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Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer (Bottle)

Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer (Bottle) - English Strong Ale

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 Percentile 
65
overall
Brewed by Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: English Strong Ale

Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5233.2/5.03.19/5.06.6%54.5English pint, Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Bottle: Pasteurised.
Brewed by Belhaven for Innis & Gunn
Ingredients: Golden Promise and crystal malt; Phoenix hops.
""""For 30 days this honey-hued beer sleeps in hand selected oak barrels, locked inside a bonded warehouse, gradually assimilating the subtle flavours that reside in the wood. Barrels are then emptied and maturation continues for a further 47 days in a marrying tun where these natural flavours infuse and fall into perfect balance. This 77-day process is unique and produces a delicious, refreshing beer: Aromas of vanilla and toffee, hints of citrus, with a malty, lightly oaked,palate. Deftly balanced and light in texture, soothing and warming in the finish.""""
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 patricks110 (276), Alberta, Canada
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/513/20
May 3, 2008  
Great beer. Tastes like a hint of Whiskey in it. This is because it is aged in oak barrels. Crisp flavour.


 michael-pollack (2604), King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/511/20
Apr 29, 2008  
330ml Bottle: Aroma of oak, honey, wood, caramel, butter and vanilla. Poured orange/light amber in color with a large, off-white head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Not sparkling. Tastes of bourbon, oak, vanilla, wood, butter, and caramel. Medium body. Average texture. Average carbonation. Oak, butter, and caramel finish.


 jake65 (1658), Williston, North Dakota, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/57/104/512/20
Apr 27, 2008  
Bottle: Looks like cream soda gold with a large white head. Aroma caught me off guard with a vinegar hint up front, before mellowing out into some softer notes of bourbon. Sweet flavor with lots of bourbon and some malt and toffee. Wow, plenty of woody notes. Still a little sweet comes through.


 BückDich (4793), McCall, Idaho, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Apr 27, 2008  
Bottle: Color as shown on the left, light head. Nose of vanilla and light wood with some honey and coconut notes. The flavor is smooth with a light sweet honey and vanilla note from the oak. Seems like they tried to get too much barrel into this one, it drowns out whatever base beer was there. Quaffable however.


 TET (226), Finland
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/511/20
Apr 26, 2008  
Beautiful copperbrown beer with thin white head. Aroma is sweet but still there are lot of nuancees. Flavour is balanced: bitter and malts Almost light to drink and lot of quite much of carbonation. Oak Aged Beer medium beer: there is nothing annoying and nothing brilliant and I can’t find oak barrels even I know it.


 mikkopen (251), Oulu, Finland
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Apr 25, 2008  
330 ml bottle. Nice coppery orange colour and a thin white head. Aroma is very sweet and fruity, with vanilla and lemon. Flavour is sweet, fruity and buttery, stongly oaky, and has some flowery hops in the finish. The aftertaste is nice and warm but a bit short. A very tasty and interesting beer.


speedywinger (27), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Apr 17, 2008    Updated: Jul 11, 2008
Bottle from LCBO. Beautiful clear amber/copper color (same as pic) with an off-white head. This beer has an insane amount of oak aroma and flavor. If you like oaky wines or whiskey this beer is heaven in a bottle. The flavor is sweet vanilla, oak, malt and caramel...mmmmmm. A little boozy aftertaste and wood. Unique beer.


 gam (1068), brisbane, Australia
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 13, 2008  
Good frothy head on a wel carbonated dark gold pour,well amber.Aroma,rich hops,good strong malt,nut like notes,sweetness of butterscotch.Flavorsbutterscotch,nutty,malt sweetness citrus comes through,this is good stuff mellow to drink yet strong in flavour.Finish sweet full flavoured.



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