Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

This was a nice tasting beer and poured well with a good lacing and a little bit of head. The flavour is packed full of many different tastes that combine for a great beer hence I rate it well. Nice once in a while treat.

Bottle (12oz). Whoa! - what a surprise, black, viscid-looking stuff with a smallish foamy-fizzy light brown head - even with a small profile, it still left a trace of lacing. The aroma reminds me of cedar, crushed mint, and mahogany chips, with the deep roast malt pushed way into the background; and oddly, I think there’s a hint of green olive saltiness. The taste - oh, that’s yummy - halfway between an oily/nutty brown ale and an imperial stout - coffee ground acidity, oak-resin, table cream, herbal and quite strong alcohol - I love it. Surprisingly only average-at-best bodied, but solid carbonation and acidity, a long oily, malty, boozy finish to it - I got the wood-aging more in the finish, but I suspect the palo santo wood character is what makes this so mellow, for a 12% heavily roasted beer. Well done.

Thanks to Badgerben for this one. I am always excited to get another rating from DFH, which I consider one of the best breweries in the, or the world. Oak and malt aroma. Flavor has sugar, sweet vanilla, and lots of that. Earthy, some dirt, and a little peat. It doesn’t fit into any style very well, but shoehorning it into American strong makes sense. The high abv is well hidden.

Dark brown with a very small, light-tan head. Odd, sugary nose of slightly-medicinal alcohol with significant fresh lumber, some coffee/plant tucked in the back. Sweet flavor with slightly bitter coffee, alcohol, vanilla, wood. Palateis a little watery, yet enjoyable and somewhat unique.

Wow. This stuff is FINE. Rich and velvet liquid blankets your mouth. Immediate presence of cherry that results in a cough syrup-like presentation.....but very yummy and rich. Sweetness is well-balanced with complex tones of vanilla and roasted grains. Finish is ridiculously smooth for a 12 percenter. Yes, I think the base is definitely the Indian Brown Ale. An excellent experience; and at roughly $9 per 24 oz., a better deal than any wine around. Superb.

Got this one in a trade with Carl4Beer...NICE. I liked this one a lot. The base is a nice brown ale...not sure if it is the Indian or not, but its awesome. Full of barley and roasted grains. The Palo wood rounds the whole thing out with a nice wood and vanilla combo that makes this one unique. Everything gets balanced out with a nice and strong malty backbone. High ABV mixes great with everything. Thanks a lot Carl, this one was the shit!!

pours with no head. smells of vanilla and a little chocolate. Tastes of dark grains, chocolate. Also some hops or maybe that’s the alcohol? This is a really good beer. I bet the wood aging has played a role in complicating the flavor. Overall an excellent beer!

Smells of strong malt with a distinct piney scent. Tastes very rich, sort of like raisins. The alcohol is hidden well. Tasty