2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Ok, this has to be a joke. I think Innis & Gunn (Belhaven) make a fairly decent oak aged ale, but if they have a desire to branch out they should try something else entirely. Instead, they make a beer so similar to the original recipe that it almost seems like a re-packaging trick. Pours a clear orange-brown body with a small, white head. Smells like caramel pudding, and not a trace of hops enters my nose. Taste is caramel malts and sugary hints of whiskey. Some boozy tones lingering in the aftertaste. Light and fairly drinkable, but seriously: an IPA? An IPA??? Come on; this is as far from an IPA as one can possibly come: not the tiniest bit of hops anywhere! Get a grip, people - this is a genre abuse and Innis & Gunn could’ve easily have called this a pilsener or a sour ale; both genres are equally far from an IPA. Learn your genres Belhaven, and come back when you fathom the reality gap here.
1.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
Bottled:
Pours pale amber with a firm head. Smells like cheap Canadian whisky. Flavour is toffee, wood and alcohol; tastes like watered down Canadian whisky.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Clear golden - white head. Caramel, light hoppy, wooden, high wooden, bitterness, coconut, sweetness, vanilla, light whiskey, light butter, hay, grainy. OK.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at papsø.
Clear golden coloured with a medium sized white ehad.
Sweet aroma of caramel, butterscotsch and whisky.
Sweet flavour of caramel and whisky with notes of oak and hops.
Hoppy finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
33 cL bottle, courtesy of joergen. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and mild wooden. Sweet, sugarish and fruity. Bitter and medium dry wooden into a rather dry yet fruity finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel, wood, hops, and citrus. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, butter, straw, oranges, and wood, leading to a bitter finish. Thanks Joergen for sharing.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of joergen. Pours a clear deep golden with a white head. Very sweet vanilla and oak in the nose, a whiff of citrus as well. Medium body, sweet fruit and distinct oak or Bourbon. Hardly any bitterness. 250610
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle.
Amber with a small white head. Very sweet taste with notes of vanilla, caramel, wood, actually too sweet and strange for my liking.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle, 33cl - Clear orange beer with a small head. Aroma is malty with notes of diacetyle, butter scotch and sourish hops. Flavor is malty with notes of butter, butter scotch and some hops. Nothing new here Innis & Gunn...
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle (33 cl) from Systembolaget. Clear deep golden, medium rich creamy white head. Bready malt aroma with clear but restrained (a good thing) wooden notes with some vanilla and coconut, and some floral, earthy, and herbal hops. Medium bodied and smooth. Initially a bit sweet, dry finish with medium bitterness. This is my best I&G so far, I actually finished the whole bottle!
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