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

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Glenn P.

Immense nose of overripe apples, cocoa powder, tart cherries and vintage port. Taste is explosion of aged fruitcake, Black Forest torte, tiramisu and Mexican chocolate. Palo Santo wood offers unique tannic bite to an already outstanding brew. Blown. Away!

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Andrew Fleming

Yum. Sweet nose. Dark roasted fruits and alcohol

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Ron Southwick

Amazing! Get this if you see it. You won’t regret it.

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Travis W.

Magnificent. Bourbon sweet Bourbon!

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Keith Emons

It's Palo Santo Marron, need I say more? Ok fine, the wood is basically bullet proof.

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Thomas Hughes

2014 bottle aged from our new friends from Northern Virginia. Great people to share a great beer.

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Andy R.

SO GOOD! Aged 3+ years in Eric’s cellar. Poured thick & syrupy. Same over the the tongue. Not much head. So much creamy bourbon toffee malt. Powerful but balanced really well.

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Megan S

A 2012 from my basement, aged well 😋

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Sad Matzoh

2012 vintage on draft!!

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David Pickel

One of my all time favorites.

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Karen

Super-late check-in from mid-February. Last of my archived Palo Santo Marrons. Delicious from first to last drop. Definitely a top-tier DFH offering.

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Les Postlethwait

This is a brown ale. Looks more stout or Porter not overly boozy and drinks easy, smooth not sweet and not as thick as some, I may have to get a to go.

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Kirk Corey

Been aging this for a while.

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Scott S.

Best beer baby ever! Thanks Us for the special delivery!

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Justin E.

Good. 2020 bottle

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jeff bennett

End of a great Dogfish day with the kids! Bottled 04/2019

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Mike Barbato

One of the best beers ever!

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Peter G.

2011 vintage.

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Scott McCormick

Jen really loves this Brown Ale, so do I

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sara f

New version is 🔥

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bostonirishred

Special delivery from my warehouse peeps at DFH.. just another reminder that brewery makes some of the finest beer in the world with their limited release, DE only offerings. You get all the flavor at 12% without the booziness

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Brian Despot

Glad it's back!

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Supastar Runnergirl

Really amazing!

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Doug R

Pours dark with a modest head and loads of suspended sediment. Smooth, sweet, malt start leads to a rich, strong body. Deep woody finish has lingering notes of chocolate. Still amazing after 4+ years in the bottle... (most of that time in my beer fridge.)

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Sean L

Very good beer. Uhhh no other notes?

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Duane Crawl

Sweet, roasty, malty and hint of vanilla, perhaps. Very delicious!

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Mark Pitcock

Best brown ale I’ve ever had, by a mile.

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RickAus10

12oz btl. BO: 6/2018 (*had on 12/26/23). Aged: 5+ years.

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John Sorce

Woohoo! How have I never found this before? Love it!

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Brittany M.

Drink cold, if not it tastes like a relit cigarette

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Cameron M.

Omg, real good. Roasted caramel with a kick to the head

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Bob Hausmann

On the bottle, it says, “At 10,000 gallons each, these are the largest wooden brewing vessels built in America since before Prohibition. It’s all very exciting. We have wood. Now you do, too.“

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Andrew P.

Wow. An ale that tastes like a stout.

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Aaron K.

Fantastic imperial ale, the aging in wood barrels add a unique taste, with some subtle caramel flavors and slight booziness

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Greg H.

This is special stuff, love it. And love the barrel-aged version, too. Yum!

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Jonathan Weaver

Definitely one of my favorites from DFH!

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Dave Martin

Somehow I found this in Iowa City. It’s been a while. Still smooth, mild booziness (for 12%!), love that woody goodness

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Diane Sargent

Excellent way to unwind 🍻

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