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Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

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An American Strong Ale brewed by
Dogfish Head Brewery

Milton, Delaware USA

bottled
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6283.88/5.03.87/5.0Special12%91.5Trappist glass P  Stats

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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 lamas (576), Adams Morgan, Washington DC, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/517/20

Jul 9, 2008  
Bottle. Bottled on: 04/16/08. Pours a deep mahogany with a finger-thick chestnut head. A rich aroma with plenty of caramel malts, vanilla extract, oakiness and some subtle coffee. MASSIVE molasses aroma comes through as it warms. Big, semi-syrupy body. Taste is very sweet throughout. Caramel and chocolate tastes upfront. Transitions to a mildly bitter coffee finish. Some tongue-numbing alcohol and a vanilla extract burn at the end. Solid stuff.

 wcampbell (441), Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 12, 2008  
Pretty unique and enjoyable. Taste is completely sweet malts, mainly plum taste. Wine and wood flavor in the background. A little too sweet. Very full bodied and heavy beer. Light taste of alcohol in the finish. Very creamy and almost no carbonation.


 nbutler11 (219), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 10, 2008  
Pours black with a ruby veneer and a shiny brown head that quickly dissapates. Reeks of bubble gum and tastes of velvety malts, lacquered wood, alcohol, raisins, and lime. Deliciously strange.


BeerGear (14), Hilton, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/515/20
Oct 10, 2008    Updated: Oct 11, 2008
Looks good in my glass.Smells fantastic. Multiple flavors from start to finish. Strong and flavorful. Great with Scandinavian stew (Selyanka) Very Good!


 SilkTork (3941), Rochester, Kent, England
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/105/512/20
Oct 10, 2008  
GBBF, Trade Day, 2008 Gravity cask. 3rd beer. My first three beers of GBBF 2008 were all very tasty, and with a few exceptions, were really the beers I enjoyed the most. This was rich and smooth with an awareness of alcohol, but not aggressive. A lovely beer.


 fonefan (4884), Ulfborg, Denmark
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Oct 9, 2008  
Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear dark brown black color with a small, virtualle none head. Aroma is heavy malty, caramel, alcohol, dark fruity. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy and very smooth, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. (050808)



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