Raison D'Extra (2018)

Belgian Strong Dark Ale

Our Raison D'Etre, with a little extra. This immodest brew, made with an obscene amount of malt, brown sugar and raisins, takes Belgian-style browns to new heights. Raison D'Extra's little brother Raison D'Etre was brewed to be the ultimate beer partner for steak. Plump raisins and beet sugars give the beer a similar DNA and color to red wine. D'Extra takes this concept to the next level. What 120 Minute IPA is to 60 Minute IPA, D'Extra is the D'Etre. We're pushing the limits of what a Belgian yeast can do (and we've discovered that's somewhere in the ballpark of 15% to 18% ABV!) D'Extra is extremely complex and a great candidate for aging. Sip on one with a loved one now, and stash a few in your beer cellar! As Dogfish Head founder Sam Calagione says, "This puppy's only getting better with age."

ABV

16.0

Rating

4.16445

Rating count

595

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Logan Holmes

Aged beautifully. Forgot to snap a pic.

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Darin WIlcox

Sometimes ya oughta grab one from the back of the storage. Age hasn’t mellowed this boozy beast much. A touch of raisin sweetness on the back end.

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Nathaniel DeCarlo

Bottle date 12/13.18

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J B

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James S

Haven’t had any vintage of this in 6.5 years. Forgot how good this is. Brown sugar boozy soaked raisin goodness. 4.40ish

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Chris W

3 years in the bottle.. yay raisins 🤙

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Josh R.

Really nice toffee/raisin flavor on a thin but smooth mouthfeel. Really good stuff

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Julian Spiegler

A dollar in the bargain bin

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Clayton S.

Was sweet rasin/date/plum malty goodness.. a tiny bit boozy but in a good way.. alot of floaties in this but I'm ok with that

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Brent Kronowski

Cheers to 9 years on Untappd!

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Nate

Malts on malts. Lots of pumpernickel bread pudding, fruit cake, raisin, fig, toffee. Not much booze, but its definitely a big beer. Good stuff

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Ben Neal

Another strong cellar beer to cap off the weekend. Bottled 12/13/18. Boozy flavors have mellowed, still get some raisins and brown sugar.

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Jon Cobb

Ages SO offensively fucking well.

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Nick Pollock

Welcome home Nick! Such a neat, unique beer.

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Tim Futo

Unique blend on some familiar flavors

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Aaron P

Better than fresh, less burn, but still some heat. Found it on sale today. Saving my cellar bottles.

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Matija Z

12/20/18 bottled

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nick bates

Raisin huge malt boozy. Aging great. Thanks John.

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Mark

12/13/18. Tasty.

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Joke Readin

bottled 12/13/18

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Jeff B

Getting my vintage check in on. Still decently boozy.

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Joe Armstrong

Because raisins.

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adam c

Purty good. Smooth for the abv

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Aaron P

Picked up a bunch on close out DFH prob won’t make again. Big fan of this, still a little hot. I’ve got plenty to try over the next decade.

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Joe J

Caramel, raisins, and sweetness in aroma. Taste follows aroma along with a ton of booze. Bottle share. Bottled on 12/13/18 1433. Thanks, Neighbor Jerry! Late checkin.

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Andy

Initially, I thought it drank a few years older than an ‘18. But at room temp, sips nicely. The sugars from the raisins provide a great natural mask for the booze. $10/ 12oz bottle is steep. But from time to time, I’d scope out again.

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Mike Fleck

Still boozy after a couple years

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Eric Newcomer

Better aged for 5 years or so, 2007 and 2015 were better.

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Boss Le Boss

Mistakenly opened this. Wanted to age 5-10 years to get it ripe and delicious. Right now, a boozy barleywine full of malts and caramel

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Lenny

Bottles 12/13/2018

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Ricardo T.

Still boozy and hot even though sitting for 4 years

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