Innis & Gunn Limited Edition Oak Aged Beer (Bottle)

Bottle via gregclow. Amber in colour with a fair bit of cabonation (too much for the style). A bit of grassy hop on the nose, along with notes of iron, wood (not pine), and light malt. Sweeter in the mouth than the aromas would imply, with some elements of vanilla, a bit of roasted malt, mild sour citrus, booze, and a light touch of cherry before a long (yet faint) biscuit malt type of finish. Lighter bodied than expected too. Overall, all of the flavors are far more subdued than you’d expect from an English strong ale (no huge or complex esters or malt flavors), but the wood character keeps things from getting to dull. A lightweight in a heavyweight class.

Something i picked up in canada. pours out a nice deep amber color with a suprisingly decent head. aroma smell like a sawmill with some maltyness to it. flavor was a bit malty and sweet and had a saw mill finish. i felt like i was chewing on some bark.

This beer was shared by Daniel (00cobraR). This stuff poured out a dark amber. In the nose I got lots of oak and some other toasted wood notes. Taste is much more revealing than the aroma and this is where the burbon kicks in. Oak is still very present and it tasted like I was having a whiskey in a sawmill with the taste and smell combintation. Not picking up any chocolate flavor as the commercial descripition says but some roasted thick malts to make their presence known. Not a bad beer but not something I would drink alot, thanks Daniel.

Bottle that Daniel brought back from Canada. Thanks. Pours out a dark brown color with a thick tan head on it. Smell is kind of bland, not really much going on there - some vanilla and oak notes, but not alot. The taste is similar to drinking a big glass of bourbon. From the smell I would have no idea that there would be such a bourbon flavor in this beer. Not really all that great, but pretty hard to come by. Thanks Daniel.

This limited edition pours darker than the regular Oak Aged. The first thing that hit me as I poured the bottle’s content into my glass was the aroma. My nose was far away from the glass yet the sweet malty, "caramelized" whiskey smell reached my nostrils rather quickly. It was a pleasant surprise. Carbonation felt very light amongst the somewhat watery texture dissimilar to other ales. The taste was familiar to me from having drank the regular oak aged before however the toffee and whiskey like taste were much more pronounced. A noticeable scent of its alcohol content afterwards.

Tasted 18/02/2007. 330ml boxed bottle, limited edition, sent from the UK (in a sock). Thanks to the TheGrandmaster. Deep rose gold, with a fluffy off-white head that diminishes slowly. First sniff is sweet caramel malts, alcohol and vanilla. Further investigation reveals a acetic note that becomes dominant and reminds me of malt vinegar on fish and chips. Woody, spicy notes follow. Caramel later, seems more like toffee. Sweet malt and more vanilla oakiness in the mouth. Very whisky-like. Off dry. Warming. Very little in the way of hops. Acidic finish. A lot lighter in body than I expected, given the nose, with a medium carbonation that adds to this feeling. Great complex nose, which is not quite followed up in the mouth. I’d love to age one of these, out of interest, to see how that aecetic note develops.

Bottle: Poured a clear deep brown color ale with a small bubbly head that disappeared quickly. Aroma of light oak and whisky is quite strong and dominant. Taste is dominated by the bourbon with some small traces of peat malt and oak. Body is kind of light for the style with some low carbonation. While this is an interesting experience from a UK brewer, the whisky is too dominating and since I’m not a big fan of whisky I can’t say that I will be seeking this again in the future.

330ml bottle - pours deep ruby copper with a bubbly/foamy white head on top that dissapeared rather fast. Aroma is full of strong notes of woody bourbon, with some sweet malt mingling amongst that. Little hops detectable. Quite unique in the flavour, where the whisky character really puts itself upfront, but the hops also make themselve more evident. The alcohol isn’t very evident, which is good, but unfortunately the flavour, unique as it is, doesn’t inspire me much. The whisky is too overbearing and just sort of muddles the whole experience for me. If I want bourbon, I drink bourbon. I’m not so fond of the combination, at least in this case. Vanilla in there too, though subtle. Not something I’m likely to seek out again, though I’d be curious to compare this to the regular version, which by accounts here appears to be extremely similar. Even if this one was 3 times the cost. All that said, I don’t really think this is a badly made beer...it’s just not my thing.