Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron
Malt Beverage aged on Palo Santo Wood
12% abv
12 oz bottle
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Milton, Delware, USA
Dogfish.com
This unfiltered brown ale is one tasty brew. It pours a dark body with brown highlights. The head is a dark caramel color that looks tasty. The nose seems complex with some sweet malts, burnt cocoa, vanilla dark cherry. When pouring the beer it had a thick appearance and that is how it feels on the mouthfeel. This ale is thick, almost syrupy in texture. The taste is complex as well, with notes of roasted malts, toasted caramel, rich vanilla, molasses, sweet flavors and slight sour notes. We could even throw in some coffee and rich chocolate into the mix. I don’t know what Palo Santo wood smells or taste like so, the best a can come up with it has a black walnut like quality. The alcohol does add some spice and boozy feel to the palate. This is a sipper.
This beer is not for your yellow water beer drinker. No amateurs here. I drank one about three weeks ago, then one yesterday and then this one for the review. I think this beer is growing on me. The first one I had I did not really enjoy.
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