Higher Ground
Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴
Amber / Red Ale Regular|
Score
6.59
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Aged in Single Malt Highland Whisky barrels, Higher Ground is a warming amber ale, with sweet hints of molasses and cacao. A heady brew with a spirited kick, Higher Ground is everything you need to ease you through the changing seasons.
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7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle from the lcbo. Light whisky notes, light peat, big sweet molasses and brown sugar. Hints of smoke, light barrel, lots of molasses and dark fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2025
at 06:40
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle) Brownish amber colour, slightly hazy, with brief tan head. Fruity, malty nose with notes of caramel, dried apricots, oak wood, banana bread, orange peel, vanilla, nuts and chocolate fudge. Fruity, malty taste with dried apricots, treacle-toffee, oak wood, orange peel, vanilla, toffee, chocolate fudge and a mild spicy bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a slight sweetness. Well balanced, tasty and elegant. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2023
at 19:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled (from Systembolaget Umeå). Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is floral, fruity, some mild toffee and a bit wooden notes. Flavour is wood, toffee and mild notes of rum like sweetness. Almost a bit burning in the throat in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Boxed 330ml bottle, limited edition apparently; BBE Jan 2021 on the bottle, BB Jan 2021 on the box. Also of interest is the fact the box and bottle have three different 'numbers on them', so I have no idea which batch or serial number this was. Actually I liked it, not as sweet as a lot of their offerings. Slight whisky feel, but a pleasant sipper all round.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2020
at 08:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Systembolaget. Another fancy fancy boxed Innis beer. Sweet but pleasant barrel smell. Flat and golden colour. Nice vanilla cask taste. Little too tart on the palate. Dcent overall though.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2020
at 21:04
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at Craig's. Pours amber, nose is caramel, toffee, light fruit, taste is similar, soapy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2020
at 19:31
5/10
bottle at home... post Florida 2020 tasting 1 (stu edition) copper... thin tan lacing... soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose... soft sweet soft spiced caramel toffee nose.... Light herbal
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2020
at 19:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Part of their Latitude & Longitude Series 002. Boxed 330ml brown bottle. Pours a deeper amber colour, clean, with a creamy-frothy light-beige head, good stay and some spotty-bubbly lacing. Nutty malt aromas, caramel with the Scotch cask alcohol notes and hints of vanilla, wood. A little unbalanced, it seems - kind of weird. The taste is better blended, but seems milder all-around. Light warming alcohol. Hints of dark fruits, watered-down, with decent hop bitterness-dryness in the finish. The malts really take a back step in the flavours. Interesting, but not one I would seek again. Thankfully, the smell gets better at last pour. Same for taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2020
at 01:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Rødbrun klar med beige skum. Lukter eik, vanilje, whisky og karamell. Middels fylde. Smaker lett brent karamell, vanilje og whisky. Middels lang.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2020
at 15:16
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled 330ml (Systembolaget)
Copper colour, small steady beige head. Perfumic vanilla and caramel in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Flavour has also perfumic vanilla, active carbonation and mint. Some whisky character. Odd brew with Innis&Gunn house flavour.
Copper colour, small steady beige head. Perfumic vanilla and caramel in the nose. Light to medium-bodied. Flavour has also perfumic vanilla, active carbonation and mint. Some whisky character. Odd brew with Innis&Gunn house flavour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2019
at 14:29