Innis & Gunn Original Oak Aged Beer

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

Serve in English pint, Trappist glass

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bottle . pours a nice amber . white head promises then vanishes .aroma is toffee , vanilla , oak wood . low carbonation , fairly thin body . taste is sweet and reflects the aroma . hides the abv . quite enjoyable but could do with a bit more body

Keg at the Beer House Charing Cross, amber with a thin head, a little toffee and toast on the nose, then an initially sweet body with caramel and touches of banana and pear drops, filling and drying a bit as tarter malt and oak come through, then a nice balance of fruit, wood and caramel on the finish. I think I may prefer this to the bottled version.

Sweet earthy weed nose similar to an English ipa. Sweet burbon/oak flavor followed by a cheap boozy-ness. Sweet burbon aftertaste. Great idea, ok beer.

Bottle picked up at Half Time. Pours clear coper into my snifter. Quick foam head that disappears as quickly as it formed. Nose has skunk. Taste is quick sweetness muddled by light oak. The local skunk does make its appearance on the finish, damn clear bottles.

Not much head or nose. Has a nice woody scotch flavor on the palate. A bit of a creamy finish...some sweetness. Enjoyable.

Bottle somewhere in Canary Wharf, London. Light brown coloured beer with almost no carbonation and a very light white head. Light sweet herby and malty hinted aroma. Medium palate. Finish is sweet roasted malty with a very short smokey and woody unplezant ending. Medium.

This beer pours a decent amber color with average head. Aroma is a bit skunky from the clear bottle and a bit malty on the sweet side. Taste is of oak, sweet malts, and a slight balancing flavor of grain. Overall a semi-sweet beer but is pretty good and drinkable.

clear amber coloured liquid, head settles into a thin layer, not very inviting i have to say. the aromascape is incredibly weak and empty. a general, extremely weak scent of hops; honey, grass, citrus are present, and one could imagine some malt next to it. vanilla and wood come with a hint of maybe coconut.. but indeed i am truly surprised how empty this is. my glass choice is not the best in the world, but still much, much more should be detectable and present. the presented aromas are very spiky and do not seem to have any respect. light sweetness against a weak malty base is what is going on with the taste, but as before, i am truly amazed of how little of anything there is here. everything is gray and dull, like a layer of dust. the sweetness against a mild sourness is the main thing here but even that seems unbalanced and arrogant. like other innis gunn beers this has a slightly watery, thin, but cotton-like dry palate. it works well with what they have here but unfortunately the foundations are a ruin. this might go well with certain foods, but other than that, i see no reason to pick this up from a shelve again.. this was the second time i did.. for the sake of the review, but, unfortunately.. the last.

Bottle from Systembolaget in Strømstad, Sweden.. Light amber colour with an off white head. Caramel and vanilla aroma. A sweet malty background with notes of vanilla and oak.

Clear yellow orange color with little to no lacing. The aroma is minimal with slight skunk hints. A little bit of oak also comes through on the nose. The palate is thin and the beer presents itself as a rum that has been sitting on the rocks for a bit to long. Personally, I feel that this beer might be just a little bit overrated.