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had this last night for the first and last time.....terrible stuff. 1.99 in tesco but even if it was .99 i wouldnt touch it

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Have had a few bottles over past year or so. It is one of the few bottles avialable that has bee matured in whiskey casks that I have had and I am sure it will not be a patch on Cualan's imperial stoute etc by any means.

The brewer for Innis and Gunn apparently is due to give a little presentation re same this Saturday in the Bierhaus and if anyone is aroudn it might be worth a visit. It will fit in very well with my planned visit to the Bierhaus on Saturday evening anyway!.

not a fan....too much of a whiskey taste for me, and i cant drink that stuff!!!

&amp;quot;Ger Cork&amp;quot;:1pq69aub wrote: The brewer for Innis and Gunn apparently is due to give a little presentation re same this Saturday in the Bierhaus[/quote:1pq69aub]They have a brewer? That's interesting. Surely Grant's, the owner, doesn't have an actual brewer on the staff? Is this someone from the host brewery? Can anyone find out?

I am in the overwhelming majority but I don't mind it at all; not bad for what it is. (I LIKE oaked beers, though.)

I've had some pretty extreme oaked beers, too.

I think a little oaking always gives just a little extra smoothness to the mouthfeel; I've never been able to figure out why, but an oak aged stout begins to feel like it's got a bit of oatmeal added to the grain bill just before you get the oak taste...

(The taste of French oak and American oak are also VERY different as my experiment about 6 months ago proved to me; I've heard that Hungarian oak is very similar tasting to French oak but less intense; haven't tried any Hungarian oak aged beers yet to my knowledge.)


Adam