White Oak Wheat Beer
Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Brewed at/by: Tennent Caledonian (Wellpark Brewery)Wheat Ale Regular
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Score
6.25
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White oak is native to North America and typically contains a higher vanillin content than its European counterpart, which has a strong influence on the flavour of whatever comes into contact with it once it's made into barrels.
Our white oak is air-dried for 24 months before before it's made into casks and then charred to create a natural barrier between the spirit and the very heavy, virgin vanilla flavour that's locked within the grain of the wood. It's only at this point that our beer would come into contact with it either as a cask or as chips in our Oakerators®.
Malt: I & G ale malt, Malted Wheat & Lager Malt
Hops: Super Styrian & Fuggle
Maturations: Over bourbon-infused oak heartwood in our Oakerators®
Finishing Touch: Infused with dried bergamot and blood orange oil to create a fragrant and refreshing finish.
Our white oak is air-dried for 24 months before before it's made into casks and then charred to create a natural barrier between the spirit and the very heavy, virgin vanilla flavour that's locked within the grain of the wood. It's only at this point that our beer would come into contact with it either as a cask or as chips in our Oakerators®.
Malt: I & G ale malt, Malted Wheat & Lager Malt
Hops: Super Styrian & Fuggle
Maturations: Over bourbon-infused oak heartwood in our Oakerators®
Finishing Touch: Infused with dried bergamot and blood orange oil to create a fragrant and refreshing finish.
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Blond color, clean. The aroma of oak is initially too sweet, it gets more delicate later. Simple ale, clean, lean, with a light bready flavor, the low bitterness means a sweeter result, and it has a balanced oak presence.
Not overly interesting, but it’s fairly well brewed.
Not overly interesting, but it’s fairly well brewed.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2016
at 20:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz. bottle, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out notes of oak, a touch of tea and some bourbon. Flavour is pleasant enough, with light oak and vanilla upfront, followed by some orange and tea. Fairly pleasant flavours, but a thin mouthfeel means this lacks punch. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jan 2016
at 20:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Poured a clear amber color ale with a nice foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of bergamot and light spices with sweet wheat malt is intriguing. Taste is a sweet mix of wheat malt, some light char oak with some blood orange and bergamot notes. Body is about average with good carbonation. Too sweet for my liking for interesting combination of unusual ingredients.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2015
at 15:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours gold with a slight white head. Aroma of light caramel, mild wood and floral/spicy hop. Med body. Flavor pretty much matches aroma, but despite no claim for such, it seems mildly whisky. I’ve always liked these sub rosa prepared ales, and this is no exception.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2015
at 19:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle into a cut glass tumbler at home on 21st Nov 2015. The first beer in my ’Drinking by Colours’ tasting session with no one else. Very clear for a wheat beer, even if it’s a German style ’Kristall’: this is a bright, clean golden colour, the head a full white covering. Get more Oak than wheat in both the aroma and taste, malty sweetness to the whole thing too. You can scene the alcohol too, strange beer and I am torn between liking it and not.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2015
at 14:11
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
330ml bottle. Pours dark gold with a medium head. Aroma is orange and spicy wheat. Taste has orange squash to start. Wheaty finish with the signature Innis vanilla aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2015
at 15:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
330ml bottle. Pours a clear, pale golden with a large, short lived, white head that laces. Sweet aroma of orange, caramel malt, wheat, vanilla, butter and light oak. Sweet flavour of orange, caramel malt, vanilla, butter, wheat and oak with a light dry, bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth, oily texture and soft carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2015
at 22:25
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Flaske 330ml fra Systembolaget Luleå - Storheden. Drukket i Skibotn 18 Aug 15. Veldig lys gylden. Filmskum. Forsiktig sitrusaroma. Smaken lett. Mye kullsyre. Anonym.
Tried
on 03 Nov 2015
at 13:51
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Klare goldene Farbe, geringe weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch hefig, Vanille, holzig. Geschmack nach Vanille, Holz, Gewürze.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2015
at 09:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 33 cl. Golden, clear with a large white head. Aroma of malt, wheat and sugar. Light bitter, light sweet with a soft wheat and malt end.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2015
at 15:20