Higher Math
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production|
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6.54
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Way back in the early ’90s, a 20-something waiter in New York City named Sam got a taste for small American “microbrews.” A do-er, Sam stopped by a homebrew store and embarked on the first batch of his very own beer. On the way home, he spotted a bag of cherries at his local bodega and thought they’d make his beer a little more interesting.
He was right, and the day after he and his friends enjoyed that first batch, he started researching what it would take to open a brewery.
The rest, as they say, is history. Higher Math is a tribute to that auspicious first beer and celebrates 20 off-centered years of Dogfish Head. It’s a golden strong ale fermented with sour cherry juice and cocoa nibs and clocks in at 17% ABV.
Higher Math has forward notes of cherries, pineapple and stewed fruit, with late notes of cocoa. It has a lingering sweetness and a notable warmth from the alcohol.
He was right, and the day after he and his friends enjoyed that first batch, he started researching what it would take to open a brewery.
The rest, as they say, is history. Higher Math is a tribute to that auspicious first beer and celebrates 20 off-centered years of Dogfish Head. It’s a golden strong ale fermented with sour cherry juice and cocoa nibs and clocks in at 17% ABV.
Higher Math has forward notes of cherries, pineapple and stewed fruit, with late notes of cocoa. It has a lingering sweetness and a notable warmth from the alcohol.
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7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle from Beer Run, 3/3/16. Rating #11,500 & US Rating 10000! Dark bronze-ish ruby with a thin head. Poor retention. Aroma of toasted malt, cherries, chocolate, booze. The taste is raisins, toffee, cherries, chocolate, vanilla, orange, booze. Medium bodied, still, hot. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2016
at 22:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(bottle) clear, bright, dark amber colour with a small beige head; aroma of dried fruit, stewed fruit, jam; balanced, intense flavour with a long, light bitter finish, well hidden alcohol considering abv; thick palate
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2016
at 18:27
7/10
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep amber, nose is toffee, caramel, cherry, light chocolate, taste is similar, syrupy, rich.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Apr 2016
at 09:23
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at craig’s. Pours deep amber, nose is toffee, caramel, cherry, light chocolate, taste is similar, syrupy, rich.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2016
at 13:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craigs. Pours clear red with a thin white head. Aromas of chocolate, caramel, cherry. Taste is more of the same. Bit of a cough syrup thing going on. Very sweet, but it works.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2016
at 13:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
bottle at home ... copper ... thin tan head ... soft spicy toffee malt nose .. .. big oily fruit ... big toffee nose ... sweet toffee fruit .. ligth toffee chocolate .. dark fruits ... some plum and cherry .. dark fruit.. ligth tart
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2016
at 13:06
3.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 3.5
Wow. Pours a muddy brown with a thin quickly dissipating head from a bottle. Not much of an aroma for some reason, sour cherry juice. Flavor is an amazingly cloyingly sweet cherry juice. Serious alcohol burn and just big gravity all around. Might’ve been good in another 20.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Apr 2016
at 22:02
8/10
Tried
on 07 Mar 2016
at 17:32
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz bottle. Pours a dark garnet with light head. Aromas of chocolatey bread. Flavors of Black Forest cake with lots of cherry liquor. Sweet and syrupy and nose burning. A novelty sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2016
at 23:02
6/10
Tried
on 28 Feb 2016
at 17:49