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Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

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common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
10373.88/5.03.88/5.0Special12%94.4Snifter, Trappist glass
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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 thejon375 (392), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Feb 13, 2009  
Amazingly different beer. Almost opaque in color poured slowly and let off the chocolate coffee aroma. Great wood flavor almost like an oak aged wine. Alcohol was a little to much but overall great beer.


 radiomgb (1950), Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 12, 2009    Updated: Feb 16, 2009
Near black in colour with a thin tan coloured head, light lacing. The aroma was quite hoppy, some chocolate and coffee, wood, lots of sweetness. The flavour was a bit alcoholic, hoppy, some citrus, chocolate, caramel, wood, sugary. Hot mouthfeel, medium body, medium carbonation. Finishes long, warm, a bit peppery.

Pretty hot. Alcohol dominates at times. I usually find Dogfish beers to have a bit better balance then this one did.

Bottle at Mondial 2008, Montreal, Quebec.
Sampled on May 30, 2008.


 General66 (167), Streator, Illinois, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/516/20
Feb 11, 2009  
12 ounce bottle. This beer surprised me with an very dark brown pour with a magnificent one finger width brown, bubbly head (reminded me of a stout pour). I almost never give a 5/5 for appearance but I had to with this one... it was perfect. The aromas consisted of sweet and malty with a lot of dried fruit, some bitter chocolate, and alcohol. The taste was very bold for an American Strong Ale. There were hints of dried fruit, some bitter chocolate, and a lot of malt. This brew had a nice alcohol warming to it. It finished a bit bitter for my liking but was very good overall!


 Eyedrinkale (3209), Astoria, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Feb 10, 2009  
Draft at BGH. This beer should only allowed go be poured in the DFH goblets. The aromas are charred wood, burnt cocoa and scotch. The flavor has some grape and extremely bitter chocolate. Really complex but could use a year.


 Boliv (189), New York, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Feb 9, 2009  
Bottle. Pours very thick, dark brown, with very little head. I didn’t expect this to look like a stout. Aroma is sweet and alcoholic like brandy, full of dried fruit. Also present are caramel, cocoa, and a hint of banana. Wow. This one is overwhelming in my mouth. Thick and chewy mouthfeel, warming and alcoholic, and sweet all around. Touches of bitter espresso, chocolate, brandy, and oaky/wooden/earthy notes. I’m really enjoying this beer. It’s rich, heavy, sweet, alcoholic, and different.


 GranvilleTim (476), Granville, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Feb 7, 2009  
Smells of sweetness and wood come out during the pour. Its dark brown with a tan head. It tastes sweet. Very tasty , but it is a beer that I would not drink one after another. It is definately a beer to drink slowly and savor.


stoutbiiliards (17), Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Feb 6, 2009  
very nice woody aroma, dark brown, little head, nice flavor woody kinda almost faint raspberry overall nice beer little to much alcohol taste.


 Gachupines (290), USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/56/103/514/20
Feb 5, 2009  
Dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is hard to place, malt with some wood is the best I can describe it. Taste is a little sweet for me, strong malt presence. Some hops underneath and a somewhat oak-like aftertaste. Definitely interesting, but not something I’d drink often.



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