Nils Oscar India Ale

Bottle: Pours a copper color with a light head and no sticky lacing. The nose is doughy with a rich malty sweetness and a citrus cascade hop note. Nice fruity tropical notes along with some orange and juicy amarillo notes. The flavor is balanced with a rich maltiness and a smooth underlying bitterness. The finish is well rounded; I’m actually really surprised how good this is for a non-american IPA. Juicy!

Bought at Visby Systembolaget in Sweden. Orange on the label. Pours a bright orange copper--matching the orange on the label--that’s almost the colour of orange soda. 1 cm of cream-coloured foam that leaves beautiful lacing all the way down the glass. The aroma is hop-heavy, as it should be, with citrus, flowers, a bit of mango, and copper pipe. The mouthfeel is well-carbonated, but slightly watery. The taste is quite hoppy and bitter (it’s not really powerful, but it’s as it should be). A slight sweetness suggesting a red winegum is present. The aftertaste is like sucking on a couple pennies. A great IPA. Oscar Nils is clearly a pretty good brewery.

33cl bottle pours as red amber with a white head, smells of hops citrus and pine. Mouthfeel is quite carbonated. Tastes of hops, butter and sweet toffee. Not really my favorite, abit too bitter and sweet.

nice bittersweet aroma. clear yellow, small white head. sweet and bitter like a pale ale, but it´s not very powerfull. might be the alc%. too much "ordinary" beer in the taste. But very good. Very drinkable. And "stronger" than the 5.3% alc. indicates.

Doesn’t really taste like a pale ale. Sharp metallic bite. Brown pour with a soft head. Grassy hops on the nose.