Winter Beer
Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Brewed at/by: Tennent Caledonian (Wellpark Brewery)Strong Ale Regular
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Score
6.39
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Every ingredient we have used to brew this beer has been selected for its intensity of flavour. Large amounts of pale ale and crystal malts impart the caramel fruit character, strength and body. The WGV, Styrian and Goldings hops give the sherry like intensity and ripe fruit aroma. And the heavily toasted boubon-oak mellows the beer and provides a deep, complex, oaky background. It’s the perfect antidote to the cold dark nights of winter, a beer to be sipped, savoured and appreciated.
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7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Quite a bit fruitier than regular innis beers. Some nice ripe fruit, and the expected buttery flavor is minimized with some nice oaky vanilla notes. Touches of breasy malts, and a touch of brandy. Possibly the best innis beer ive had.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2025
at 05:33
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Pours amber with a nice head. The nose has nutmeg, biscuits and maybe bourbon. The taste has more nutmeg and biscuits. The palate is medium bodied with a medium texture and a cloying finish. Overall, it promised but the palate was a little unbalanced.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2011
at 13:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours deep mahogany into a snifter. Off-white head with medium retention recedes leaving spot lacing to skim surface. Toasted oak and bourbon aromas. Spritzy with sweet caramel and oak front to back. Medium length bourbon finish.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2011
at 14:30
4.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Peckhams. Clear dark red - brownish colour, thin fast disappearing head. Aroma is caramel malts, sweet vanilla. Flavour is massive sweet vanilla, oak, caramel malts, fruity. The vanilla spoils everything.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Feb 2011
at 10:17
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 2
Overall 6
Light brown,beige head.Woody nose, brown sugar also.Flavor is sweet malt,very woody,brown sugar & vanilla.Medium alcohol heat, medium hop finish. Rather unpleasant
Tried
on 22 Jan 2011
at 10:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
330ml bottle, matured for 61 days, picked up at a Vino Wines store in Edinburgh. Bright and clear, dark brown body under a shiny surface. Velvetly smell of malts and vanilla. Expression of dried fruits, oak and caramel in the taste profile. Cherry-like impression. Smooth on the swallow. Almost completely hidden alcohol. Likable, however, too sweet for more than one bottle – and this one is sweeter that the Triple (hotel room, 01.12.2010).
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2010
at 11:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
This Scottish ale poured a deep orange colour with a quick living, soapy style head. To the nose there are scents of oak, whiskey, ripe fruit, alcohol and maple syrup. First taste was smooth and thick with flavours of caramel, butter, rum and whiskey most prominant. Finish is warm and sweet with lots of butter rum flavour lingering...
Tried
on 03 Dec 2010
at 19:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Part of their 2010 Christmas package with one of their glass. Pours a dark amber colour with an off-white head and a bit of lacing. Dark fruit aromas with notes of nuts, perfumed grassy hop and sweet caramel. Similar taste to what is found in the scent with a little anise aftertaste. Toffee, oranges and mild bitterness in the finish. Pretty complex overall. Another nice brew from Belhaven.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2010
at 20:05