Innis & Gunn Brewing Co.
Commercial Brewery
in
Edinburgh,
Edinburgh,
Scotland 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2003
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
Spearheading the barrel-ageing movement from Scotland, The Original bourbon barrel-aged beer is the one that started Innis & Gunn when Master Brewer Dougal Gunn Sharp founded the brewery in 2003.
Innis & Gunn was contract brewed in Glasgow at Tennent's Wellpark Brewery since 2014. On 15 November 2018 Tennent's announced the brewing contract will be terminated with effect from September 2020. Innis & Gunn responded the following day by saying they plan on opening their own brewery.
The Innis & Gunn Brewery in Perth is our home for innovation and barrel-ageing. With plans to build a new large scale brewery in our hometown of Edinburgh, it will be the first new large brewery to be built in the capital in 150 years.
Innis & Gunn was contract brewed in Glasgow at Tennent's Wellpark Brewery since 2014. On 15 November 2018 Tennent's announced the brewing contract will be terminated with effect from September 2020. Innis & Gunn responded the following day by saying they plan on opening their own brewery.
The Innis & Gunn Brewery in Perth is our home for innovation and barrel-ageing. With plans to build a new large scale brewery in our hometown of Edinburgh, it will be the first new large brewery to be built in the capital in 150 years.
3.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 4
2007 bottle:
Amber colour. Medium sized, dense head. Aroma has a lot of tar and peat, smells a lot like Islay whisky (Laprohaig?). Dry, peaty, ashy flavour that doesn’t mix well with the sweet background. An interesting experiment, but unfortunately the result didn’t work out too well.
Amber colour. Medium sized, dense head. Aroma has a lot of tar and peat, smells a lot like Islay whisky (Laprohaig?). Dry, peaty, ashy flavour that doesn’t mix well with the sweet background. An interesting experiment, but unfortunately the result didn’t work out too well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2007
at 13:23
7.2/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of Sammy. Pours a clear, warm, dark amber golden with a somewhat rough, off-white head. Sweetish aroma of wood and whisky. Medium body with a little caramel and lightly burned whisky notes. There’s a vague tartness underneath all of this. 051007
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2007
at 13:52
6.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 33 cl) Courtesy of yngwie. Clear, warm, amber golden with a dense, handsome, off-white head leaving some lacework. Aroma of wood and vanilla. Medium body, fairly sweet and caramellish with distinct whisky notes. Almost no bitterness. Perhaps a little on the sweet side. 051007
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2007
at 13:47
5.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
33 cL clear bottle (limited edition 2006). Pours amber to deep brown with a little lacing white head. Breadish roasted malt aroma, slight note of barrels. Flavour is malty and slight dried fruity, mildly woody. Ends mellow malty. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2007
at 15:22
6.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33 cL clear bottle. Pours clear deep orange with lacing white head. Toffee malty aroma. Smooth sweet caramel malty flavour. Very mild bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2007
at 15:16
5.8/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 6
First rating(33 cl bottle from Systembolaget) Clear cherry wood to copper look, small white head. Oak, smoke, vanilla, fruits and also quite clearan agave touch for scent. An alcohol touch first made me fantasize of a Mexican Mezcal, got some butter and sugar on there as well. Dry wood taste, Dry woody aftertaste. Sweet and agave like, some alcohol aftertaste and also warming alcohol feeling. Smoke and wood aftertaste lingering. Medium to spritzy mouthfeel. Medium bitterness. Interesting but not the best they’ve made.7/3/5/2/12=2.9Rerate33 cl bottle, aged in my 12 degree C fridge for about a year and compared side by side with the new one from the red box, separate rating.BB Dec 2008. Clear copper to brown color, off-white head. Sweet, oak, vanilla, vinous, malty, whiksy scent. Sweet, dry, wood, oak, butterscotch taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.4/4/4/3/8=2.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2007
at 11:13
4/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 2
Overall 4
Bottled. Clear amber, small dense head. Woody islay whisky aroma. Very sweet, sugary and sticky. Simplistic clean malt profile. Some pleasant licorice-like smokey whiskey flavours from the barrel, but the base beer is really, well not good. One dimensional.much too sweet and lacking in character. Very disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2007
at 15:03
6.3/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle REESG 07 ... AS i liked the normal at first but grew to loath it over the whole bottle im a bit wary of my rating on a 50ml sample... copper ... woody malt and a little blue cheese ! ... little sweet(not as much as normal) again a little woody with soem malt fruits.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2007
at 09:10
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle, at RBESG 2007 in Glasgow, Grand Tasting. Deep amber colour, moderate head. Woody / oaky aroma, but not very strong. The flavour is fairly sweet and woody.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2007
at 12:10
6.5/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6
Bottled at RBESG ’07. Amber colour, minimal head, clear. Sherryish woody nose with some vanilla. Sweet with clean mouthfeel. Evident and elegant barrel flavour like a less peaty Highland whisky. The malt however is a bit mellow and not firm enough. Still a good interesting beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2007
at 02:28