Innis & Gunn

MoominPapa

Tried the Oak aged beer for the first time last night and wow! what a drink. Its aged for 77 days in the same sort of barrels as whisky. At 6.6 you expect the alcohol taste however, whether its the aging, the barrels or both it really rounded, coats the roof of the mouth, really warm and caramely kinda like a mellow single malt. Comes in 330ml bottles so needs to be savored, recommended as an after dinner beer

guildofevil

This is a beautiful beer. A bit pricey and I don't like that is comes in clear glass bottles, as that means that it could become light struck, if improperly stored, but it is definitely a very nice drop.

Jimoslimos

There's a limited edition "cask strength" which is worth a try aswell (7.7%), although my preference would be with the normal version.

damonjewel

I bought this today and its the oddest beer I have ever tried. It has a very strong Toffee/Caramel Oakwood taste and it is lovely. My problem with this is that it seems to try to make a beer that should have an odd flavour for the sake of it rather than a true hop flavour, at least fruit beers and Krieks make no bones about it but innis and gunn I think is just a novelty beer. It has a lovely taste and I don't doubt the craftmanship but I couldn't see myself sinking a few of these. As for an after dinner drink maybe but I couldn't see it as having a strong bouquet to have with my cheeseboard, I will stick to port.

Prenderb

I don't think it's a novelty beer - it's unusual yes, and sweet, but I don't think it's a novelty beer just because it's different...? Novelty kindof implies "of little value" - or am I misunderstanding what you mean.

damonjewel

I certainly don't mean 'novelty' in that its cheap and faddish, after all it is extremely well made and the price would probably put off most punters.

However for me its a novelty in the way that its a one off, I have now tried the beer that is aged in whisky barrels, it taste like melted toffo's and beer, it was nice, it was interesting but I think I'll try something else the next time I am in the off-licence. I could see myself maybe entertaining friends with I&G saying 'try this! its strange'. But beyond that I cant see it.

DenMan

Wow. Aged in Whiskey Barrels. I'd love to try that. Must have had an amazing taste, real unique and knowing it has been aged for 77 days. Nice one.

BeerNut

DenMan wrote: »

Wow. Aged in Whiskey Barrels. I'd love to try that.

There are much better whisky-aged beers out there, IMO. 1488 is pretty good. My favourite so far is BrewDog Paradox, a stout, but you can't get it in Ireland yet. They're charging £40 a bottle for their 1968 Bowmore-aged version. Has to be good at that price...