Day 46: World Wide Stout

Name: World Wide Stout

Brewer: Dogfish Head Brewery - Milton, DE

Style: Imperial Stout

Alcohol Content: 18%


Review: Are you new to drinking beer and want to catch up to your peers? Want to get hammered fast and pack on a sexy beer gut? The World Wide Stout is an efficient vector. The Last Call app on my iphone says that in about 30-45 minutes I will be legally drunk (BAC>.08). One beer. ONE beer and I'll be drunk. I'm not a scrawny guy either. I'm about 195 lbs and pretty solid.  Brilliant! Forget secretly pounding NyQuil in the woods; teenagers today should be trying to get a hold of a World Wide Stout. This beer has 'Imperial' written all over it. The color is as black as tar, only slightly thinner... probably along the lines of 5W10. At 372 calories per bottle, it's also not diet friendly. I guess the best way to describe this beer is, delicious and extreme. Extreme maltiness balanced by extreme hoppiness, and an extreme amount of barley to distinguish it's flavor from every other imperial stout (although I've never had any other Imperial Stouts to compare to). The mouth feel is thick and smooth with a good bitter bite along with a sweet dark robust character. I've had the 120 minute IPA and the Raison D'Extra which are both pushing 20% ABV, but the World Wide Stout is the most palatable prior to aging. This beer goes down smooth, yet it takes about a year of bottle aging to make the 120 min and the Raison D'Extra not taste like gasoline. 

Rating: 4.25/5

Recommend? YES