Innis & Gunn - Varieties

Varieties

• Original - Innis & Gunn's flagship beer. Aged in oak barrels for 77 days.

• Blonde - "Lightly" aged in oak barrels for 37 days.

• Triple Matured - Limited edition that is triple matured in selected oak barrels for a total of 99 days.

• India Pale Ale - Limited edition aged for 55 days in oak casks containing fresh hops.

• Rum Cask/Finish - Aged in recycled casks previously used for storing and aging rum for 57days. Originally offered as a limited edition but is now regularly available.

• Spiced Rum Finish - Limited edition aged in oak barrels finished with oak chips from Caribbean spiced rum barrels for 47 days.

• Island Cask - Limited edition matured in Islay malt whisky barrels for 99 to 107 days depending on the release.

• Highland Cask - Limited edition aged in recycled malt whisky casks. Maturation time for the beer and the age of the recycled single malt scotch barrels varies from batch to batch, from as little as 49 days (21-year-old) to 69 or 71 days (18-year-old).

• Irish Whiskey Cask - Limited edition stout that is matured in Irish whiskey barrels for 60 days. Innis & Gunn state that the "rare" barrels come from a "famous distillery in Ireland" that is home to "one of the great triple distilled Irish Whisksys", possibly implying that the barrels were previously used by Jameson.

• Winter Beer - Limited edition seasonal brew that changes annually. 2010 was aged for 61 days with "hints of ripe fruit, vanilla and caramel. 2011 was aged for 48 days with "natural notes of orange zest, vanilla and oak". The 2012 bottling is notably different from previous batches as it is a porter, a first for Innis & Gunn, and is called the "Winter Treacle Porter" aged for 39 days and brewed with molasses with "hints of fruit and chocolate".