Raison D'Etre

A deep mahogany ale brewed with Belgian beet sugars and green raisins

A deep mahogany, Belgian-style brown ale brewed with beet sugar, raisins and Belgian-style yeast.

We began brewing this one at our pub in 1996 (we began packaging and selling it sometime in 1998) as the answer to the question, "What beer should I enjoy with a wood-grilled steak?" Raison D'Etre fits the bill. It's as tasty and complex as a fine red wine.

In the Quick Sip Clip video, Sam talks about Raison D'Etre inside the new cellars for our 600-bbl fermentation tanks. The cellars were designed specifically to allow sterile yeast management. The system also allows us to automatically dose the yeast into the fermentation tanks. At Dogfish, we use multiple strains of yeast for our different beers, so we are acutely aware of all that can go wrong when you don't love and protect the yeast.


Specs

ABV:

8.0

IBU:

25


Release:

Rarities


Original Release Date:


Style

Belgian-style


Enjoy

Goblet or Snifter

Blue, goat

Steak, duck, game, wine-reduction sauces, ham, mussels

Experience

Deep mahogany

Sweet dried fruit esters, malty and plums

Sweet and malty raisins, slightly herbal

Medium to thin body with lingering bitterness, slightly dry and warming