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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4.25

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ray waugh

9 pickup loads later, it's time to relax. Lot is looking better for the work.

4.25

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4.0

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about 3 years ago

 

Kirk Corey

Been aging this for a while.

4.75

about 3 years ago

 
4.5

about 3 years ago

 

Michael Triantafillos

Man I miss this!!!

4.0

about 3 years ago

 

Ryan Proto

4.5 again, did not read the abv before taking the first sip… big surprise

4.5

about 3 years ago

 

Brett Newlin

Ooo. Kinda spicy…OHMANTWELVEPERCENT??

4.0

about 3 years ago

 

Stevie C.

Found in the basement, forgotten for at least 4 years.

5.0

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3.75

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James P.

Awesome beer and omg good

5.0

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J S.

Good beer just not my favorite style

3.25

about 3 years ago

 

Eric S

Hayley S. finally cracked open the Palo Santo you gave me over a year ago

4.25

about 3 years ago

 

Melody Abbott

Dislike

1.25

about 3 years ago

 

gook gall

Been a long time , love it .

4.5

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about 3 years ago

 

Aaron Nobel

Vintage 2015, slight loss of carbonation yields an anemic head, dark opaque ruby, caramelized sugar and smoke aromas, surprisingly zesty body, dark stone fruits, leather, tobacco, smoke, woody tannins, dry tannins and raisins on the finish

4.5

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Amy Danner

2008…. 14 years old…

0.0

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4.0

about 3 years ago

 

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.

4.75

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4.0

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Brian Butler

Sweet and boozy

3.0

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2.5

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Ev

No trip to dogfish is complete without Palo. Still a five!

5.0

over 3 years ago

 

Sean Dodd

Rich

4.0

over 3 years ago

 

Scott McCormack

Excellent. Not available in the STL anymore.

4.5

over 3 years ago

 
4.0

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over 3 years ago

 

Ruby F.

kinda coffee/chocolate flavor

4.0

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MaryRose S.

Very much enjoy. Would put in ruby’s ass

3.0

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4.5

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Daniel M.

Brewed with a beautiful deep red that almost looks like a stout and a red wine made love. It's sweet and the flavors meld beautifully without tasting as boozy as it actually is. Delightful!

5.0

over 3 years ago

 

Dan C

Strong. Port wine/syrupy taste at the end. Unique smell. Flight tasting. Far right.

3.75

over 3 years ago

 

David McRobie

I'm really gonna miss this beerssss. #threedownoneleft

5.0

over 3 years ago

 
3.0

over 3 years ago

 
3.5

over 3 years ago

 

Debbie S.

Aged perfectly for a 2018!

5.0

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4.5

over 3 years ago

 
4.75

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Bob

Wow. That's a really nice brown. This beer deserves more attention. From me.

4.25

over 3 years ago

 
3.5

over 3 years ago

 
4.5

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over 3 years ago

 

Steven Andrew

Enjoying this Dogfish Head masterpiece alongside the two whiskeys derived from it. Really hoping Dogfish gets their Palo Santo tank back in working condition again so we can have more of this amazing beer (and whiskey!) Cheers 🍻

4.25

over 3 years ago

 
5.0

over 3 years ago

 

Gregg

Exceptional brown ale. While it’s 12%, it is extremely smooth with no boozy taste.

0.0

over 3 years ago

 

Mickey Anderson

Pretty good! Drank half, other half in my crook pot Brisket!! Man it was good!

4.0

over 3 years ago

 
4.0

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4.25

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4.5

over 3 years ago

 

Sean Fitzhugh

2022 edition (while the Palo Santo cask is being refurbished): lighter and more stone fruity with less of the wood aged flavor than a typical PSM. A 4.5 on draft.

4.0

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over 3 years ago

 

Douglas Champaigne

Roasted malt flavor. Slight caramel notes. Very wild woodsy flavor from the pale santo.

3.0

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over 3 years ago

 
3.5

over 3 years ago

 

slugger hopps

A good tasting day at Dogfish Head.

4.0

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over 3 years ago

 

Matt F.

Oh! Hello!!!!!

4.0

over 3 years ago

 

Banshee_800

Bottled 4/10/13....drank today. Awesome as always

4.5

over 3 years ago

 

will fenton

Wow x2

3.5

over 3 years ago

 
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3.75

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3.0

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Jason Scofi

Kyle L. Thanks for the mysterious Palo! Chocolatey chickory notes!

5.0

over 3 years ago

 

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.

4.75

over 3 years ago

 
4.25

over 3 years ago

 

Mantis Toboggan M.D.

Who is Pepe Silvia?

4.25

over 3 years ago

 

Herb B.

You have to be in the mood for this, but, when you are, it’s positively delicious!

5.0

over 3 years ago

 
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3.75

over 3 years ago

 

Jeff McDowell

Old favorite

4.5

over 3 years ago