I just discovered this very tasty beer this week, and I have already had four more of them at various points during said week. This is the Innis and Gunn Original and is described as a Scottish Oak Aged beer. Beer Advocate gives it a B+ (which means "very good"...getting an "A" on that thing seems harder than passing final exams!).I like this beer simply because it is different. It has a slight sweetness but not in the gross cider-y way (sorry to any cider lovers out there) and not in a syrupy or fruity way. More of a caramely, smooth, slightly vanilla kind of sweet that many people say has a little hint of a whiskey flavor (hence, the oak aged-ness like whiskey is made in).
I am eager to try more Innis and Gunn concoctions, and I am quite impressed with Scotland's beers so far (I really like the Skull Splitter too--more on that another time). I also appreciated a good, organized, and helpful website, and there's does not disappoint. It even has food pairings and other fun stuff on there, recommending barbeque or roasted meat, any stew, seared scallops and pancetta or haddock or lemon sole in a beer batter, tomato-based curries, and (I quote): "Crème brulee, rice pudding, crème caramel, bread and butter pudding, chocolate bread and butter pudding, banana custard, panacotta, honey and yoghurt, treacle tart, creme anglaise, Bakewell tart, tarte tatin, poire tatin, and dark chocolate with orange peel." Now if you are thinking, GROSS, beer and dessert?! Then you have to go back and read my "Beer and...Dessert?!" post.
Yum, yum, and more yum. Enjoy!
