Innis & Gunn Blonde
Bottle: Pasteurised - Special
Brewed by Belhaven for Innis & Gunn
Ingredients: Golden Promise and crystal malt; Phoenix hops.
American oak is seamed with flavour, which Innis & Gunn unlocks using a unique style of maturation that imparts a light vanilla oak character to this fruity Blonde beer.
Brewed by Belhaven for Innis & Gunn
Ingredients: Golden Promise and crystal malt; Phoenix hops.
American oak is seamed with flavour, which Innis & Gunn unlocks using a unique style of maturation that imparts a light vanilla oak character to this fruity Blonde beer.
2.9
213 reviews
Edinburgh, Scotland
Community reviews
6.0%, lightly oaked beer, gold colour with no head, slight hop aroma, fairly sweet with a hint of vanilla in the taste, slightly too carbonated, not quite as good as the Original but a good beer anyway.
Bottle at bar. Amber color, white head. Bitter taste with oak, citrus, honey, caramel. Bitterseet finish with citrus and honey. Very nice ale.
Light orange pour. Strong vanilla and honey aroma with some oak. A strong vanilla sweet taste with a sweet malty flavor.
Bottle. Pale amber beer with medium head. Aroma of vanilla and wood. Taste is sweet, wood and a touch of light fruit. Not very good in the taste.
Bottle 33 cl from erzbierschof.ch. Amber with flegmatic crackling and fleeting head. Aromas of peated malt, caramel-toffee, Whisky, honey and vanilla. The mouth is round, already wooded. All perfumed by vanilla and oak. Hints of butterscotch, dry fruits, toffee, caramel, low bitterness UK.
Poors with light to no head. Cloudy appearance. Light smells (almost a skunky smell). Taste is great. Feel almost a velvet finish. Will drink again.
Dec 2012 - some of the same flavours as the original - buttery oakiness. But a milder beer with less flavour and less sharpness than the others. It’s OK and more interesting than most beers that you can find in a supermarket.
Pours a clear golden orange color with a white head that dissipates quickly. Aroma of vanilla, oak, fruity esthers, toffee and butterscotch. Taste is sweet toffee, oak, some clove and a bit of a harsh burnt sugar taste with some lingering bitterness. Not the best offering from Innis.
Bottle @ home shared with Dutchdrebus. Slightly unclear yellow orange golden color with a small to medium sized white head that diminishes quickly. Smell malts, toffee. Taste is weird, can’t describe it but I don’t like it, especially the aftertaste. Low to medium body, low carbonation.
Bouteille 330 ml. 6.0%. Couleur jaune cuivrée, mousse blanche mince. Arpome de céréales, un peu de bois et vanille vers la fin. En bouche, douce, malt, un peu de bois, légère amertume un peu fruitée. Bonne blonde, un peu sucrée.
Poured into pint glass straight from fridge. Golden, burnt sugar colour. Clear with decent carbonation leading to ’one finger’ head which quite quickly disappears. Vanilla sweet, slight alcohol taste, whisky or rum? Ends quite savoury. Pretty complex compared to other I&G beers. Would probably go well with slightly spicy food.
Bottle @ Alquitara. Golden colour with a light white head. Aroma is slightly malty, earthy and sweet notes as well. Flavor is moderate sweet, with hints of vanilla and citrus. Sweet final with an average duration.
Bottle 0.33l. Colour is golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours are vanilla, sweetness, fruit, malts and hints od whiskey. Not my kind of beer.
Bottle at home. It pours golden with a small white head. The nose is spice, wood, dough, weetabix and icing sugar. The taste is honey, vanilla, wood, icing sugar, dough and hint of alcohol coming through in the background with a dry, slightly sweetish finish. Light-med body and fine carbonation. One-dimensional, but actually not too bad.
Pours clear golden with a thin white head aromas are of classic oak, vanilla butterscotch, Taste is fairly similar maybe a little toasted noted pretty sweet but not so sweet like some of their others. via Beer Buddy
pours clear light golden with a very small white head, disappearing completely. bready caramel infused with bourbon vanilla, some sweetness and fruitiness - pears, apples. faint malts. average carbonation, light body - oily, short herbal-lightly citrusy finish. meh.
vanilla, oak, toffee, butterscotch and toasted bread nose. Blond / amber body, slightly carbonated with short fizzy head no lace. Flavor is rich, full of sweetness and buttery with notes of vanilla, oak, fruits and cheese cake. finish has a slight bite but leaves an overall lingering warm feeling on the palate. this is good stuff but a little on the pricy side.
Smells oaky with some nice peachiness to it. Lots of caramel, a little honey and vanilla. Pours golden clear. Smells pretty good actually - probably a little underrated due to macro status. A little bitter. Decent. Bottle
330ml bottle. Clear deep golden color with small white head. Malty aroma with explicit oak flavor. Taste is caramel malty, oak / vanilla is a bit more decent than in other Innis & Gunn brews, but still typically present, adding a woody dry note, therefore narrowing the taste in a way. Nevertheless there’s room for a slightly hoppy finish.
Not quite as good as Original but still very nice. Crystal clear golden blonde. Pours with small creamy head. Fruity tops notes, depth of slight vanilla and woody oak smoke. Fresh ending. Very quaffable
Bottled (From Beers Of Europe). Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is grains, rubbery, mild vanilla and mild malts. Flavour is rubber, some earth and mild cellary notes. Also has some slight whisky cask and vanilla in the flavour, but way too mild.
Had this one at Fishers in Edinburgh. Asked for a local ale. What a wonderful experience.
vanilla, woody, golden, clear, medium sweetness, full body, creamy,
330ml bottle - clear golden yellow ale, bubbly white head, caramel malty and fruity aroma, vanilla, caramel malt, woody, high carbonation, bit thin for its strength, but very sweet
Bottled sample from Calgary airport. Too fruity for my liking. Was not expecting that
Very easy beer to drink, despite being 6%. Smooth taste, but can become a bit tasteless towards the end of the bottle.
Clear golden amber pour with quickly diminishing white head. Skunky aroma along with hay, caramel and vanilla. Taste of caramel, butterscotch, vanilla, and malt. Creamy mouthfeel and nice carbonation but flavours became annoying and cloying after a few sips.
33cl, at 6%Vol, as Innis & Gunn Blonde, Scottish brew, from Beers of Europe Setchey, not complex brew, malty/sweet and slightly woody/bitter, not balanced, clear, small head, simple brew
Aroma is honey, caramel, banana, toffee. Nice and sweet. Palate feels a bit thin. Taste is pretty unimpressive. All the flavour the aroma has but it’s faint and watery. Their other beers are far batter.
330ml bottle. Clear deep golden colour with small macropore white head. Malty aroma with explicit oak flavour. Taste is caramel malty, oak / vanilla is a bit more decent than in other Innis & Gunn brews, but still typically present, adding a woody dry note, therefore narrowing the taste in a way. Nevertheless there’s room for a slightly hoppy finish.
Clear bottle, 330ml. Best before 04 Dec 2008, drank on 23 Aug 2008.
Poured well chilled, into a Westmalle Trappist Chalice glass.
Pale, very pale in colour. The head fell away to a wisp covering far too quickly for me.
The aroma was weaker than I expected, there is an Oak feel to it and a caramel/toffee sweetness which arrives as the beer warmed.
A tangy bitter sweet flavour which I found interesting and pleasant. Not your normal English Pale Ale that’s for sure, well it is brewed in Scotland so why should it be?
The 6% is well hidden and the beer could almost be discribed as watery, but not quite. The flavours do stay, with the sweetness hanging around longer than the bitterness.
Not bad, but nothing special either.