Gordon Imperial Oak Ale
John Martin in Genval, Walloon Brabant, Belgium 🇧🇪
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Regular|
Score
6.56
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Gordon Imperial Oak Ale is a Belgian Scotch Ale of great tradition aged in wooden barrels with a caramelized touch and a ruby-colored shine with a rich foam.
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from Carrefour market @ in Tervuren near Brussels. F: medium, white, average retention. C: pale gold, hazy. A: malty, sweet mellow fruity, pear, apples peels, honey, woody touch. T: medium to full malty base, mellow fruity, pear, red apples peels, honey, woody touch, peach, decent bitterness, medium to high carbonation, obviously oak woody chips used here, ok drinkable yet lack any complexity as I expected.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2021
at 19:56
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap @ Cafe Albert, Aarhus. Unclear dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel, dark fruit and toffee. Flavor is very sweet nd light bitter. Sweet finish with warming alcohol. Oily. 070919
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2019
at 12:19
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Ultradense, medium height head, darker cream-coloured, very stable over deep redbrown beer with orange highlights. Bit gassy nose, melanoidins, coloured malts, bit of wood, plywood. Quite dry, even wry, with a distinct sweet-sourish finish. Again mainly dark malts, even chocolate malt; mild roast, and chocolate notes throughout. Light yeast, bitter(ish) almonds. At least medium bodied, very well-carbonated, viscous-slick. In the end again a typical Gordon beer: a good idea, but too neutral, common denominator intended... I Thanks to Hans B! /I
Tried
on 19 Jun 2019
at 18:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren, 8.5%. Clear dark brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, yeast, dark fruit, caramel and plume. Flavour is malt, caramel, dark fruit, sweet, plume, warming, wood, little vanilla and medium bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2018
at 11:50
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draught @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Pours clear amber with a small creamy tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, light wood, little nuts, vanilla, light buttery notes. Flavor is sweet, malty, caramel, wood, oak, light vanilla. Medium body, average carbonation, light sweet finish.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2018
at 12:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
At Café Cambrinus, Bruges. Shared with Anke!
Pours hazy dark brown with a red hue and a small, off-white head that leaves lacing. The aroma contains sugar, butterscotch, dark fruits, licorice, faint hops, some plastic - something weird in any case. It tastes medium sugary sweet and light hoppy bitter; shortish, alcoholic finish. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. No idea what the point of this is; I'll stick with their Finest Scotch and X-Mas beer, they're fair enough.
Pours hazy dark brown with a red hue and a small, off-white head that leaves lacing. The aroma contains sugar, butterscotch, dark fruits, licorice, faint hops, some plastic - something weird in any case. It tastes medium sugary sweet and light hoppy bitter; shortish, alcoholic finish. Medium body, slick texture, soft carbonation. No idea what the point of this is; I'll stick with their Finest Scotch and X-Mas beer, they're fair enough.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2018
at 14:16
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours clear, darker amber, big white head. Stable foam. Smell is weak, bit grainy. Tad sweet, Taste is sweet, sugar, caramel, maltsyrup, caramel, sticky. Minor bitterness, no oak whatsoever. Some minor vanilla notes. Not the worst gordon (by far) . Yet still well below an AVG beer
Tried
on 29 Nov 2017
at 06:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Gordon Imperial Oak Ale (by John Martin):
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
21/XI/17 - sample @ Horeca Expo (Ghent) - BB: n/a (2017-1930) Thanks to the brewers for today's samples and my Ghent beer posse for sharing the glasses and keeping my liver sane. :p
Clear orange to amber beer, big solid creamy beige to yellow head, very dense, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, cow fodder, buttery, some diacetyl. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of caramel, sweetish, malty, grains, overripe banana, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: sweet and malty, caramel, sugary, overripe banana, soft bitterness, some vanilla.
Aroma: 6/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.4/5
21/XI/17 - sample @ Horeca Expo (Ghent) - BB: n/a (2017-1930) Thanks to the brewers for today's samples and my Ghent beer posse for sharing the glasses and keeping my liver sane. :p
Clear orange to amber beer, big solid creamy beige to yellow head, very dense, bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, cow fodder, buttery, some diacetyl. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of caramel, sweetish, malty, grains, overripe banana, soft bitterness. Aftertaste: sweet and malty, caramel, sugary, overripe banana, soft bitterness, some vanilla.
Tried
on 21 Nov 2017
at 18:15