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Innis & Gunn
Brewed at Wellpark (C&C Group)

Style: English Strong Ale
Edinburgh, Scotland

bottled
common

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unknown

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RATINGS: 52   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.41   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 231   ABV: 7.7%
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COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
We are pleased to present this special Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Beer bottled to celebrate Canada Day 2012.
Alongside ale malt we added Aromatic Barley Malt with imparts the beer’s rich toffee colour and satisfying maltiness. We used Goldings hops from 3 farms in East Kent to impart a delicate balancing bitterness and a fruity twist. We then slowly oak matured the beer to unlock the delicious flavours of vanilla and toffee locked inside the oak grain, only bottling it when we deemed it to have matured to perfection.


Crit's rating

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
Crit (3075) - New Westminster, British Columbia, - JUL 14, 2012
Amber,small beige head. Nose and palate of wood, alcohol and brown sugar. Let it age, then re rate


most recent ratings

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
wheresthepath (1285) - Buckinghamshire, ENGLAND - MAY 17, 2013
(From Beers of Europe) Deep amber, small off-white head. Vanilla, oak and toffee. Definitely Innis & Gunn then! As with all their beers it may be too sweet for some but I think it’s full of flavour and a great laid back mellow late night beer.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
yespr (25935) - Copenhagen O, DENMARK - APR 6, 2013
33 cL clear bottle. Pours cloudy orange with a small white head. Aroma is wooden and toasted malty. Sweet, caramelish and toasted. Medium dry and toffee malty finish. Bitter and dry finish.

3.3
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Papsoe (25131) - Frederiksberg, DENMARK - APR 6, 2013
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Sweet perfumy caramel in the nose. Rich, sweet caramellish malts with sweet whisky notes. Warming alcohol finish. 060413

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
Rasmus40 (6982) - Beder, Aarhus, DENMARK - APR 5, 2013
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malt, caramel, fruity and alcohol. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet finish. 050413

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
chrisv10 (7846) - DENMARK - APR 5, 2013
Bottle, 7.7%. Hazy amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toffee and vanilla. Flavour is malt, fruit, caramel, toffee, vanilla, toasted, sweet and oak.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
saxo (11236) - Højbjerg, Aarhus, DENMARK - APR 5, 2013
Bottle @ fonefan tasting. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, wood, vanilla, candy sugar, malt and hops. Quite sweet.

4.1
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 18/20
mkel07 (2340) - Brisbane, AUSTRALIA - MAR 20, 2013
330ml bottle from Warners at the Bay Bottle Shop. Strong spiced fruit aroma fills the nose. Dark brown in colour with a head that settles quickly to eave a few scattered bubbles. Full in the mouth with a rum like finish. Smooth and there is a big alcohol hit in the mouth.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
madmitch76 (9867) - , Essex, ENGLAND - FEB 26, 2013
22nd July 2012
Clear dark amber beer, good cream coloured head. Light palate, crispy and a little dry. A little creamy malt with a toffee streak. A light touch of spice and some bubblegum ester buried underneath. Dried fruits and a trace of vanilla oak. Finishes smooth and semi dry. Well joined up and tasty. The only minus point is a little paper.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
neuromatt (858) - Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - FEB 23, 2013
341 mL bottle at Jess’ cottage, served in a stem glass. Pours clear reddish-amber with virtually no head. The nose has lots of brown sugar and English malts, along with oak, Goldings and a slight amount of earth. The flavour is moderately sweet throughout with brown sugar, molasses, oak and subtle hops. The finish is long, smooth and woody. On the palate, it is medium in body with a smooth, milky texture and soft carbonation. Overall, this is a nice malty Scottish ale with smooth oaky notes. 2012-08-25

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Viper666 (2658) - Saint-Hubert, Quebec, CANADA - JAN 15, 2013
Bouteille 330ml. De couleur ambrée foncée et claire. Nez de caramel, moyen de vanille, léger de butterscotch, légèrement boisé (whisky) avec de faibles traces de toffee terreux, de fumée de cigarette et de fruits sûrs. Moyennement ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen-doux ainsi qu’une texture aux notes liquoreuses. Léger goût boisé (fût de whisky), léger de vanille et aux faibles traces fruitées lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût de grains de malt moyennement sucrés et aux notes terreuses, moyen de caramel toffee sucré avec des petites notes de butterscotch puis en finale l’on retrouve des notes d’alcool boisé avec des traces de fumée de cigarette. Post-goût moyen-long et aux petites notes sèches, composé d’un léger goût d’alcool assez boisé avec des traces de fumée de cigarette.


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