Fruit-Full Fort (2018)

Strong Ale - Other

A twist on our beloved Fort, Fruit-Full Fort is brewed with four types of berries … raspberries, blackberries, boysenberries and elderberries. This blend of dark berries creates a depth and complexity reminiscent of a jammy red wine. We punched up the malt bill with Munich malt in this new version of Fort to provide a firm backbone and help balance the tart flavor of the brew’s berry blend. Clocking in at 15%-18% ABV, Fruit-Full Fort is dark maroon red in color with aromas of velvety cherry and berry sweetness, and flavors of raspberry and blackberry.

ABV

17.2

Rating

3.97845

Rating count

1,007

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headyshares

Half off

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Shawn Randall

It says bottled on 06/28/18. It does not say the ABV on the bottle. I’ve looked. Very good. Def a red wine / port feel. Loved it. All the berries mix well. It also says ages well. So get a 6er and keep some in the basement.

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David Morgan

Jammy red wine seems accurate. A good little kick but still drinkable for 17%.

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Sean Jones

Astronomy Bottleshare

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Robert The Brews

Bottled 06/28/18...thanks for the bikes Sam 🤞

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Billy Alien

Something might be ‘off’ with this one

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Shauna L.

The perks of travelling for work

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Ethan Hurilla

Boozy. Brandy-esque

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Bryan Jander

Not great after 5 years on a shelf

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Spenser Bolte

Age didn’t do it favors. Also probably didn’t have as consistent an environment for aging as I needed lol

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Brian Wilkes

Phew…what a dusty punch

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john pucely

Still good?

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Dan Murphy

Almost threw up. No thanks.

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john weyer

Did not agree well...

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Eric Ark

Waaaaayyyyyyy too boozy for me. Strong profile of flavors. Lingering tart.

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corrie

Feels out of balance. Ton of berry to be sure

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Kasey R

This was crazy powerful. Dexters for St. Paddy’s. 🍀

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Aaron Grossman

Still an abomination of regular Fort but aging gracefully

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Eric Novielli

Bought at the brewery in summer 2018. Heavy fruitiness of all the red fruits (raspberry, blackberries, etc.), plus some plum. But it’s an enormous boozy liquid, difficult to get malt or something else. Spicy a lot. Like cherry wine under a Christmas tree.

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Ryan Vigne

Still nice fruit notes. Kind of like a brandy now honestly. Strong alcohol presence and quite a bitter, drying aftertaste.

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over 3 years ago

 

Kyle Bognatz

Not really for doing it me

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about 3 years ago

 

IT’S ME…MARIO!!!

Last one. Thanks again bro! Love ya!

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almost 3 years ago

 
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about 2 years ago

 

Rob German

Berry forward, and very jammy. This is like a sweet port wine. This is super boozy. The booze flavors dominate the finish. I don’t dig the flavor (not the booziness) of the finish.

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Stephen Marchesani

Says it was bottled in 2018, so going with this vintage. Agree that it seems like a barleywine.

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Emily Wilson Schwark

Pulled out a cellar beer on a random Thursday 🤷🏼‍♀️ Less medicinal than the last one; a little boozy but taste belies the 17.5% abv.

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Steven Schwark

From the cellar! Bottled 6/28/18 and Sam says to "lay it down for a couple years" and I'm a rule follower so here we are. Lots of sediment. Thick. Muted berries with a warm finish.

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Skip

It did age nicely. Packs a punch.

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Mr. Burns

It held up decent

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over 4 years ago

 

Elijah

Bottled 6-15-2018

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Aaron P

Boozy but no longer hot. Blended berries come through as it warms.

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Steven W.

Cracked open this oldie as the doctor ordered. A lot more fruit forward. Still the boozy punch

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chris nalepa

Aged well, wish I had a fresh one for comparison. Deep and rich

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Brian Manning

Lost some carb over the years but it tastes nearly the same as fresh. Fig newtons soaked in high abv backyard wine.

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Mike Verm

Found it aging in my closet. Guess I forgot about it.

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Chase Staheli

This is no joke, heavy hitter FOR sure. Heavy accents of fermented fruit. Definitely the body of a STRONG ale. They should call this Terry Crews Fort TBH.

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Peter D

Wow - lots more fruit, but well done, not overly fruity in a sweet way

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Roland Tide

Big fruity strong ale

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Rob Vanbiersnobben

Tastes a little like wine but still not like it’s 17.2%

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over 4 years ago

 

Colin Engel

Solid day 2 courtesy of Dogfish Head! At 18% I’ll be sipping this for a bit.

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