Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer (Bottle)

Pale brown colour. The oak and whiskey come through in the aroma. Texture is thin. Flavour is a little bit sour and quite bland. There’s not much depth to this for all it’s fancy brewing.

330ml bottle.
Pours a clear honey amber with a tall foamy head. Aroma is very nice and sweet. Caramel and sappy oak. Med body. Silky carbonation. Taste is sweet and hoppy with traces of alcohol, wood, and honey. Not a bad beer but not my style.

Very different. pours clear amber/orange with slim, lasting white head. Smells delicious, sweet, citrussy and vanilla. Flavours start light and fruity, finishing woody, malty and slightly metallic. Smooth and gently warming.

Bottle. Very pale orange/yellow colour and a smell reminiscient of a traditional lager. But this is an ale! The taste though, is all ale ;o) Slightly honey-sweet to begin with, it transforms into a malty taste with clear taste and aroma of oak.

The aromas of caramel and vanilla are strong and pleasant. It has a simailar flavour in description to its smell. Not very bitter but full flavoured nonethless. Truly different...in a good way.

Rich aroma with caramel and vanilla dominating, but also some woody notes. Medium to full bodied, not too refreshing, but more packed with flavor. Lacking bitterness in the finish to balance the sweetness. Very interesting beer.

Date: 10/28/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Green’s, Atlanta

clear amber, frothy off white head, good lace, sweet buttery caramel malt aroma with light vanilla, creamy body, sweet carmel malt flavor, light bitterness, touch of oaky vanilla character adds depth, oaky bitter finish, shows stronger than expected, respectable, sweet buttery and caramel if you’re into that

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

Poured it in my Westmalle glas - because it was the glas that most closely looked like the Innis & Gunn glas. It pours a dark amber/copper body that has a lots of bubbles in it, with a thin creamy layer of foam. Aroma of vanilla toffee and oak, fruity - i really love the aroma cant stop smelling it. Flavor is of vanilla, toffee, oak, plum, little alcoholic tonse(the good kind)- but it isnt that large that you would excpekt from the aroma. Palate is medium thick and pretty smooth but little harsch to, pretty fizzy. Its a very good beer and very priceworthy.