Noble Rot
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Fruit Beer - Grape Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.98
|
|
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.
Sign up to add a tick or review
6.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
75 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is estery, wineous and mild citric. Smooth fruity, mild estery and slight wineous. Smooth fruity finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Jul 2015
at 13:16
7.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml @ Dogfish Head Brewing & Eats, Rehoboth Beach, DE
Pours slightly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, funk, white wine and citrus. Taste is light sweet, light bitter and light sour with a long dry, funky, white wine and citrus. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours slightly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast, funk, white wine and citrus. Taste is light sweet, light bitter and light sour with a long dry, funky, white wine and citrus. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jun 2015
at 23:38
7.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle, 22oz, at the brewpub. It pours a lightly hazy body, yellow in color and with no head. Some white bubbles though. It’s fruity on the nose, vinous and grape-ish, with some raisins. It’s full bodied, still sort of thin, with a low carbonation level. Citrus, grape, alcohol, green raisins and some sour, light funky notes. Lasting vinous finish. Quite lovely this one, more wine-ish than beer-ish, but still nice. 150621
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jun 2015
at 18:37
7.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 750ml. [ As Dogfish Head Noble Rot ].Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, tart fruit, grapes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart fruit, grapes, white wine. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20150411]
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2015
at 04:35
2/10
Tried
on 15 May 2015
at 20:50
6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gylden klar skum hvid Vindrue malt citrus Bitter modrate sød Oile flad @f1
Tried
on 11 Apr 2015
at 16:31
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ Post-Easter Procrastination, Ulfborg. Pours clear straw with very small white head. Clear aroma of fruit, with some malty notes and touches of hops. Sweet-sourish flavour of fruit, esp. grapes, with bitter notes of hops. Sourish aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2015
at 16:03
7.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear yellow with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, grapes and moderate hoppy. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 110415
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2015
at 16:03
6.6/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
750ml bottle shared at tasting. Pale, filtered yellow tan. Foamy white head, patchy. Creamy on the palate. Easy. Not unlike an Imperial Pils or big Lager. Grape tones come out the more you sip at it.....and I can’t really get into that. Tastes like wine, mead. An OK beverage, but not such a great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2014
at 20:10
7.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
750 ml bottle. Bright brassy gold color with a small bubbly white head. Fresh white grape nose has hints of hay, yeast and wheat. Tart dry sour malt flavor. More like semi-dry champagne with a bit less carbonation. Bitter peppery mid taste. Soft dry saison-like finish. Leave it to Dogfish Head to bring us this unique brew. Nice job.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2014
at 18:51