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Rating: 73

Fort

Brewery: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery · Milton, DE
Variety: Ale · Non-traditional / Hybrid / Mixed Ale · Fruit / Vegetable Ale
Alcohol: ABV 18.00% / ABW 14.40%
Preferred vessel: Tulip
Color: Red/Brown (American Amber) (13 SRM)
Added by kellik
Last updated by Phil Dokas

Fort is brewed with an enormous amount of pureed raspberries over a two month primary fermentation. It is noted as the world’s strongest fruit beer, bringing a whopping 18% abv to the table. This rare seasonal ale is characterized by its complex, warm, spicy and fruity flavor. The alcohol taste is strong and noticeable right away.

Sweet, Fruity, Strong, Tart, Heavy

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Reviews

  1. Review by kellik
    Rating: 96

    kellik

    drank this beer from a Pint glass in Gainesville, FL
    Oct. 29th, 2008 at 12:25 p.m.
    Comment:

    My all-time favorite beer, Fort, is only sold on draft (if you’re lucky enough to find it on draft) or in champagne bottles. It has a gorgeous, cloudy, deep orange pour with a rich head. Despite being fermented with over a ton of pureed raspberries, this is not really a sweet beer. The high alcohol content and spicy, fruity bouquet instantly warms your entire mouth and throat. The tart raspberry taste is well balanced with honey, malt and vanilla flavors. This beer is pretty heavy and drinks like a dessert or after-dinner cordial.

    Characteristics: cloudy fruity heavy raspberry rich spicy strong thick
  2. Review by Brian
    Rating: 84

    Brian

    drank this beer from a Tulip in Denver, CO
    Oct. 31st, 2008 at 10:39 p.m.
    Comment:

    Dark gold with hints of red and a white head. The aroma is captivating. Slightly a gueze aroma but with raspberries. Not the dark, tart aroma you would get with a raspberry lambic, but more of a light golden raspberry tart aroma. Taste is wonderful, nutty, raspberry, flemish sour. I love how mellow it is despite it’s rockin flavors. It isn’t overstated or even super strong, it just really shows off the fun sour yeasts and raspberries. I really enjoyed this, and I enjoyed Dogfish Head’s tendencies to show off the good flavors without smacking you in the face. Good work.

    Characteristics: flemish nutty raspberry wonderful
  3. Review by mikegee
    Rating: 78

    mikegee

    drank this beer from a Snifter in Miami, FL
    Jan. 15th, 2009 at 6:43 p.m.
    Comment:

    I’m not a big raspberry fan so this was only going to be so good to me. Not a big fan, but an interesting beer nonetheless

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  4. Review by Nicki
    Rating: 97

    Nicki

    drank this beer from a Tulip in Seattle, WA
    Jan. 25th, 2009 at 7:07 p.m.
    Comment:

    A favorite. Smells so good, tastes even better. It’s warm and sweet and strong, but not too warm and sweet and strong.

    Characteristics: strong sweet warm
  5. Review by Keith
    Rating: 82

    Keith

    drank this beer from a Tulip in Seattle, WA
    Jan. 25th, 2009 at 7:12 p.m.
    Comment:

    Pours a hazy red/gold with very little head. It’s strong, that’s what I noticed at first, the alcohol taste and heavy sweetness and tart from the raspberries. This one packs a punch, almost like wine except it’s thicker and heavier in many ways. It’s good, but not something I’d drink on a regular basis.

    Characteristics: heavy strong sweet tart
  6. Review by Tracy M
    Rating: 85

    Tracy M

    drank this beer from a Other in Brooklyn, NY
    March 11th, 2009 at 7:44 p.m.
    Comment:

    Great horizon-expanding beer (thanks again dogfish head!) For me, something that I’m more likely to take a slow shot of than drink in volume. I immediately made all my friends taste it for the educational experience. Strong alcohol, loads of raspberries, is there anything else like it?

    Characteristics: fruity strong alcohol sweet unique
  7. Review by puzzl
    Rating: 37

    puzzl

    drank this beer from a Snifter
    April 21st, 2009 at 9:12 p.m.
    Comment:

    Absolutely awful beer, this boozy mess of malt and raspberries is nearly undrinkable in any quantity. The only reason this beer gets an out is because it is made by DFH. Stay away.

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  8. Review by Phil Dokas
    Rating: 60

    Phil Dokas

    drank this beer from a Pint glass in Ann Arbor, MI
    April 30th, 2009 at 4:28 p.m.
    Comment:

    I had high hopes for this beer but was ultimately quite let down. Pours a beautiful cloudy orange red with little head and an aroma you can smell across the room. If you like that smell, you’ll probably like the beer as it’s a bigger, stronger version of it. Almost gueuze-like in flavor though hugely tart and very sweet though that’s hard to taste under the barny-funky tartness. Ultimately I found this fruit beer to be a bruiser without the kind of balance I was hoping for.

    Characteristics: alcohol gueuze musty sweet tart
  9. Review by Chuck Harmston
    Rating: 40

    Chuck Harmston

    drank this beer from a Other in Washington, DC
    May 8th, 2009 at 12:43 p.m.
    Comment:

    The string of negative reviews of this beer that follow a larger string of very positive ones gives me the feeling that a bad batch of this slipped through DFH’s quality control program.

    To me, Fort tasted like jungle juice. You know, the Everclear-and-juice fusion. You drank it in college, usually in red plastic cups poured out of 5 gallon Gatorade containers in disgusting basements with sticky floors.

    I love DFH, but this was a big letdown. I couldn’t finish it.

    Characteristics: boozy raspberries sickly sweet
  10. Review by Remi
    Rating: 75

    Remi

    drank this beer from a Pint glass in Spokane, WA
    May 8th, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.
    Comment:

    I think I respect the craftsmanship behind this beer more than I enjoy the actual beer. The 18% is a bit too faceblowing for my liking and the raspberry a bit too sweet.

    Worth trying, but I didn’t love it.

    Characteristics: Faceblowing fruity

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