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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.""""
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 SSSteve (2049), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Nov 19, 2006  
clear orange/amber with a small white head. hoppy malt aroma. flavor is very woody. dry. light bodied. i liked it.


 ElGaucho (1730), Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/105/514/20
Nov 18, 2006  
Strong, euro lager aroma with faint caramel malt and hints of butterscotch. Crystal clear amber body with a slightly off-white, frothy, lasting head and some lace. Flavoful with a high alcohol aspect, sweet. Clearly not an American beer in character. Oak aged quality is there but doesn’t add much except perhaps for some strength. Toffee and wood flavors in the finish. Quite tasty.


 Hansen (2235), Randers, Denmark
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/103/511/20
Nov 17, 2006  
Normally I don’t like this kind of odd hopped aroma, but this time its spiced with coconut-notes, perhaps from the oak. The coconut is in the flavor too, real present. Clear and amber colour. Head is off-white and mainly lasting. Palate is a bit thin.


 swiseman (200), Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Nov 10, 2006  
amber color - rapidly dissipating head. Hints of fruit and whiskey in the nose. Flavour has a strong whiskey and wine flavour; the whiskey remains on the palate with notes of honey. This beer is definitely unique, as the label suggests. I will definitely be trying this stuff again.


 KnutAlbert (3111), Oslo, Norway
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Nov 8, 2006  
Fine amber ale with some head. Taste of malt, smaoke and oak barrels. Maybe the oak is a bit overwhelming, it takes strong flavour in the beer itself to take on the oak! Fine, but you would not want more than one of these at a time.


 rederic (1787), montréal, Quebec, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 7, 2006  
Beer coming in a clear bottle, bright amber color, with a white head, the nose is one of malty, with an oaky whiskyish, a woody accent, faint fruitiness note, a subtle brandyish aroma follows through on a medium-bodied palate with a toasted malt, a brandy and whiskyish character, an oakiness accent, a subtle fruity note, leading towards a sweet malty whiskyish finish.


 mgermani (862), Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/513/20
Nov 6, 2006  
The clear glass bottle accentuates this heavily-filtered beer. It pours a honey pale colour, with a quickly dissipating head and some lace. The aroma is musky, complex, and a bit sweet. The flavour is very peaty, with strong whisky highlights lingering into the aftertaste. The carbonation is slight, and it tastes a bit flat. Overall, very drinkable, but to quote another reviewer, "touristy".


 flemmingwillum (226), København S, Denmark
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/57/103/512/20
Nov 2, 2006  
Yellowish beer with a head that quickly dissapears. The aroma is whiskey-like, wooden, a little alcoholic and also a little malty. Very special aroma indeed. The flavor still have wood and whiskey, but also butter and a little acrid hops towards the woody butter-aftertaste. The beer can seem a little too sweet, but at the same time you wouldn’t want it less sweet because some unfortunate alcoholic or non-pleasant wood-notes might be more obvious. I have also recognized some coriander in this beer, but it might just be some weird barrel-taste that are represented. I really don’t know what to think of this beer; do I like it or not? However, it is a unique, good quality brew and might be very pleasant to other people, so I have given it a fair rating.



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