Welcome to... SCOTLAND!
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| Photo Credit: Ian Britton |
Now for Scotland, and Innis &Gunn! For this particular blog, I’m not going to say I’m an expert or anything,
but this is practically ALL my boyfriend drinks and I literally have to hear
about it every night so yeah kind of an expert.
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| Photo Credit: tabula_electronica |
Innis & Gunn was inspired by
craft breweries in America and sought out a new way of flavouring beer. When
they first begin to brew their beer they start like any other brewery, however
their unique flavour comes from allowing the beer to mature in white oak
bourbon barrels for 30 days. This process allows for the beer to absorb the
whiskey from the wood of the casks and add to the flavour, and alcohol content.
Like many other breweries Innis & Gunn has
a large variety of beers, let’s take a look into these flavours (all
information gathered from Wikipedia);
Original:
Aged in oak barrels for 77 days
Blonde:
Lightly aged in oak barrels for 37 days
Triple
Matured: Triple matured in select oak barrels for 99 days
India
Pale Ale: Aged for 55 days in oak casks containing fresh hops
Spiced Rum Finish: Aged in oak barrels finished with oak chips
from Caribbean spiced rum barrels for 47 days
Winter Beer: A limited edition, seasonal brew that changes every
year
And that is just the tip of the iceberg. For more flavours
and information on Innis & Gunn and their beers visit their website, http://www.innisandgunn.com/.
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