The Original
Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Scottish Ale Regular|
Score
6.39
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Our flagship beer, the one that started it all. Our unique bourbon barrel ageing process brings flavours like vanilla and toffee and we've combined this with the malty character of our Scotch Ale to create an incredible taste experience.
We brew The Original using our unique barrel into beer method, turning the traditional beer into barrel process on its head without losing any of the wonderful flavours and aromas from the barrel.
We brew The Original using our unique barrel into beer method, turning the traditional beer into barrel process on its head without losing any of the wonderful flavours and aromas from the barrel.
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5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Mar 2026
at 02:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
A soft and sweet malt nose. The taste is honey oak and vanilla. There is almost no hop presence and the malt is also sweet, adding to the one-sidedness of the taste profile. A touch insipid for my taste in beer.
Tried
on 23 Sep 2025
at 20:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
33 cl bottle. Toffee aroma. Light sweetness .Some wooden flavor.Vanilla. whiskey.Complex. Enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2025
at 13:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
For whatever reason, I had never had this, thinking that all the old supermarket bottles must have over-halogen lit and hence skunked. So i picked up a fresh-y one at whole foods. Poured as it looks in the bottle (duh), taste is like butter toffee cookies after english tea. Really. And that’s a good thing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 00:54
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Old rating from is from 2014 - 330ml bottle, pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, biscuit, vanilla, honey, grain, oak & malt. Moderate body. Sweet mildly bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Apr 2025
at 14:25
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Klar kupferfarben mit weißer Schaumkrone. Malziger Geruch nach Vanille, Toffee und Karamell. Geschmacklich malzig, getreidig mit rauchiger Note, Vanille, Toffee und Karamell. Hohe Süße mit leichter Bitterkeit, mittlerer Körper mit spürbarer Kohlensäure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 08:04
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. It has a copper-amber color with a decent head that disappears quickly. Aroma was toffee, slighty caramel corn. Would have been higher except for the skunk smell. Flavor is slightly buttery toffee, with a stronger then normal taste of alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Bottle shared at home. Pours copper with thick head. Nose is faint smoke, some booze and grains. Taste the follows the aroma, closing with sweetish, smokey finish. Light bodied with average carbo. Not bad, but a bit mediocre.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Mar 2025
at 07:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
tonight was probably the 3rd time i have this beer, and I must say it gets better with age. This bottle was much more mellow than the previous ones. the oak really comes through! lots of english hops, and a very subtle vanilla amongst the massive amounts of oak. but the booziness i got in the young bottles is very much gone, decent beer, but near the end of the glass its hard to put down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2025
at 06:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottiglia. Il gusto al naso è indirizzato verso caramello e vaniglia. L'olfatto viene stimolato in maniera normale e l'esistenza olfattiva è sufficiente. Il cappello di schiuma color avorio ha una buona tenuta. La grandezza delle bollicine è medio-fine. La parte liquida si presenta velata. Bollicine fini costituiscono la forma del perlage. Il colore è ramato. Il corpo è strutturato non pesante. L'amaro è pronunciato. La forza gustativa è elevata e la persistenza è buona. Il gusto è piacevole. Le sensazioni boccali finali risultano di birra beverina. Il retrogusto è di decente intensità. Al gusto vengono donati toni di caramello, miele, vaniglia, bourbon e frutta passita.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2025
at 11:47