Oskar Blues Gordon

Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Lyons, Colorado USA

12 oz can (thanks again to Pawola22). Aroma is very pleasant as its hard to keep my nose away from the glass, but does not strike me as a true iipa, but more of American strong ale. A bunch of fruits, melons, citrus, grapefruit, heavy fruits like dates, medium fruits like apples, also with a good nutty caramel and cereal grains. The pour is decent, small creamy smooth head, little carbonation, decent lacing and retention, good clarity with a medium body, and good rusty orange color. Tasting this beer confirms my belief that this is more toward the imperial amber side of the description, but no matter what you want to call it, there’s a bunch of quality things going on in this beer. Balance is superb and the flavors here go very well together. Rich roasted cereals malts and nutty caramel come up right away, paving the way for more some heavier fruits like melons, thicker citrus with lemony grapefruit, minor spices alongside some darker fruits, and then a finish that is more herbal earth and light citrus that still maintains some of the melon and other malty starting qualities to make a fairly wet and sticky linger. Things are never too clumped together and blurred, but it does ride the edge of that fairly closely. Overall, I am definitely a fan of this beer. Well done.

Amazing...probably the best beer in a can i’ve ever had. Strong (8.7%ABV) and smooth IPA. Reminds me a lot of Dogfish’s 90 minute ipa.

Clear golden amber color with a big fluffy beige head. Lots of sticky lacing and nice retention. Aroma is pineapple juice and a huge dose of caramel and brown sugar. Overly sweet. Flavor is sweet caramel malts and fruity hops. Not a lot of bitterness. Pleasant but not that complex and a little too sweet. Body is medium, carbonation is subdued, high drinkability.

Had on tap at Taco Mac. Pours an amber color with an off-white head. Aroma is of citrus and pine hops with some caramel malts. Flavor is the same with a decent bitter finish that lingers. Not very much warming on this one.

Canned. Just maybe the best drinking beer ever! It has a beautiful amber color. Make sure you drink it a little warmer. If it is too cold the aroma seems mild but when left at an appropriate IPA or PA temperature this IIPA/IAA explodes with scent. The beers palate is oily...maybe a little too oily (my only complaint) but combined with the sweeter caramel malt palate creates an incredibly sticky beer! The taste is bold ver BOLD with sweet malts of caramel and lots of hops on the back end that makes the finish linger bitter for a while. A little fruit on top. Alcohol is high but well hidden. Great Day Beer!

12 oz can courtesy of Discount Liquors (Milwaukee, WI). Pours a dark murky amber with big bubbly offwhite head that dissipates to a moderate amount, laces well. Aromas are evident straight from the crack, carmel malt based with floral hops complimented by citrusy grapefruit, pine, and some resiny earthiness. Smells a bit sweet overall. Initial pushed malty bready and carmel overall up front, no shocking bitterness, but moves to some citrus and florals and moderate bitterness further in. Moves to pine and resin a bit, but still malt dominant overall. This is a good beer, but just not my thing as it moves towards the Strong Ale category easily.

Poured amber with a white head. Aroma of pine and caramel. More sweet than bitter. The malt kind of overpowered the hops. Some citrus hints.

12oz can. Interesting. Pours a nice, dark, hazy amber. Looks more like an American Strong Ale opposed to a DIPA. Aroma consisting of woodsy, bready notes. A somewhat pleasantly sweet, almost candy flavor with a nice hop presence still placed in the background. Not quite what I was expecting, but definitely pleased. Let’s see if it ages well.