Palo Santo Marron
(has 6 batches)
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.70
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An unfiltered, unfettered, unprecedented brown ale aged in handmade wooden brewing vessels. The caramel and vanilla complexity unique to this beer comes from the exotic Paraguayan Palo Santo wood from which these tanks were crafted. Palo Santo means "holy tree," and its wood has been used in South American wine-making communities.
This highly roasty and malty brown ale clocks in at 12% ABV. A huge hit at our Rehoboth Beach brewpub when first released in November 2006, Palo went into full production at the end of 2007.
At 10,000 gallons, our two Palo tanks are the largest wooden brewing vessels built in America since before Prohibition (and we have three same-sized oak tanks right next to them).
This highly roasty and malty brown ale clocks in at 12% ABV. A huge hit at our Rehoboth Beach brewpub when first released in November 2006, Palo went into full production at the end of 2007.
At 10,000 gallons, our two Palo tanks are the largest wooden brewing vessels built in America since before Prohibition (and we have three same-sized oak tanks right next to them).
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9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
dark brown colour, one inch creamy dark beige head, which lasts for several minutes; aroma of cherry bonbon made with dark chocolate and some cherry liqueur, dried plum soaked in alcohol, hints of vanilla and some unroasted green coffee beans; taste of dark chocolate, dried cherry and plum soaked in liqueur, vanilla, mild roasted coffee, walnut, hints of (over-)roasted sunflower seeds/peanut and minimal woody-smokey character; another miracle from Dogfish Head!
Tried
on 23 Apr 2017
at 10:50
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
12 ounce bottle. Pours a nearly opaque black color topped by a large frothy tan head. Nose is dark dried fruit, soy sauce and prunes. Intensely flavored, with notes of dark chocolate, prune juice, soy sauce, dried Montmorency cherries, cold pressed coffee and sweet wood(?). Big alcohol notes as the brew warms. Soft silky mouthfeel. Chewy, cloying finish. Quite tasty and certainly unique.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Apr 2017
at 22:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle at home courtesy of Saeglopur. No obvious BB date. black color, small coffee-colored head. smells boozy, light cheese, liqueurish, dried fruits, light sherry, wood, bit milky, light cherry notes. bit weird but still decent smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes alcohol, glueish, rather strong on the cardboard, bit sherry, spices, peppery, overly ripe fruits, malt liqueur like, dried fruits, some raisins, nutty, marzipan, light wood. finishes lightly alcoholic with notes of marzipan, raisins, light cardboard and peppery notes. not a bit fan of this one. bit of a booze bomb with some off flavours that lacks balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2017
at 13:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle ( from beergium), Pours dark brown-black with brownish head. The head stays for a long time. Aroma is sour, fruits, strawberries, malt. Flavor is sweet and sour, wood, oak, booze, fruits, berries, strawberries, booze, roast, malt, sugar cherriies maybe. Overall: more beer cocktail than proper beer, but I really like it. Nice sipper.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2017
at 17:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
09/2015 bottle from West Side. Pours a deep brown with a tiny beige head that dissipates quickly. Brown sugar, molasses, wood and coffee nose. Fudge brownies with caramel, pretty rich mouthfeel. Cacao & brown sugar finish with a hint of vanilla and caramel. Where is the 12%? This is way too smooth. Great effort from DFH!
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Jan 2017
at 21:29
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Dark brown to black colored, almost no dark tan non lasting head. Aroma is of sweet malt, caramel, chocolate, some sugary dark fruit, some apple, bit wood, alcohol. Taste is medium to very sweet malt and caramel, brown sugar, some toffee, roasted malt, light chocolate, bit dark fruits, some herbal notes, medium roasty-hoppy bitterness, alcohol and warming. Medium to full bodied, sticky, soft to flat carbonation. Too sweet for me. (bottle)
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2016
at 09:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. A- Tobacco, leather, anise, smoke, jerky. A- Black color, black liquid, brown head. T- Leather, tobacco, alcohol, smoke, umani, beef jerky, roasty. P- Full body, average texture, average carbonation, complex finish. O- Hot damn this is delicious. With so many ratings it tells me this must be fairly easy to obtain on the East Coast. Another reason living in Nebraska sucks. No access to DFH. This beer is full of complex notes. And to believe the bottle considers it a brown ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Mar 2016
at 21:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle. Pours almost black with a very small tan head. Aroma is sweet, chocolate, heavy roasted malt, wood, and alcohol. Tastes of roasted malt, caramel, booze, chocolate, and has coffee and vanilla notes. Alcohol is noticeable, but less pronounced than might be expected for 12% ABV. Wood flavors become more apparent as it warms. Low carbonation. Thick and oily mouthfeel. Quite good. A nice winter beer that packs a punch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jan 2016
at 22:53