Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. American Oak Pale Ale

American Oak Pale Ale

 

Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular
Score
5.75
ABV: 4.4% IBU: - Ticks: 22
This refreshing Scottish beer is matured over Bourbon-infused American oak heartwood to give it its distinctive flavour of vanilla, toffee and ripe apricots.
 

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4.1
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

2016 catch up - Thin and watery with the merest hint of oak. Slight sweetness, light colour and overally not one for me.

Tried on 05 May 2017 at 04:57


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330 ml bottle from some grocery store. ABV is 4.4%. Clear golden colour, moderate white head. Moderate aroma of malts, only a hint of oak and vanilla. The flavour is thirstquenching and not too sweet with a slight apricot fruitiness, again only a hint of oak and vanilla. Very moderate hops.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2016 at 12:34


4.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle from B&M, Rochdale. Clear golden with a small glow and next to no head. Has soapy-floral notes with a lowish bitterness. It’s not the greatest of tastes.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2016 at 12:52


6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

8th November 2015
Bright clear gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and mildly minerally crispness. Little vanilla oak and thin cream. Mild orange that is mildly tangy. Minerally thin finish. Classic I&G flavours but it’s all a bit thin and getting watery.

Tried on 14 Nov 2015 at 10:50


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle from B&m. Pale golden colour with a large foamy white head. Aroma is oaky and light sweet. So is the taste.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2015 at 12:48


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

33cl bottle. Pours clear amber with a thick white head. Aroma is sweet with some toffee and vanilla. Some malt, but vanilla covers much here. Flavor has vanilla, malt, toffee. Feels quite thin, bit fizzy. Not very complex, but I seems to like this one. Sweetness feels sligthly artificial, but not disturbing.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Aug 2015 at 12:59


5.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from B&M Bargains; bright clear amber pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has lemon puff biscuit plus a hint of vanilla, taste has some woody action, lemon curd, some biscuit, light bitterness.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jul 2015 at 14:25


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

29th June 2015: 33cl bottle into a Chimay chalice at home. Clear bright and golden pour: the head a thin white wispy affair. Sweet and yet lemony in flavour, the nose being just lemony. Lemon Meringue Pie complete with the pastry came to my thoughts as I slowly drank this trying to find the flavours most similar to it’s strange taste. I like Lemon Meringue Pie, but I didn’t take to this.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2015 at 16:17


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle 33 cl. Golden, clear with a medium white head. Aroma of lemon, sweet malt and vanilla. Bitter taste with a short lemon end. Not like

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2015 at 14:10


5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

33cl bottle from B&M, Reading. Amber with a loose white head; typical I&G musty aroma; rather thin in the mouth with some vanilla oak to start, a quickly passing cardboard bitterness; and then a sweet finish with possibly a trace of apricot. There’s a raw alcohol edge at the end - rather unusual in a 4% beer!

Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2015 at 10:21