Beertalk (16424) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Amber beer with fluffy white head. Caramel toffee aroma with hints of butter, lemon, vanilla. Quite sweet with a complex wood, caramel, honey flavour.
Finn (18112) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle 0,33l. Golden brown. A creamy lasting head leaving patterns on the glass. Some burntness in the aroma. A soft sweet flavour. You have a whisky feeling in the aftertaste. No bitterness. More peculiar than good.
SHIG (13882) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Red/brown amber beer with a froathy white head. Deep rich smoked aroma with a hint of spice. Sweet honey malt taste with smooth tangy enjoying finish.
notalush (7339) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Clear straw color, with minimal but lasting head - very oaky, vanilla aroma, with touches of whiskey, buttered toast - very distinctive oak and whiskey character in the flavor, but not an overwhelming one like in a lot of beers aged in barrels - somewhat bready but overly sweet - honey and spice in the finish - it’s a shame they filter and pasturize this; it would probably be a hell of a lot better if they didn’t.
yngwie (24278) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottled. A golden beer with an off-white head. Lots of wood and smoke in the aroma, and some malt too. The flavor has smoke and bacon in it, along with a malty sweetness. Lightly cloying, sweet finish and a medium to full body. Goes well with dark chocolate. Rating: 6-4-6-4-13-3.3. (060428)
Bottle. It pours a clear, golden body and a diminishing, minimal off-white head. Malty, toffeeish nose with butterscotch and vanilla, some fruityness, and a hint of something in the middle between caraway seeds and anise. A bit more warming in the mouth than suits the beer, giving a hint of whiskey. Full-bodied and almost sticky sweet. The flavor is on the sweet side, with toffee and vanilla, some alcohol and fruityness, a little bitterness, and some spicy stuff. Long, toffeeish and vanilla-flavored finish with a little bitterness. A quite flavorful beer, but it’s not flavors that suits my palate too well, it actually feels a bit un-natural, but sure, I can drink a bottle every now and then. (090620)
gunnfryd (21926) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottled. Amber colour with an off-white head. Aroma is vanilla and whiskey. Flavour is whiskey and malt
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. Honeyish yellow/amber colour with big offwhite head. Aroma of oak, hops and vanilla. Flavour is malty, oaky and also hints of vanilla and caramel. Finish becomes fruity and vanillaish. A bit too sweet, but otherwise very nice.
TBone (30139) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottled (BB 04/2006)
Amber color, good creamy off-white head. Aroma has oak wood and vanilla. Medium bodied. Very sweet toffeish. Lots of oak barrel, whiskey and vanilla flavors. Barrel maturing comes quite clearly to flavor and aroma but overly too sweet to be really good one. (6/4/6/3/12 3.1)
. [Bottled] (BB 04/2007).
Amber color, small white head. Flowery hoppy, oaky nose. Alcoholic, flowery hoppy with whiskey and vanilla presence. As someone said, a bit similar to Duckstein. (6/4/6/3/12 3.1)
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle.Compared to the "regular" Innis & Gunn I like this far better! The oak taste has matured well and the beer feels more luxurious.Dark brown color, small head. Delicate oak and vanila scent. Great taste of balanced malt and oak.
gnoff (11188) reviewed The Original from Innis & Gunn Brewing Co. 19 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
First ratingInitial Rating Date: 3/29/200633 cl bottle from Swedish "Systembolaget" on March 24.Clear brown color, almost to red. Creamy head. Very odd o rat least unusual scent, reminds of grains and whisky. Mot likely from the aging in oak barrels. Taste is a bit musky and heavy, feels like it’s been too short period of time in the oak to have "matured" that flavor.6/5/5/3/11=3.0RerateMay 200933 cl bottle left at home by a friend a while backClear deep golden to pale copper color, fluffy white head. Wood, oak, dry, acidic, lactic scent. Lactic, acidic, grainy, malty, dry taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium to medium low bitterness.This must’ve gone bad somehow, feels infected and sour.4/4/4/3/8=2.3