Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer (Bottle)

Nice amber body, medium carbonation. Although an average brew in texture and body, this little beauty has integrated the complex flavors of Scottish whiskey in a very elegant way, and has to be given cred for it. A smooth caramel aroma and the unmistakable hint of whiskey barrels oak really lifts this beer up beyond the standards of its otherwise light feel. One of my favorite all-rounders.

Bottle. Pours a rich, golden color with a thin, fizzy head. Aromas of vanilla, oak, and malt. Flavors of toffee , vanilla, citrus and oak. Rich texture, light-medium body. This beer was my first oak aged beer and it changed my idea of beer. I love it and apparently I love it a lot more than most beer lovers, but that’s alright.

Not much aroma, sceptic to look because of the cristal clear bottle. Pale brown appearance. Sweet toffee taste, and vanilla aftertase. Some people may like it, but this how a beer should not taste.

33 cl bottle, Mulmur, ON, Canada. Solid golden colour, thin head. Primarily skunky aroma with some oakiness coming through. Some grains and malt once the skunk has settled. Sweet, with some sourness on first sip, gives way to a quite smooth, building sweetness that finishes too sweet.

Crystal clear copper, a small off white head appeared when first poured but quickly vanished. I noticed a slight skunk smell when bottle was first cracked but it didn’t last long, there seems to be tons a caramel and wood making up the rest of the aroma. I thought I poured my self a beer and not a rye and coke, the oak aging process they describe really flavors the beer like whisky, I don’t like whisky! Beer does have decent malt backbone, with a touch of alcohol in the finish. For an ESB its pretty non-bitter it’s really more smooth then anything ells, the beer leaves a sweet toffee after taste that lingers for a long while. I don’t understand the hype of the beer for an ESB it’s very weak and the oak aging in my opinion just makes it taste like rye. Its drinkable but not anything to get excited over.

A nice amber beer with a small white head that leaves nice lacing. The aroma is very malty with some sweet caramel or toffee and a hint of oak. The flavor is also quite malty, in a sweet almost buttery way, with whiskey alcoholic notes. Interesting brew!

Pours with a golden body topped by a medium thick head with some lacing. It’s lightly malty with notes of toffee, vanilla and wood as well as a light hoppiness. Light to medium bodied and smooth.

Pours a good looking amber clear brown with small white head. Aromas of whiskey, oak and grain alcohol. Vanilla and butter flavors. Very smooth on the palate. Tastes better than it smells.