Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

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

Overall, just too sweet for me, but its still a good brew, lots of Vanilla, woody flavor, just abit too sweet for me, the alcohol is VERY well hidden, didn’t know it was so high until now, decent, would I drink it again? Sure, on occasion.

12 oz bottle. Had this once before, but forgot to rate it, so I got another bottle to try. Pours a dark dark brown with a small tan/brown head that dies quickly. Smells bourbon, wood, alcohol, malt, and vanilla. Very impressed by the smell, as it was multi-layered, and very potent. The taste is also quite good; light bourbon, oak (I think), some malt, and a vanilla aftertaste with an alcohol warming to it. For a brown ale, it is quite well-bodied, and it is one of the best I’ve had. Better this time than last time, I think.

Bottle:   Heavy brown, thick, thin light brown head, sparce lacing.   Wow, quite the complex aroma.   Soy, bubblegum, ash, charred wood, fig, minor anise.   This thing has a lot going on.   Warming on the tongue, feels quite quite fig/date based.   Does have a slight soy aspect.   Otherwise woody, both ash and charred wood, along with a young fresh cut wood.   Full bodied, moderate mouthfeel.   Further warming on the backside.   Not alcoholic, but you can tell its a high ABV beer.   Lingering wood and soy aspects.   Very minor brown sugar and maple syrup.   Pretty good stuff.   Definitely a unique wood aged style of beer.   Pretty damn unique, and tasty!

Pours black with medium tan head. malty aroma with some wood. Taste is rich and bourbony. finishes warm. great brown ale!

Dark brown pour with a small head. Aroma is sweet, slightly earthy, some wood and molasses. Flavor is sweet, some alcohol, wood and faint spice with the caramel sweetness. Nice and malty overall just what I like.

Bottled. darker dark brown with thin head. sweet chocolate and coffee dominate nose and flavor keeps these notes and adds booze, wood, and caramel and lighter citrus. End is weird and original with dry feel leaving a filmy feel in the mouth. Big bodied and oily texture. A weird but definitely creative offering.

Shazzam! Whoaaaa, nelly bell! Stupendous beer! Not exactly a brown ale as friend Euel says, it’s brown and it’s an ale. Ok. ’nuff said on that. But it pours with a small tan head and some lace. Color is an opaque dark, almost black, brown. Aroma is very rich and earthy, fecund, licorice, old leather, and bittersweet. Flavor’s the same but more full and luxurient. Kim Jong Il would love this beer. Hail, feerless leader. Body is velvety smooth and enticing. Almost too rich. Not a session beer. Atlantic Monthly had a great article on brewmaster.

Bottle. Pours black with a thin brown head. Aroma is composed of roasty, coffee, and woody aspects with just a little alcohol. Taste is fairly bitter accompanied by a high alcoholic mouthfeel and a little carbonation.