Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer (Bottle)

Brewed by Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: English Strong Ale
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

Clear Bottle Pours reddish-gold, aroma is pleasant - cola is the best I can come up with - but understated. Flavor is subtle, and incredibly smooth. There’s little to point to here that would indicate the oaking other than general smoothness. No vanilla or sweetness that bourbon casks might impart, but that might make it too saccharine. Doesn’t taste like 6.6%. Not bad, not bad.

Bottle from Morrisons. Attractive orange with a white head, I tried this a few years ago when it first appeared and was quite impressed. Under Greene Kings stewaedship it has dived considerably. The barrel aged smokey/woodiness has almost gone, the carbonation is less smooth and ant evidence of hops ihas vanished. The remaining flavour is best described as toffee apple stewed iin diacetyl.!

Poured with a limited head, nice aroma, different taste than expected. Didn’t love this beer as much as advertised.(rate edit)

Bouteille de 750ml, dégusté dans un verre de style sniffer. Bière de couleur orange cuivré avec un peu de mousse qui adhère moyennement bien au verre. Au premier nez nous retrouvons une odeur de houblon bien marqué d’un filet de bois et de vanille, l’odeur du whisky en laisse c’est particuliarité de finesse.Il y a aussi une petite touche de poivre et de thim comme épice en 2e nez. Après 5 minutes nous pouvons sentir de la pelure de banane et une touche de coconut. Goût boisé, vanille, peu amère,caramel bien carbonisé et laissant un goût d’orange. Une bière de bon goût sans explosion gustative mais le tout se joue en finesse et subtilité. Ne pas oubliez le crémeux de la bière se développe en bouche une fois le liquide réchauffé. En bref, une bière avec du style et polyvalence pour tout party.

An interesting beer right from the pour: sweet aroma to match the reddish brown appearance. Flavor was buttery smooth, sweet in the mouth, with a delectably tasty finish that I learned later was akin to toffee. This is a wickedly refreshing beer that I would love to get my hands on again. Cheers.

From the bottle. Great deep brown reddish colour. Smells of strong malts, and oak. Tastes of vanilla, toffee, and oak. Pretty cool beer.

Clear Bottle- Poured a caramel amber with a white head that simmered away quickly. Nice whisky-light rum aroma. This was more like an aged light liquor with carbonation. Rather smooth and tasty but uncharacteristic of a beer. Still good though.

Off white foamy head. Light amber colour. Aroma is malty, fruity (pear, dates) with light caramel, milky and toffee notes. Flavor is malty too with banana and toffee tones, ending in a moderately fruity finish. Medium bodied.