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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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle from an online shop, drunk just after finding out I can't disassemble sodas to make guns in Cyberpunk after the latest patch. Clear golden, small vanishing head. Vanilla oaky nose, nothing astounding. Flavor is smooth malt, slight sweetness with some woody oak tannins and mild earthy hops. I don't get much bourbon honestly. Decent but not really what I was expecting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2021
at 21:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12oz? bottle. Poured a clear dark amber color with a creamy, off-white head. Aroma was, well, not as barrel aged as I expected. Woody vanilla. This is a huge throwback to when I first got into craft beer - maybe more like an ESB or some other British-style bitter? I actually kind of like it, especially going in with lowered expectations.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2021
at 06:46
6/10
Lekker maar bourbon en barrel proef ik niks van. Licht van smaak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2021
at 21:46
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle from Stonemanor, The British Store near Brussels. F: big, white, good retention. C: gold, clear. A: malty, caramel, bit woody, vanilla touch, peach, honey. T: medium malty base, sweet fruity, bit woody, vanilla, some honey, buttery touch, spicy, medium carbonation, ok, enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2021
at 20:37
8.4/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2021
at 22:54
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
For a barrel-aged beer, it's a bit bland. Pours a clear chestnut colour with frothy white head, and a hint of honey-sweet whiskey on the nose. There's a sweet malty taste that carries through on a thin mouthfeel, but there's no real complexity to it
Tried
on 30 Dec 2020
at 16:38
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2020
at 19:30
5/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Dec 2020
at 16:52
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours a clean, transparent amber with a good-sized white head that shows good enough persistence. Rather intense and clean, though not especially deep aroma: dominant fruitiness (in the likes of dried orange colored fruits such as orange and apricot), with delicate background notes of caramel and toffee. Taste notes follow the aroma, with malty notes (caramel, light toffee) now more evident and in balance with the fruity component. A rather dry though perhaps not super clean finish. Barrel ageing is barely if not at all perceptible, but that's not necessarily bad. Medium to dense bodied with medium to low carbonation, perhaps a tad higher than usual for an english strong ale. Overall a semi-full, slightly warming mouthfeel. Maybe not impressive, but a nice one.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2020
at 15:04
7/10
Smaken av bourbon er noe tonet ned. Men et godt men en ren og klar smak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Nov 2020
at 22:47