The Original Bourbon Barrel
Innis & Gunn

 

 

Solid beer. My go to. Nice medium carbonation. That barrel aging is nice. Gives it depth with sweet toffee and brown sugar.

High fizzled, deep golden color with medium thick, foamy head that reduces to good lacing. Definite bourbon oak aroma mixed with malts and sweetness. Add sweet, caramel and toasty flavours. Highly carbonated. A beer for the fall/winter.

First whiff hints at scotch, heavy aroma of oak aging very apparent. Color is dark gold with hints of red. Taste also hints at whiskey flavors, some caramel. Not a whiskey drinker, this is a different experience, and for me a sipper.

330ml bottle into a pint glass. Best by 7/21, so a couple months late on this one

Looks pretty good in the glass. Dark golden yellow body. Small bright white head shrinks to a ring and covering, but only a little lacing

Sweet malty aroma with a touch of vanilla.

On tasting, sweet, very smooth. The vanilla is a faint presence. The barrel aging has been handled well, no burn.

Mouth medium, finish a light malty and whisky touch.

Overall, nice enough beer. Well put together, doesn't bash you over the head. 6.6abv is close to sessionable.

 

 

 

 

Clear light brown-amber color. Poured a very small head that dropped down to a patchy skiff in seconds. Very few tiny bubbles rising from the bottom of the glass. No lacing.

Sweet bourbon smell with a light malt and very faint yeast. Swirling the glass boosted the bourbon and raised a very faint barnyard.

Starts with vanilla, followed by toffee. Then the rest of the bourbon flavor joins in. Briefly tasted a bit of orange and orange zest. Something in the mix is like the oil in orange peels, but then it takes a bit of a turn as if it was blended with a mild solvent. After it warms up a bit, the solvent aspect briefly shows up right at the start. There is a light, medium roasted malt that lies under everything. The aftertaste is mostly bourbon and malt, and then the orange shows up again for a few seconds.

Hardly manages to froth up to any level of foam. Rather flat. The lack of carbonation seems appropriate for the flavor profile though. Medium body.

The mild volatile solvent flavor is the only real detractor. It's almost as if this is 40% alcohol for a couple of seconds for each mouthful.

 

 

Something seemed off, I didn’t get any of the bourbon barrel, the only predominant flavor I got was that of maple syrup, almost cloyingly so. The beer looked great but the flavor was overly sweet and one dimension.

 

Poured from a bottle -mostly clear medium copper with quickly dissipating white head leaving a bit of foamy lacing. Nose is mild malt, biscuit and sweetness. Taste follows with more sweetness. Finish is smooth and almost dry with a bit of barrel wood. Very mild all the way around.

 

Balanced in every way , just a super smooth flavorful beer.. One of the best beers that is easily available and I mean that in a good way, it blows me away that this is a gas station beer honestly...

 

Something about the flavor strikes me as odd
Maybe its the butterscotch. maybe vanilla. Definitely medicinal. Its in the aftertaste