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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Hmmm. We wonder if anyone will buy a beer with the word "rot" in the name?
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.
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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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Thank you for sharing Sebletitje! 750 ml. bottle shared @ RBBWG V. This one that I have been curious about for a long time. Paler citrus, white bubbles. Nose is basic sweetish lemon & dull grape & pear juice, mineral, basic white sugar sweet. Taste is dull weird mineral pear & white grape juice, mineral boring apple, light esters. Sof carbonation pear juice. I had high hopes but this is another DFH beer that didn’t live up to them, it’s okay but largely just dull sweetish fruit juice & uninteresting mineral qualities. Okay going to meh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2016
at 05:30
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Dogfish Head Noble Rot (by Dogfish Head Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
20/II/16 - 75cl bottle @ RBBWG V (Ben's place) - BB: n/a (2016-186) Thanks to sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale yellow beer, irregular small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: spicy, pretty fruity, peaches, bit herbal, floral, touch of honey. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very fruity start, alcohol, some banana peel, floral. Aftertaste: spicy, sourish touch, more banana peel bit dry.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
20/II/16 - 75cl bottle @ RBBWG V (Ben's place) - BB: n/a (2016-186) Thanks to sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear pale yellow beer, irregular small off-white head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: spicy, pretty fruity, peaches, bit herbal, floral, touch of honey. MF: ok carbon, medium to light body. Taste: very fruity start, alcohol, some banana peel, floral. Aftertaste: spicy, sourish touch, more banana peel bit dry.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2016
at 15:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ Ratebeer Belgian Winter Gathering 2016. Clear pale yellow pale golden color, small white head. Smell and taste wheat, hayish, fruitpeel, grapepeel, quite some lemon or citrus. Ok beer.
Tried
on 20 Feb 2016
at 08:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From a cooler: poura slightly hazed golden with a white yead. Aroma is kind of like a cider, with some dirty wine grapes or something in there. Taste is very lightly hopped with a nice bit of dfh weirdness in the form of the must and weird yeast. Not getting too much saison to be honest, but this is still a worthy and interesting beer.
Tried
on 26 Nov 2015
at 22:23
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle, from Costco, Sacramento. Golden color, white head. Aroma and flavour of American hops, saison yeast and grape must - an unusual combination, more interesting than really great. Not a bad beer though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2015
at 14:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Fonefan 110415. Golden-yellow colour with a white head. Aroma is grapes, fruit, malt, citrus. Flavour is grapes, fruit, malt, citrus, vinous, raisin, yeast. Nice beer.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2015
at 01:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sample from 75 cl. bottle. Clear, golden colour with a thin, white head. Fruity aroma with pale malts, spicy hints, citrus fruits, white grapes and yeasts. Taste is lightly bitter. Medium to full body with a creamy texture and a soft carbonation. Finishes dry and fruity with spicy notes. Lovely, spicy beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2015
at 04:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled. A light yellow beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of grapes and lemons. The flavor is sweet with an acidic edge and notes of grapes, lemons, and a bit of malt, leading to a dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2015
at 14:25
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle@Yespr’s - pours yellow with a white cap. Aroma and taste is sweet fruity and floral hoppy, citric fruity, grassy, herbal notes, dry fruity finish.ok
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2015
at 13:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
clear yellow smooth white head. aroma is yeasty, faint herbal. flavor is yellow fruity, faint citrussy. flavor also has some white wine.
Tried
on 02 Jul 2015
at 13:21