Innis & Gunn

After watching a recent episode of Gordon Ramsey's "The F Word" where he served up his own beer, I was curious about the beer that inspired his brew: Innis & Gunn (6.6% abv). After tasting the beer I was seriously questioning Gordon's taste buds! The stuff is b.l.a.n.d! I can understand how he liked the fact that it has no aftertaste, the problem is it is not really well balanced. It has oodles of oak flavour, however it has no bitterness, no malt flavours and a slight alcohol warmth. Overall a pretty boring beer which tastes like someone has just fermented out some unhopped malt extract and stuffed it in an oak barrel for a month. I suppose it has the kinds of flavours that whiskey connoisseurs can detect which leaves the everyday folk baffled to what all the fuss is about.

Apparently there is a Limited Edition version available as well which is 7.2% abv. I wouldn't bother hunting it down based upon the regular offering! Website: http://www.innisandgunn.com/