Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

I do not much care for browns, but this brown is rich, complex, and elegant... it is porter-esque. If every there was a beer that could stand next to a fine French bordeaux, this is it.

Pours dark fudgey brown, with just a little bit of a purple hue. Very chocolaty aroma with some good roasted character. Very robust. There is an underlying whiff of wood character. This beer is big on flavor. I get some really good plum character with a chocolate aftertaste and a woody tannic edge. Quite full bodied and velvety smooth. No signs of alcohol, and an even finish. Wow. I haven’t been a fan of a DFH beer in a long time.

Black color with a thin head. Light woody aroma. Lots of chocolate, roasted malt and earthiness. Lots more where that came from in the taste. Chocolate, earth, a little smoke, kind of like peat, but not quite. A little dark fruit (cherry, prune). Dry finish.

Sampled from 12-oz bottle and shared by Badgerben. Pours a semi-clear dark brown brew with some red highlights and a fast dissolving beige head that dissipates to a fine film and no ring. Aroma of roasted dark malt, a touch of molasses, red licorice, vanilla and a touch of dark pitted fruits. Taste is medium to full bodied, with flavors of roasted dark malt, figs, raisins, some light chocolate and red licorice. Finish has a nice alcohol warmth, semi-sweet with a smooth lingering vanilla and wooded malt aftertaste.

poured a dark black with 2 fingers of tan creamy head. powerful aroma of raisins, dark fruit, alcohol, and liquorish and the lumber section of home depot. taste is complex and loaded with flavor. dark fruit, sweet raisins, roast, liquorish, coffee, deep and complex vanilla hiding in the finish. more wood and smoke as it warms. feels thick and full on the tongue.

Bottle: Deep and rich in a brown pour with a small tan head. Roasty and sweet up front in the aroma with a bit of molasses and candied dark fruit. Smokey? Has almost an impy smell... Tastes is roasty, coffee, fruity, and a bit more smoke. Has a great dark roasted feel to it. A solid brew. Thanks to BuckDich.

Dep dark brown black with a faomy beige head that was coaxwd with a swirll or two. Eich aroma o dark roasted maltiness and dark pitted fruits, prunes and raisons. Sweet stoutish. WWS even. Expwcting a stout from the aroma...the flavor is a bit of a let downm To be fair though, a vry nice sweet dark roasted flavor. More IBUs would have balanced it bettter I think. Very good over all though.

Bottle: Pours a ebony mahogany color with a smoky tawny edge towards the tailings. The nose is strong and fruity with those dark resinous things that you wouldn’t expect from the beginning: figs, brown sugar and a chewy bourbony note. The flavor is creamy and resinous with an ample hop note and a roasty chicory and chocolate note. The finish is sweet and balanced, woody tail and a balanced overall impact. Nice and woody but doesn’t have that same bourbon note that most of these barrel aged beers have.