Innis & Gunn Limited Edition Canadian Cask Oak Aged Beer (Bottle)

Brewed by Belhaven (Greene King)
Style: English Strong Ale
Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland

bottle, thanks Greg Clow! Body is rich copper, thin light head. Nose is whiskey - a bit of vanilla & caramel, quite sweet but in no way overpowering. Flavor is smooth whiskey, sweet cherry malt, vanilla. Lingering vanilla & toffee finish.

Bottle 33cl. @ post Borefts BF 09 hotel tasting
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, toffee notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20091031]

Amber pour. Aroma has a good dose of whiskey, caramel, and wood. Flavor is a bit sweet with whiskey, toffee, caramel, and a hint of candied orange peel. Not bad.

Clear bottle in a box, 330 ml, best before December 2010, purchased at the LCBO on June 9 2009, savoured on October 22 2009; eye: bronze with a ruby hue, clear, minimal effervescence, beige head that turns rapidly into a tiny ring, no lacing; nose: oak, caramel, light malt; mouth: oak, caramel, malt, a bit of alcohol, light spices, finale in oak with presence of malt, medium body, average carbonation, lightly sweet, round; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille transparente dans une boîte, 330 ml, meilleure avant décembre 2010, achetée à la LCBO le 9 juin 2009, savourée le 22 octobre 2009; œil : bronze avec une bonne teinte rubis, claire, effervescence minime, mousse beige qui se transforme rapidement en un petit anneau, pas de dentelle; nez : chêne, caramel, léger malt; bouche : chêne, caramel, malt, un peu d’alcool, léger chêne, finale en chêne avec présence de malt, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement sucrée, ronde; en résumé : bien

I adore Innis & Gunn, the aroma’s of whisky and toffee. I could sit with my nose in the glass all night! Aroma has the sweet taste of toffee and the slight twinge of whisky. I’m glad a bought a few of these.

330ml Bottle: Comes packaged up nicely in a festive (if you’re Canadian) red box. Pours amber, almost no head. Aroma of sweet rye, oak wood, something fresh and citrusy reminiscent of lemons, likely in the hops, hint of that I&G skunk. Flavour is light, refreshing oak whiskey ale. Similar to their traditional but a bit crisper and brighter with the whiskey notes. Quite nice!

Bottle [330ml]. Pours a nice deep amber with an average size diminishing frothy off-white head. Aroma of oak and whisky first and foremost followed by caramel malt and light spices. Flavour’s basically that of an easy-drinking oak-aged beer. Average bodied. It’s fine and reasonably well done, it’s just that these oak-aged beers no longer excite me, I’m sick of them.

Lots of useless packaging, as usual for this brewery. Pours a nice looking dark copper amber. Sweet rye whiskey and wood aromas, but not "in your face" like the IPA version (Parksy drank that while I drank this, so we compared). The palate is similar, with a better balance between the sweet caramel malts and the woody oak and rye character. Much more drinkable and enjoyable than the IPA version. I’ve had a few of these cask-aged I&G products now, and I think this is their best effort, irregardless of the patriotic marketing ploy.