Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer (Bottle)

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

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.

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.

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.

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".

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.

I don’t know how I missed rating this before, but I first tried it nearly a year ago while living in Australia. I remember liking it, and thought I’d have it again as a nice autumn treat. The colour is as pictured with an off-white head. Aromas of vanilla, butterscotch and whiskey. Sweet palate, very caramelly with a dry woody component that dominates the flavour profile. The wood aspect was interesting and enjoyable, but this beer was a little too sweet for me to come back to anytime soon. Certainly very interesting.

Bottle. Amber colour with a white head. Aroma and flavour of caramel, fruit and wood.

Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor, average finish. Oily palate.