Innis & Gunn Triple Matured Oak Aged Beer

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

Rich mahogany in colour, thin but lasting off-white head, light lacing. Aroma doesn’t have the usual butter that I come to expect in Innis & Gunn beers, some caramel and chocolate malts, moderate sweetness. Flavour is quite sweet, lots of caramel, light chocolate, some malts, mild alcohol. Very sweet mouthfeel, medium/light body, mild carbonation. Finishes quite sweet, lingering.

Finally an Innis & Gunn beer that didn’t have the butter. Ridiculously sweet though.


330ml bottle purchased from the LCBO in Peterborough, Ontario.

Opened on December 5, 2009.

Best before December 2010.

Bottle: Poured a clear deep mahogany color ale with a small foamy head with average retention and some light lacing. Aroma of light oak and some lightly sweet malt is more timid then I had expected. Taste is also more thin then expected with some light oak notes and a English caramel malt base with very little character. Body is a bit thin thought creamy texture was enjoyable with some good carbonation. I was expecting a lot more oak based on the description and prior beer tasted from this brewer.

Bottle. Again with the fancy over-packaging.... This pours a clear dark amber with a golden thick frothy head. Aroma has chocolate, caramel, banana, and vanilla (made me think of a dunkelweiss or weizenbock). Palate is more woody/earthy chocolate and caramel, with a subtle spiciness. The oak-beer balance is nicely done here, although for a 7+% ABV this comes across as a little thin.

Bottle. Pours a dark brown/red with a thin light brown head. Aroma of oak and caramel. Tastes malty, with nut and chocholate notes, with a slight pine hop bitterness, with strong oak flavours. A bit earthy. Pretty good... actually tastes kind of mild...

Bottle [330ml]. Pours a deep amber-brown with a small frothy/creamy off-white head. Mild aroma of dark fruit, caramel malt, light oak and a hint of vanilla. Flavour, also mild (and watery), of caramel malt, dark fruit, light oak and some vanilla and sugary sweetness -- it’s all very subtle and muted though. There’s practically no finish at all. Average bodied. It’s easy to drink but it’s disappointing (to me), it’s overly mild and almost boring.

Clear bottle in a box, 330 ml, best before December 2010, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on November 18 2009; eye: bronze with copper hue, clear, minimal effervescence, tiny ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: light wood, light roasting, light caramel, light malt, light chocolate; mouth: light wood, light caramel, burnt malt, light malt, peat, light fruity, light chocolate, slight hops, burnt finale with presence of caramel, soft texture, not much carbonation, lightly sweet and acrid, slightly bitter; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille transparente dans une boîte, 330 ml, meilleure avant décembre 2010, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 18 novembre 2009; œil : bronze avec des reflets cuivrés, claire, effervescence minime, petit anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : léger boisé, légère torréfaction, léger caramel, léger malt, léger chocolat; bouche : léger boisé, léger caramel, brûlé, léger malt, tourbe, léger fruité, léger chocolat, très léger houblon, finale en brûlé avec présence de caramel, texture douce, peu carbonaté, légèrement sucrée et âcre, très légèrement amère; en résumé : bien

12 oz bottle from th LCBO pours a nice dark reddish brown with a smalll biege head The aroma is subtle earthy wood oak The taste WOW not what i was expecting i thought it would be stronger then the regular Innis and gunn but it is smoother and much more subtle oak chocolate and coffee again wow good job i may have to lower my rating on the original this one is that good

Bottled, pasteurised, 330 ml from Sainsburys, Banbury. Chestnut, brown with white head. Fruity malt beer with a woody note, some chocolate sweet notes, vanilla ice cream and a hint of alcohol. Full bodied and a comforting beer.