Noble Rot
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer - Grape Ale Rotating Out of Production|
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6.98
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This saison-esque science project gets complexity and fermentable sugars from two unique wine grapes sourced with our friends at Alexandria Nicole Cellars in Prosser, Wash.
The first addition is unfermented juice, known as must, from viognier grapes that have been infected with a benevolent fungus called botrytis. This noble rot reduces the water content in the grapes while magnifying their sweetness and complexity. The second is pinot gris must intensified by a process called dropping fruit, where large clusters of grapes are clipped to amplify the quality of those left behind.
"This is the absolute closest to equal meshing of the wine world and the beer world thats ever been done commercially," says Dogfish's Sam Calagione.
Noble Rot is brewed with pils and wheat malts and fermented with a distinct Belgian yeast strain. It has a spicy white wine body and a dry, tart finish.
Noble Rot first went on tap at our brewpub in February of 2011 and went into full 750ml bottle production in January 2012.
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Maverick (5074) reviewed Noble Rot from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 9 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Slightly cloudy gold white head. Whute wine. Apples. Pretty dry finish. Draft from alewife
PLohbauer (1111) ticked Noble Rot from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 1 year ago
RB score 3.55
HenrikSoegaard (21963) reviewed Noble Rot from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Frothy white good mostly diminishing head. Yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
saxo (29721) reviewed Noble Rot from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ Assentoft tasting. Small head with short duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, hops, malt and has a sweet fruity finish.
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Martin Lindström (24380) ticked Noble Rot from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 7 years ago
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JK (8181) reviewed Noble Rot from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle with a few years of aging. Goos flavor, similar to a Belgian ale. Some white wine, flowers, and a dry finish. Lightly sweet before the end. Goood.
Saeglopur (4009) reviewed Noble Rot from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750 ml bottle shared by Sebilinz, thanks!
Light orange, clear body, with a small, frothy, off-white head.
Aroma of bread, sweet fruits, biscuit, a bit honey, slight grapes.
Tastes of grapes, other sweet fruits, bread, some honey,
Medium, a bit oily mouthfeel, with a quite lively carbonation.
Finishes bready, fruity, with graues.
Nice one, while nothing special. Quite simple, with nice grape notes and a bready malt body, but I’m missing some more diversity. Good to drink, but I’ve had better fruit beers.