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Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron - American Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: American Strong Ale

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
10233.88/5.03.87/5.0Special12%93.8Snifter, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Big Brown Ale aged on palo santo wood from Paraguay. This beer is a 12% abv, highly roasty, and malty brown ale aged on the wood of the Palo Santo tree from Paraguay. Palo Santo means "holy tree" and it's wood has been used in South American wine-making communities. We were lucky enough to get our hands on 20 blocks of the super-dense wood and the wood was added to the ageing tank after fermentation.
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 rcasta (470), El Salvador
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 31, 2009  
cerveza ale bastante oscura con sabor a madera. no se siente el alcohol y quien putas lee estas mierdas de todas maneras


 milljam (562), Norman, Oklahoma, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 30, 2009  
Very complex nose. Woodsie-type smell, like oak, sweet. Taste is also complex, very sweet and malty, slight roastiness. Can tell this is aged in wood. Slight flavor of tannins from wood. %12 abv is extremely well hidden. Wood aging adds a very pleasureable complexity to a typically uncomplex style. Hints of vanilla or molasses, very smooth and easy to drink.


 popkow (107), New York, New York, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/519/20
Jan 29, 2009  
12 fl oz bottle packing 12% alc released a small froth of light brown head. Dense body with a dark brown hue. Toasted grain with a molasses touch at the end. This is a superb brown ale that achieves fogging a dark cloud of roasted malt over an alcohol continent.


 nickd717 (1276), Palo Alto, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Jan 29, 2009  
Well done. This pretty much falls in the "imperial porter" category in my book, with a little stout in there. Dark brown appearance with a significant beige head. Malty aroma. Vanilla and roasted malts with a good alcohol bite. Doesn’t fool you with the 12% ABV. Fairly heavy on the palate.


 jkwalking05 (1483), Arlington, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/515/20
Jan 29, 2009  
Black with a dark tan head. Aroma is of vanilla, wood, light smoke, and molasses. Taste is roasted malts, wood and molasses.


 Darkover (1308), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/517/20
Jan 27, 2009  
Very dark brown with a big brown head. Aroma and flavor of dark fruits, berries and roasted malts. Smooth , drinkable and very good.


hoooraybeer (48), Cranford, New Jersey, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/518/20
Jan 27, 2009  
It’s not overpowering at 12%. Which is actually a surprise from dogfish. It has a very well balanced barley wine flavor. And then it breaks away from that at the point when barley wines get overpowering. You expect the dark fruit and molasses to kick you in the stomach, and there is this gentle warm hand of the aged wood that finishes it off like a good scotch. Or at least the way that scotch drinkers talk about good scotch.


 bigtaster (184), Grand Rapids, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 25, 2009  
Very dark brown, almost no head, little lacing. Crazy intense for a brown ale, woody notes and almost no alcohol coming through, strong malty body with a kick. Best brown ale I have had by far.



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