Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: American Strong Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

Black with dense tan head that left nice lacing. Smell of an English barley wine. Alcohol presence, sour cherries, roasty, malty, rich and dry. I was expecting more from this which doesn’t make this bad, but it reminded me of a Russian Imperial in the end. Perhaps when I try it in a bottle with lowered expectations I’ll have more promising thing to say. On tap and Andy’s DFH Promo night.

Dirty brown pour with no head. Nose of rich malts, coffee, brown sugar, vanilla, wood and chocolate. Flavor is well layered with some hops thrown in as well. Nice bittering finish after all the great flavors.

Intriguing! On draft at Hulmeville Inn as part of a sampler. Pour was dark brown with interesting fiery copper-red highlights. Small glass (4-5 oz) didn’t allow for head. Aroma was slightly out of the ordinary, alcohol present and an aged smell to it for sure. Even my mother correctly smelled/tasted it! Very tasty, and the 12% was not nearly as overwhelming as it maybe should have been ; )

Bottled from Cracked Kettle, Amsterdam. Very dark brown coloured, almost no head. Very complex nose, malts, liquorice, coffee, dark fruit, very nice. Unbelieveable flavour-development, initially somewhat fruity and malty, then the chocolate and coffee comes in, followed by a hopbitter flavour and finishing up with a lasting bitter finish. Although not really my thing this is a unique brew with an astonishing flavour development at every sip. Interesting.

bottle 12 oz: Pour very black with a thin almost no extistant head. Smells raosty malt, alcohol, and slight coffee. Tastes sweet with brown sugar and vanilla with a lightly bitter smoky wood toffee finish. I agree that this is a very interestingl and wonderful brew.

Clear dark brown beer with a small tan head. The aroma is nice, starting with fresh hop aroma just when the cap comes of the bottle. Thereafter the smell is mainly of roasted and sweet malts, chocolate, wood with a hint of alcohol. The taste is complex, dominated by roast flavours with woody and earthy tones. In a good sense it reminds me of an old cigar box. The aftertaste is long and complex. The body is medium light and there is a good balance between sweetness and bitterness. You can sense the warmth of the alcohol. It is an interesting and pleasant beer.

Interesting beer with a nice meltdown of brown maltyness, oak/bourbon/vanilla/alcohol and light fruit. Aroma is a bit too "closed" and the body is a bit too carbonated and sirupy. Still drinkable for the ABV.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown/black, very small tan head that lingered around the edges. Aroma is sweet malt, alcohol and a touch of coffee and chocolate. Flavor is sweet malt, coffee, wood, very faint touch of Bourbon and vanilla in the background. Very smooth for the abv.