Innis & Gunn are an Edinburgh based brewery with a catalogue of interesting sounding specialty beers like this Oak Aged Treacle Porter. More info about the brewery and their selection here.
What they say:
Rich and complex porter inspired by a 1929 book by F. Marian McNeill called ‘The Scots Cellar’, which contains a recipe which incorporates treacle at the end of the brewing process. This book suggests that treacle was added to beers as long as 100 years ago to create a more rounded mouthfeel and longer finish.
What I thought:
Visually it’s a beautiful deep red colour. Not much head to speak of, and retention 
of what there was was a bit lacking. Definitely the smell of treacle on the nose along with complex malts. Unfortunately that’s where my enjoyment stopped. For me the treacle flavour was completely overpowering and really all that I could taste. It was not like any porter I’ve had before, and one which I probably wouldn’t walk 500 miles for.
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