Well hello y’all! Here today we venture back the off centered world of Dogfish Head Brewery and one of their year round ales, Raison D’Etre. Working in lockstep with most of the Dogfish brews this one combines an interesting mix of ingredients that results in a good, albeit heavy, beer. What are those ingredients you ask? Well beet sugar, raisins, and Belgian yeasts are used to create a complex flavor and nose. The beer pours well enough with a decent head, about a finger in width but it last all of a few minutes at best and dissipates while the beer’s carbonation is mild, mainly staying in the back ground. The nose is of lots of fruit though the raisins do cut through most and is the most memorable. The taste is very complex, starting off with a dried fruit flavor but quickly moves to a roasted malt flavor that still carries the dried fruit while the finish is heavy and malt like allowing the flavors to linger long enough to still be enjoyed. Another good beer from the boys from Rehoboth, not a favorite but worth having a go again if I ever run across it, though in the mean time, I have plenty more to go in their line-up before I have to worry about that. It’ll tomorrow, same bat time, same bat channel!
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