Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Great brew! For 12% you really cant taste the booze. Nice color and goes down smoothly. Will have again

Pours like a flat cola. Smells strongly of oak and alcohol, as well as vanilla and caramel. Tastes of roasted malt, vanilla, oak, spice, and some stone fruit, with a definite alcohol finish.

Poured much thicker than expected. Head took a little while to form and left a crown when it died. Smells of vanilla malt up front, wine when swirled. Tastes of wood, boozy wine, and sweet fruit. Mouth is thick bodied with little carbonation. I would likely not buy this one again, not that it is bad, just not for me.

Poured from a 12oz bottle, this brown ale looks almost black. Held up to the light you can see some reddishness but the rest is opaque. The moderate amount of head is thick and sticky and dark-colored, like coffee with cream. Strong aroma is of roasted malts and some sweetness. The first tastes are creamy and of spectacularly roasted malts, along with caramel sweetness that persists throughout the sips, always floating above the roasted malt flavor. Strong hints of vanilla are here is well as the mouthfeel gives way to an oiliness characteristic of heavy beers. The alcohol is well hidden until the finish, which reminds me very much of bourbon. Though this isn’t a beer I’d drink often (because of its strength), it is definitely worth a try.

Mondial 2009, Montreal. Dark brown, almost black, with just a ring of head. The aroma is ripe-fruit-sweet and a little spicy, with some roast thrown in there as well. The flavour has dried fruit and brown sugar, but also a definite slavour of chocolate-covered maraschino cherries. Quite full. Interesting.

Indeed the extraordinary gumbo ale. The Palo Santo unique characteristic combined to the caramel and vanilla complexity makes this ale a great pairing for Pichana or Rodizio.

While this beer claims to be a "Brown Ale," notice the word "Big" before "Brown Ale" in the description because this beer is loaded with complex tastes and alcohol. 12 oz bottle. Aroma of wood and alcohol. Pours dark brown, almost black. Flavor is complex with roasted cacao, raisons, and hints of bourbon and earth. Surprisingly smooth.

Aroma is wine-like, burnt fruit, vanilla and wood notes. Pours opaque brown with off-tan head. flavour is big and bold - sweet fruit, chocolate, raisins and woodiness. Smooth for such a high alcohol content. A great beer.