Palo Santo Marron

Brown Ale - Imperial / Double

An unfiltered, unfettered, unprecedented brown ale aged in handmade wooden brewing vessels. The caramel and vanilla complexity unique to this beer comes from the exotic Paraguayan Palo Santo wood from which these tanks were crafted. Palo Santo means "holy tree" and its wood has been used in South American wine-making communities.

ABV

12.0

Rating

3.968

Rating count

97,139

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Josh Klopatek

3.97? Shut the front door. This is one of the best mellow/strong beers alive. This here, is Abe Lincoln in a bottle. A smooth carmel finish, somewhat fragrant from the wood. Just lovely.

5.0

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Eduardo A

Strong but not too much and freaking good ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️

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Willie Brosnan

This is good. But. It falls flat in my opinion

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Jess c.

Starting 12 beers of Christmas on a high note. Very complex, woody. Notes of vanilla, Carmel and tannic.

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Doug

Aged in wood barrels. Wood is good

3.5

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Dennis Georgatos

Excellent brown ale. Smooth Carmel flavor that doesn’t come across as 12% ABV.

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Tim F.

Early Christmas present to myself

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Larry Hall

3 years aged smooth mellow huge wood flavors boozy vanilla roasted grains caramel vanilla Delicious

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Chris Nguyen

Starting out with the heavyweight

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Andy Singerling

Checking in since its been a looooong time. Drinks more like a stout. Nice ‘addition’ to my (new) dabbling in brown ales.

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Troy J.

It’s a thick bitch

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Andrew Schickram

Aged since 2015. Very smooth

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Amy Shirk

Good ole boy

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Tipsy Cat

Boozy, roasted, peppery molasses...?

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Eric L.

Marron-y

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Nick Billock

Sipped it and enjoyed it.

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Keith Stevenson

Excellent as always!

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Chad Rutt

2018 vintage. Smooth, slightly sweet,, and rich. Caramel like aroma and flavor with hints of vanilla.

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Kenny M.

I’m a sucker for brown ales. This is a good one. Maybe slightly too malty. But I won’t complain.

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Ned B.

2014

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Mark Shlossman

Bottled 09/27/19

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Jon H

Heavy malt, nice woody flavors with hits of vanilla and slight caramel influence.

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Chris Badolato

Maybe not a favorite anymore, but still pretty damn good.

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Schmidtti21

Settles as it drinks. First sip a little boozy but mellows out

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Randy C.

A 12% overdo oil change + vanilla & caramel. Nice

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Ethan and Christine Hartwig

Dogfish has the worst reps in the entire beer industry. They are rude and ignorant.

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Jamie C.

Ages so well!

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Todd Wick

Fantastic as always!!!!

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Joshua P.

Came back to Pittsburgh to one of these. Whew!

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Amanda Lafty

A little boozy but delish. Can't believe this is 12%

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Ross R.

Complex and balanced. But strong.

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Andrew CMNS

Soooooooooo goooooooood.

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