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.
Carlos Torano Exodus 1959 – 50 Years
Wrapper: Brazilian Arapiraca Sun-grown
Binder: Honduras
Fillers: Esteli and Pueblo Nuevo, Nicaragua
Size: 5 x 50 rubosto
My Strength Rating: 6
torano.com
This is an attractively wrapped cigar. A good looking dark sun-grown wrapper and the black and copper colored ring bands just scream – SMOKE ME!
The cigar starts off with some nice roasted coffee notes. A soft and slightly sweet pink peppercorn profile takes hold and is maintained through-out the smoking experience. There are some burnt dark chocolate and medium roasted coffee notes. By mid-point I am picking up a woodsy note. It is coming across like oak. The oak seems to overtake the sweet pink pepper taste. The mouthfeel is rich and balanced. The texture is smooth yet, has a nice spice presence from the pink peppercorn like quality. I find this a very enjoyable smoke.
This cigar really helps to combat the sweet profile of this brown ale. The coffee and burnt chocolate notes of the cigar help to bring out the same notes of the ale. The spice of the cigar balances the sweet molasses and other sweet malts of the beer. The cigar also seems to cut through the alcohol taste. The woody notes of each seem to mingle well. I have to admit that I really like this ale during this pairing. The ale was good by itself but, I thought the ale was really good when paired with this flavorful cigar.
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