Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

	Percentile
	98
	overall

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: American Strong Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
1051	3.88/5.0	3.87/5.0	Special	12%	93.9	Snifter, Trappist glass

Commercial Description:
Big Brown Ale aged on palo santo wood from Paraguay. This beer is a 12% abv, highly roasty, and malty brown ale aged on the wood of the Palo Santo tree from Paraguay. Palo Santo means "holy tree" and it's wood has been used in South American wine-making communities. We were lucky enough to get our hands on 20 blocks of the super-dense wood and the wood was added to the ageing tank after fermentation.

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mrhoppy (211), Santa Clara, California, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	5/5	5/10	3/5	13/20

Jul 5, 2009

At first smells extremely interesting. Wood, chocolate, coffee. Smooth and slight vinegar taste. The buzz I am getting from this is unusual and will describe it as a woody turpentine. Not something I care for. I imagine if I took a bite out of this Palo Santo wood this is it what would taste like. Wood at the beginning, middle and end. I would like to marinate some meat with this beer though. Far too woody for me.

oOJUXEOo (36), Pennsylvania, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	9/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Jul 5, 2009

Deep brown pour. Although some say they smell the alcohol right away.... I don’t see that. Very sneaky alcohol wise. Very smooth for a strong ale. Not a session beer, but so good. The aroma is really rich.

jrallen34 (123), Chicago, Illinois, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	9/10	3/5	18/20

Jul 3, 2009

I drank this from a bottle in a chalice. This is dark pouring beer, not a great head or lacing. It has a great smell of wood, nuts, and chocolate. Taste of wood, smoke, and vanilla. This is very good beer, probably taken up a notch though because of its lore.

BNSLY (43), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Jul 3, 2009

July 2,2009 Pours dark with a hint of lacing. Smells incredible, lots of vanilla,nuts,and malt. A very bold beer taste alot of vanilla,malt,smoke,wood, and alcohol. Overall it is a great beer and the alcohol sneaks up on you. enjoy.

Hopcrazy (27), Washington, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Jul 1, 2009

Pours thick with a near black color, and smallish dark brown head. Not much lace to speak of, but wouldn’t expect too much at 12 abv. smell of brown sugar. Tastes like a stout, with a woody molasses, coffee and chochlote mix. Yummy.

duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jun 29, 2009

Draught@Julians, Providence, RI. Something nice happening, but nothing spectacular, some roasted malt, quite soft, and seems less than the 12%. Pretty decent, but just didin’t strike a huge chord with me. Tasty though!!!!

dnstone (186), , New Jersey, USA

4.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.8	9/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	19/20

Jun 29, 2009

Maple and wood tones on a deep brown ale with a great warming alcohol kick in the throat. This is by far one of the best beers around.

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