Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

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

Serve in Snifter, Trappist glass

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Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear dark brown black color with a small, virtualle none head. Aroma is heavy malty, caramel, alcohol, dark fruity. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy and very smooth, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. (050808)

GABF 2007. Vintage 2006. A pitch black beer with a orange-brown head. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of both chocolate and coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of coffee, cocoa beans, oil, alcohol, wood, and caramel, leading to a alcoholic and woody finish. The body is strong.

(Bottle 35,5 cl) Courtesy of FlacoAlto. Pours completely black and opaque with a rough, light brown head. Vinous aroma with some roasted malt and woody accents. Quite full-bodied with sweetish roasted malt and a spicy edge, some dried fruit also. Some malt bitterness in the finish. A very interesting beer. 201008

12 fl oz bottle. Pours dark brown with a diminished tan head. Mild spiced and roasted aroma. Spiced and light acidic liqourice flavoured. Mild roasted. Ends spiced and light acidic.

Cask@GBBF2008. Black colour, not much head. Aroma is coffee, some roasted malts and fudge along iwth caramel mlts and some wood. Flavour is alcohol, spices, licorice and some fudgeish notes. Impressive, and hides the ABV surprisingly well for being 12 %.

UPDATED: SEP 28, 2008 Bottled at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Very dark brown, minimal brown head. Spicy aroma of cinnamon and ginger, without really giving the impression of being spiced. Sweet and syrupy, full sized with lots of caramel, gingersnaps, molasses, wood and herbs. On top of that there’s white chocolate, honey, cardamom and café au lait. A powerful, complex and unusual sipping beer.

Bottle in a hotel room in Bruxelles. Black coloured with a huge beige head. Fruity and light roasted aroma of chocolate and dried fruits. Fruity and roasted flavour of chocolate, liquorice, hops and dried fruits with notes of alcohol. Warming alcoholic finish.

Cask, 12.0% at GBBF08. Black colour. Small light brown head. OK liquorice mouthfeel. Very peppery flavour. Quite high alcohol.

Black color; thin creamy head, brown. Light aroma of roasted malt, chocolate and alcohol. Smooth and quite strong body; strong chocolate character, with some sweetness, light liquorice; the Palo Santo probably leaves a light wood touch, light astringency and light sourness. Correct bitterness; the final is warming but not too alcoholic.
A chocolate brew, powerful but not too complex.

UPDATED: NOV 20, 2011
Date: February 09, 2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewfest, Extreme Beer
Appearance: opaque brown, frothy tan head
Aroma: rich chocolate aroma with sweet vanilla
Flavor: lots of chocolate flavor, unique woody character, touch of vanilla sweetness, light bitter finish

Date: April 26, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: Green’s
Score: 3.5 to 3.8
Aroma: picking up some backend woody spicyness in the aroma that was not there before
Body: very creamy body
Flavor: great chocolate flavor, the woody character is well integrated into the chocolate flavor

Date: December 05, 2008
Mode: draft
Words: dan’s kegerator
a bit more subdued on draft, very rich and chocolatey, touch of dark fruits sneaking out,

Date: January 10, 2010
Mode: draft
Source: taco mac kennesaw
Score: 3.8 to 4.1
Appearance: black, fine tan head
Aroma: sweet chocolate aroma, dark fruits, touch of wood
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, lots of fruity character in this keg, wood offers a great depth of character
Overall: the fruity potential of this beer is coming out and giving it extra depth of character, I may have to get a keg of this afterall

Date: April 29, 2011
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
Vintage: 2008
Aroma: sweet winey sherry character showing up in the aroma with the rich chocolate and dark fruits
Flavor: flavor is sweet dark fruits and chocolate, just a touch of the sherry
Overall: ages well and picks up the sherry but not really any better than fresh especially on draft

Date: November 02, 2011
Mode: draft
Source: tmac woodstock
Vintage: 2009
not showing much change with an aged keg, still the velvety rich chocolate with a touch of dark fruits, but none of the sherry that shows up in the bottle after a couple of years,

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+ /4