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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: World Wide Stout (10-Year Challenge)

2009 and 2019 World Wide Stout from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery

Style: Wheat Wine Aged in Bourbon Barrels

Special Notes: “A very dark beer brewed with a ridiculous amount of barley.”

Malts: Barley

ABV: 15 -20%

IBU: 70

Availability: Yearly release

@untappd says: 4.43 (2009) and 4.35 (2019)

If there’s one thing I enjoy, it’s a dumb social media trend. Lately, I’ve noticed everyone posting their photos from 2009 alongside their photos from 2019, aka the 10-Year-Challenge. Just because my Windowsill wasn’t around 10 years ago—I moved into this house about 7 years ago—doesn’t mean I can’t participate.

I decided to dig deep into my cellar for this challenge. A few months ago, I took a trip to Harry’s Wine & Liquor Market in Fairfield, CT and found out they were opening up their cellar. Excitedly, I rummaged through that area of the shop and picked up a 2009 World Wide Stout from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (along with a 2016 version). What a find!

Just the other day, I took a trip to Wine and Beyond because I heard they were going out of business. While the sales weren’t all that great (there are minimum prices for alcohol), I did pick up a bottle of the 2019 World Wide Stout for a couple of dollars off the regular price. Now, in all their glory… the 10-Year Beer Challenge!

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery World Wide Stouts
Check out my entire collection of the World Wide Stouts; a 2009, a 2016, 2 Oak Aged Vanillas from 2017 and the 2019. (Credit: Martin Stezano/Beers on Windowsills)

Do you have any beers in your cellar that you could do the 10-year-challenge with? Let me know in the comments below!

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. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: World Wide Stout (10-Year Challenge) . If there’s one thing I enjoy, it’s a dumb social media trend. Lately, I’ve noticed everyone posting their photos from 2009 alongside their photos from 2019, aka the 10-Year-Challenge. Just because my Windowsill wasn’t around 10 years ago—I moved into this house about 7 years ago—doesn’t mean I can’t participate. . I decided to dig deep into my cellar for this challenge. A few months ago, I took a trip to @harryswine in Fairfield, CT and found out they were opening up their cellar. Excitedly, I rummaged through that area of the shop and picked up a 2009 World Wide Stout from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (along with a 2016 version). What a find! . Just the other day, I took a trip to @wineandbeyondct because I heard they were going out of business. While the sales weren’t all that great (there are minimum prices for alcohol), I did pick up a bottle of the 2019 World Wide Stout for a couple of dollars off the regular price. Now, in all their glory… the 10-Year Beer Challenge! . @untappd says: 4.43 (2009) and 4.35 (2019) . For fun, I threw in a photo of all of my World Wide Stouts. Do you have any beers in your cellar that you could do the 10-year-challenge with? Let me know in the comments below!

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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Fruit-Full Fort (2018)

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Fruit-Full Fort

Style: Belgian-style fruit ale

Special Notes: Brewed with raspberries, blueberries, boysenberries and elderberries.

ABV: 17.2%

IBU: 50

Availability: Limited

@untappd says: 3.91/5

We’re building another fort on the Windowsill today!

Last February, we had an ass-kicking raspberry ale from Dogfish Head Craft Brewery on the Windowsill. It was called Fort, and I can honestly say that it’s still the strongest fruit beer I’ve ever had. Today’s beer is Dogfish Head’s follow up to that brew, the Fruit-Full Fort.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Fruit-Full Fort
Definitely more than a handful of berries in this brew! (Credit: Martin Stezano/Beers on Windowsills)

Rather than just raspberries this time, owner Sam Calagione has opted instead to open up his berry sensibilities by including a “boatload” of raspberries, blueberries, boysenberries and elderberries in this version of the Fort. The result is more of the same oomph that the Fort brought to the table. Boozy and fruity—almost like a glass of sweet wine. Be careful with this one, but enjoy the fruity goodness!

Did you notice the yellow bottle cap on the Fruit-Full Fort? Most Dogfish Head heads know what it means—that you’re about to get knocked on your ass by just a few sips, since all yellow-capped beers from Dogfish Head are over 15% in ABV. However, like everything else about this Delaware-based brewery, there’s a story behind it.

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery's yellow danger cap
You better watch out when you see one of these babies! (Credit: Martin Stezano/Beers on Windowsills)

Back in the 1990s, when Dogfish’s World Wide Stout first came out, it had a very similar label and cap color to a different, much less expensive beer, the Indian Brown Ale. Sticky-fingered, stingy beer drinkers would often conceal World Wide bottles in their Indian Brown six-packs to sneak them past unaware liquor store clerks. The company took enough losses on the World Wide that it started using these yellow “Yield” caps to put an end to the thievery. Eventually, they started putting the “danger cap” on all of their hefty beers, as a warning to consumers that booze is on the way, and they might want to put on a helmet before sipping. For me, these aren’t a warning, though; they’re a challenge!

How many danger caps have you had, Windowsillers?

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. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Fruit-Full Fort (2018) . We’re building another fort on the Windowsill today! . Last February, we had an ass-kicking raspberry ale from Dogfish Head on the Windowsill. It was called Fort, and I can honestly say that it’s still the strongest fruit beer I’ve ever had. Today’s beer is Dogfish Head’s follow up to that brew, the Fruit-Full Fort. . Rather than just raspberries this time, owner Sam Calagione has opted instead to open up his berry sensibilities by including a “boatload” of raspberries, blueberries, boysenberries and elderberries in this version of the Fort. The result is more of the same oomph that the Fort brought to the table. Boozy and fruity—almost like a glass of sweet wine. Be careful with this one, but enjoy the fruity goodness! . Did you notice the yellow bottle cap on the Fruit-Full Fort? Most Dogfish Head heads know what it means—that you’re about to get knocked on your ass by just a few sips, since all yellow-capped beers from Dogfish Head are over 15% in ABV. However, like everything else about this Delaware-based brewery, there’s a story behind it. . Back in the 1990s, when Dogfish’s World Wide Stout first came out, it had a very similar label and cap color to a different, much less expensive beer, the Indian Brown Ale. Sticky-fingered, stingy beer drinkers would often conceal World Wide bottles in their Indian Brown sixpacks to sneak them past unaware liquor store clerks. The company took enough losses on the World Wide that it started using these yellow “Yield” caps to put an end to the thievery. Eventually, they started putting the “danger cap” on all of their hefty beers, as a warning to consumers that booze is on the way, and they might want to put on a helmet before sipping. For me, these aren’t a warning, though; they’re a challenge! . How many danger caps have you had, Windowsillers? . ABV: 17.2%, IBU: 50, part of Dogfish Head’s “Rarities” releases . @untappd says: 3.91

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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Olde School Barleywine (2017)

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Olde School

ABV: 15%

IBU: 85

Availability: Part of their “rarities” release series

@untappd says: 4.03/5

We’re going olde school on the Windowsill today!

Ever wonder just what exactly a barleywine is? Contrary to its name, it’s not a wine. Wine is made with fermented juice. Barleywine is made with fermented grain—typically barley—which makes it a beer…a very strong beer. They are typically anywhere from 8% to 12% ABV, although they can be more, as you’ll find out in a minute. It’s that high-alcohol content, which is similar to wine, that earned this ale its name. The style has been around in name since Ancient Greece (although with a different recipe), but today’s version of the style uses hops as a preservative. @anchorbrewing is credited with introducing the style to American audiences, which they did with their Old Foghorn in 1976. Drink it a little warmer than your typical beer to get all that good flavor!

The Olde School is a pretty unique barleywine from Delaware’s Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. It’s fermented using figs and dates. The recipe came from a an old English cellarman’s manual Dogfish’s founder Sam Calagione found that suggested adding dates and figs to casks to re-carbonate them. Calagione recommends aging this beer, to let the hops recede a bit and push those fruity flavors forward. I found this brew to be pretty delicious. Very sweet. Very fruity. Very strong! I just wish I’d bought more than one so I could age a bottle.

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Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Beer To Drink Music To (2017)

Dogfish Head Craft Brewery: Beer to Drink Music to

ABV: 6.8%

IBU: 30

Availability: Limited (once)

@untappd says: 3.68/5

Sometimes I just have to put a beer on my window sill, put some music on and chill.

For the last three years, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery has been the official sponsor of Record Store Day, and they’ve made Beer To Drink Music To ’17 Tropical Blonde the official beer of the vinyl-inspired holiday. So what’s Record Store Day? According to their official website, it was conceived in 2007 at a gathering of independent record store owners and employees as a way to celebrate the unique culture surrounding independent record stores all over the world. It’s been going strong since 2008, and Dogfish Head is proud to be a part of it.

The Delaware-based brewery chose a very chill beer to represent a pretty chill industry, and I’m proud to have Beer To Drink Music To ’17 on my windowsill. When I think of chill, I think of the tropics, and it doesn’t get much more tropical than kiwi juice and hibiscus flowers. It’s refreshing, delicious and, at 6.8% ABV, it will chill you out fast.