American Oak Pale Ale
Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
5.74
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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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle from B&M - Pale golden body, white head. Nose is pretty dull, grainy, a bit of the vanilla woodiness expected. Taste, rather nondescript. Clean, but bland. A little grassy. Unspectacular offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2015
at 15:54
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has malts, some fruitness and smoke. Taste has malts, some generic fruitness and wood. Almost medium bodied, balanced carbonation. There is nothing wrong in this beer but overally, too mild.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2015
at 14:23
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
KRS 181014. Golden colour with an off-white head. Aroma is vanilla, malt, citrus, peaches. Flavour is vanilla, spices, malt, citrus, peaches, bread. Medium body. Ordinary beer.
Tried
on 26 Mar 2015
at 04:27
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Medium white head. Clear coppery body. Faint caramel and vanilla aroma. Dryish perfumy vanilla taste with oily buttery wooden notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel, slightly flat. Dryish fruity cardamom aftertaste with wooden perfumy vanilla notes. Too watery and wooden, and the spice tastes kind of artificial. Did not like. (0.33l bottle, from Meny, Strømmen Storsenter.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2014
at 02:33
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
330ml bottle bought at Eide Handel. A finger-thick pearl white head leaving spotty lacing on the glass. Bright amber coloured body. Oak, caramel and fruity hops on the nose. Malt-fruity taste with vanilla wood. Mild bittersweet end. Easy to drink. Alright now and then to have a beer from Innis & Gunn with its distinctive taste profile (Tromsø 07.12.2014).
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2014
at 13:44
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
28.10.2014, 0,33l bottle @ home:
Small creamy shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, light malts, caramel, vanilla, fresh oak, hay, nuts, toffee. Taste is mild and slightly sweet, light malts, caramel, vanilla, hay, oak, butterscotch, wet grass. Little bitterness, slightly watery mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Fair enough, very quenching and easy drinking though. Probably nice in the summer sun...
Small creamy shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, light malts, caramel, vanilla, fresh oak, hay, nuts, toffee. Taste is mild and slightly sweet, light malts, caramel, vanilla, hay, oak, butterscotch, wet grass. Little bitterness, slightly watery mouthfeel, very soft carbonation. Fair enough, very quenching and easy drinking though. Probably nice in the summer sun...
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Oct 2014
at 15:04
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330 ml bottle. Clear golden body with a small, lacing white head. Surprisingly weak aroma here, almost nothing at all, nearly just some pale malt with a tiny hint of wood. Flavor is pale, soft malt, slightly fruity and with a lot more oak than expected from the weak aroma. Still not a strong flavor but as such a light beer more oak than this would probably feel unbalanced. Not much bitterness or hop flavors. A bit thin body and moderate in aftertaste. Not bad actually, but rather blend and uninspired, miss a lot of things here. I don’t see this as an Amercan Pale Ale (label) or Bitter (Ratebeer), this is closer to a British golden ale (with light oak).
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Oct 2014
at 08:40
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle. A clear, golden beer with a small, dense, off-white head leaving some lacings. The aroma is very perfumed, with some vanilla, citrus and pale malts. Toffee notes and some peachy hints too. The flavor has a distinct toffee and bread flavor in the back, with some vanilla, butterscotch hints and a little bitterness. Medium body, semi-dry and softly carbonated. Fruity, toffee-ish vanilla finish. Not very interesting this one, but at least with lover levels of diacetyl than usual from I&G. 141018
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 09:40
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle 330ml @ Geokkjer
Pours clear deep golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, oak, vanilla and peach. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear deep golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, oak, vanilla and peach. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter. Body is light, texture is thin, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 09:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Duft av malt og eik. Klar gyllen farge. tynn hinne skum, ring langs kant. Tørr smak av eik med en anelse whiskey.
Tried
on 16 Oct 2014
at 11:34