Innis And Gunn Oak Aged Beer - Innis & Gunn

ThinkAgain

Ontario (Canada)

3/5  rDev -20.4%

01-06-2012 16:14:02 | More by ThinkAgain

SimonTja

Sweden

3.25/5  rDev -13.8%

06-16-2013 14:29:14 | More by SimonTja

dwoolley1

New York

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

06-15-2013 21:16:03 | More by dwoolley1

Kinzei

Texas

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

06-15-2013 19:58:34 | More by Kinzei

Will12

Ontario (Canada)

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

06-15-2013 13:52:08 | More by Will12

psykad

Florida

2.5/5  rDev -33.7%

06-03-2013 22:07:45 | More by psykad

rkm19

Georgia

1.75/5  rDev -53.6%

05-30-2013 23:10:47 | More by rkm19

TheBrewo

Michigan

3.49/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5

This brew was served on tap at Black Lotus Brewery in Clawson, Michigan. It arrived in a generic pint glass, showing a dark golden butterscotch coloring. It held a one finger head of off white cream, showing poor retention. No real lacing was noted, with no sediment or haze to cut the clarity. Carbonation appeared to be mild. The aroma was sweet, with brown sugar, caramel and crystal malts, vanilla bean sweetness, spicy medicinals, Irish whisky sweetness, allspice, pineapple, grapefruit fleshiness, strawberry buttercream, plantain greenness, and sugary sweet cooled banana bread. Our first impression was that the flavoring showed a good blend between medicinals, sweeter malts, and lighter hop inclusions, while keeping things foamy and drinking decently well through the feel. As we sipped, the taste opened with creamy vanilla cake icing, crystal malt toast, honey sweetness, buttery diacetyls, medicinal bitters, and lemon rind hoppiness. Moving to the peak was pale and caramel malt toast, cloying apple juice sweetness, light grassy hops, bittersweet chocolate chips, and caramel drizzled banana bread. The end came with apple cider vinegar, lactic creaminess, corny whisky bite, cherry skins, plastics, spicy clove, browned banana, warming oak, and boozy vanilla extract. The aftertaste breathed of pale malts, woody warmth, cooked brown sugar sweetness, green stick resins, honeydew melon, plum, cherry sugars, cranberry, and that persistent browned banana heaviness. The body was medium, and the carbonation was high and foamy, with bright prickle down the length of the tongue. Each sip gave excellent foam and pop, moderate glug, and lesser smack, cream, or froth. The mouth was left clean and, following an initial slickness, left with the faintest, gritty sugary dryness. The abv was appropriate, and the beer drank decently.

Overall, what we enjoyed most about this beer was its complex flavoring. While each component was decently represented in quality, the variety of fruits, malts, oak, and liquored flavoring was quite impressive. With each sip you were given all of that European whiskey flavoring, without all of that fusel alcoholic afterpunch. The feel was thin and overly prickled for the style, contributing little, and only minimally enhancing the experience. Otherwise the aroma and the taste were wrought with sweet and bready esters which, by the end, effectively drowned out a lot of those initial intricacies.

Serving type: on-tap

05-29-2013 02:38:58 | More by TheBrewo

swgwilt

Tennessee

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

05-26-2013 04:33:39 | More by swgwilt

touchmeimsac

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

05-20-2013 14:27:15 | More by touchmeimsac

alienlifeforcecube

Massachusetts

2.5/5  rDev -33.7%

05-19-2013 23:35:48 | More by alienlifeforcecube

Tnkemist

Tennessee

3/5  rDev -20.4%

05-18-2013 16:10:44 | More by Tnkemist

syndelee

Georgia

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

05-16-2013 01:02:08 | More by syndelee

deadliest

Texas

3/5  rDev -20.4%

05-14-2013 03:43:55 | More by deadliest

wisrarebeer

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev +6.1%

05-12-2013 03:41:10 | More by wisrarebeer

Celtics76

Rhode Island

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

05-11-2013 18:50:54 | More by Celtics76

tsauce2

Indiana

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

05-04-2013 15:59:04 | More by tsauce2

Jason1337

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -13.8%

04-24-2013 15:51:00 | More by Jason1337

dharmabum1102

North Carolina

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

04-22-2013 02:20:24 | More by dharmabum1102

dbrelsfo

Georgia

4/5  rDev +6.1%

04-21-2013 21:58:41 | More by dbrelsfo

ManMoosePig

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -0.5%

04-19-2013 18:18:50 | More by ManMoosePig

magpieken

Australia

4.5/5  rDev +19.4%

04-08-2013 16:04:19 | More by magpieken

Apathetiq

Massachusetts

4/5  rDev +6.1%

04-05-2013 05:46:41 | More by Apathetiq

bacasnax

Florida

4/5  rDev +6.1%

03-31-2013 23:20:05 | More by bacasnax

Lare453

Florida

3/5  rDev -20.4%

03-24-2013 18:40:29 | More by Lare453