Innis & Gunn Oak Aged Winter Beer 2011

Innis & Gunn
Brewed at Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: English Strong Ale
Edinburgh, Scotland

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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33 cl. poured in the I&G stem glass. Clear dark red-brown with a lasting ring of foam. Nose is nearly-scorched toffee, light orange and oak. Taste is watered-down earthy molasses, spiced orange tea, and vanilla with a hint of oak. Medium body is a little to the sweet side and has a low carbonation. Some dashes of good flavor and character in this one, but they just seem to clash and blend in to a watery, so-so beer.

Bottle 33cl bought at Edinburgh, a clear amber beer with medium head. Nose is wood like and vanilla, a bit much to be totally natural ? Aroma is very nice on vanilla and wood notes, caramel and sweet toffee with floral notes, light smoked notes, easy drinkable.

From notes: Poured clear red-amber with a thick, creamy bone-colored head. Aroma was of sweet orange mixed with wood notes. Medium-bodied, with a long, but mild finish. Flavor of wood mixed with vanilla, with a bright orange note in the finish.

33cl, at 7.4%Vol, as Innis & Gunn Winter Beer 2011, new Scottish brew, from Beers of Europe Setchey, complex brew, malty/sweet and slightly woody/fruity, not too heavy, balanced, clear, good head, nice Winter brew

Bottle of the 2011. Pours the same dark crimson brown that it is while in the clear bottle, under a rather large tanned beige head. Papery wood, a soft bit of vanilla and caramel, some smoke and burnt citrus. Medium bodied, quite sweet, but then it fades into relative emptiness. Has the same sweetness that most of the Innis and Gunn stuff has, but it’s not really offensive in any way. Smooth and easy drinking, a touch of sweetness, but not something I’d really ever crave.

Bottle at Papsø. Clear orange-red coloured with a medium sized off-white head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits and whisky with notes of smoke and oak. Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, dried fruits and oak. Sweet finish.

clear amber, smooth offwhite head. nutty aroma, also flowery, oak, sweet malts. flavor is flowers, wood, malts, caramel,

33 cL clear bottle. Pours clear and golden amber with a small white head. Aroma is caramelish and roasted malty. Toffee malty, light fruity note. Bitter and toasted malty flavoured. Bitter and dry finish, lasting malty impression.

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of caramel, butterscotch, malt, and dusty hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of butterscotch, malt, caramel, and dusty hops, leading to a dry finish.

Bottle at Papsø tasting. Dark orange with a small white head. Intense woody, smokey, tobacco-like aroma of aged malts. Flavor is spiky, overripe malt sweetness with oaky notes and a dry, bitter, lingering finish. Quite full bodied, oily texture. To relax.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of madmitch76. Pours a clear amber with an off-white head. Very sweet whisky aroma. Medium body, sweet caramel and again a neat but rather sweet whisky notes - but at least not butterscotch as the worst Innis&Gunns. 120412