Island Cask
(has 1 batch)
Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular Out of Production|
Score
5.89
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Brewed by Belhaven for Innis & Gunn
Ingredients: Golden Promise and Crystal malt; Phoenix hops.
Matured in Islay whiskey barrels exclusively for the Swedish market in a limited edition of 36,000 bottles.
Sold at Swedish Systembolaget starting September 1, 2007.
Ingredients: Golden Promise and Crystal malt; Phoenix hops.
Matured in Islay whiskey barrels exclusively for the Swedish market in a limited edition of 36,000 bottles.
Sold at Swedish Systembolaget starting September 1, 2007.
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3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 4
2007 bottle:
Amber colour. Medium sized, dense head. Aroma has a lot of tar and peat, smells a lot like Islay whisky (Laprohaig?). Dry, peaty, ashy flavour that doesn’t mix well with the sweet background. An interesting experiment, but unfortunately the result didn’t work out too well.
Amber colour. Medium sized, dense head. Aroma has a lot of tar and peat, smells a lot like Islay whisky (Laprohaig?). Dry, peaty, ashy flavour that doesn’t mix well with the sweet background. An interesting experiment, but unfortunately the result didn’t work out too well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2007
at 13:23
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
First rating(33 cl bottle from Systembolaget) Clear cherry wood to copper look, small white head. Oak, smoke, vanilla, fruits and also quite clearan agave touch for scent. An alcohol touch first made me fantasize of a Mexican Mezcal, got some butter and sugar on there as well. Dry wood taste, Dry woody aftertaste. Sweet and agave like, some alcohol aftertaste and also warming alcohol feeling. Smoke and wood aftertaste lingering. Medium to spritzy mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. Interesting but not the best they’ve made.7/3/5/2/12=2.9Rerate33 cl bottle, aged in my 12 degree C fridge for about a year and compared side by side with the new one from the red box, separate rating.BB Dec 2008. Clear copper to brown color, off-white head. Sweet, oak, vanilla, vinous, malty, whiksy scent. Sweet, dry, wood, oak, butterscotch taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.4/4/4/3/8=2.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2007
at 11:13
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 4
Bottled. Clear amber, small dense head. Woody islay whisky aroma. Very sweet, sugary and sticky. Simplistic clean malt profile. Some pleasant licorice-like smokey whiskey flavours from the barrel, but the base beer is really, well not good. One dimensional.much too sweet and lacking in character. Very disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2007
at 15:03