Just like with the excellent Salopian Oracle, I’ve been trying to catch up on some of the beers I’ve been sent lately, the latest of which is from Innis & Gunn. Innis & Gunn are one of those breweries that divides opinion, some love their beers, others can’t stand them, for me it’s probably the [...]
View PostA couple of weeks ago I received a press release along with a bottle of both Melville’s Strawberry Beer and their Raspberry Beer. Melville’s is a new arm of Innis & Gunn and is the brainchild of Douglal Sharp who wanted to show off what he called some of the best fruit in the world and create [...]
View Post Fruit Beer, Melville's beer, raspberry beer, Strawberry BeerLast week, the guys over at Innis and Gunn sent me this bottle of Triple Mature Oak Aged Innis and Gunn. It’s been specially released for Fathers Day on June 19th and is on sale now in Tesco for a very reasonable £2.50 per bottle. It comes in its own distinctive bright blue box, which [...]
View Post bottled beer, free beer, oak aged beerI’ll always have a soft spot for Innis and Gunn, It was one of the first beers I got into and into in a big way, I used to drink it all of the time, recently I’ve found it a bit sweet so stopped drinking it, a shame really as it was a true gateway [...]
View Post bottled beer, draught beer, oak aged beer, scottish beerThose lovely folk over at R & R sent me some info about the new Innis & Gunn Christmas gift packs and offering me a sample, I had a quick look at the attached PDF and as soon as I saw the words “New Innis & Gunn IPA”, I hit the reply button and very [...]
View Post Innis and Gunn, IPA, oak aged beer, Oak Cask, Rum caskI decided to do a big Innis and Gunn taste test after their PR agency in the UK, R&R Teamwork, very kindly sent me a bottle of the Canadian Cask Ale and Rum Cask Ale to try. Once they arrived i hot footed it down to my local Tesco, where i knew i could pick up [...]
View Post Innis and Gunn, Innis and gunn canadian cask, oak aged beer, oak matured beer, Rum caskBeing a fan of Original Innis & Gunn Oak Aged, I had to pick this up when I saw it on the shelf. It’s in a clear glass bottle, I have never been a victim of “skunked” beer but our local Tesco has a huge glass front which bathes the beer aisle with sunlight. I think [...]
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