went with a port glass that I recently bought. It pours a nice dark tea color with a flattening white foamy head. The raisin note plus malt aroma and a smacking of alcohol has made this brew an acquired taste for me. When I first had this beer, I thought it was as bland as unsweetened tea, but has become a regular in the beer fridge. The Belgian beet sugars remind me of Ménage à Frank (nice when you can reference your own brew when tasting a micro form someone else) and the green raisins are very apparent. 8%abv and 220kcal/120z. This puts me about half way through the DFHs that I'll be trying.
Feb 20, 2009
Our Tastes-- Dogfish Head Raison D'Etre
You're supposed to have Raison D'Etre ("reason for being") in a goblet but my current goblets aren't "beer clean" so I went with a port glass that I recently bought. It pours a nice dark tea color with a flattening white foamy head. The raisin note plus malt aroma and a smacking of alcohol has made this brew an acquired taste for me. When I first had this beer, I thought it was as bland as unsweetened tea, but has become a regular in the beer fridge. The Belgian beet sugars remind me of Ménage à Frank (nice when you can reference your own brew when tasting a micro form someone else) and the green raisins are very apparent. 8%abv and 220kcal/120z. This puts me about half way through the DFHs that I'll be trying.