Oskar Blues Gordon

Pours a reddish amber color with a thick fluffy tan head Aroma is lots of hops. Taste is caramel malts up front, with a bitter hop finish. Very tasty and I like the IIPA/Amber hybrid. Nice beer.

12oz can. Pours a deep copper red color and see-through body with a big, two finger-width, soapy foamy, off-white head that takes forever to dissipate and leaves a lot of lacing. Lots to this aroma, just not as BIG as most DIPA’s. Lots of caramels and mild citrus hops. Lots of different kinds of fruits including grapefruits, sweet clementines, peaches, and melons. Some wood character to it and pine needles. Flavor is very round and sweet. Sweet bready and caramel malts give this a very full body while the mild, but piney citrus hops balance this out nicely. Some of the melon creeps in there along with the citrus. Finishes malty, slightly piney and woody, with lots of mild hop linger. Overall, lots of hop taste, but not the explosion like most DIPA’s. I like that about this. Its very flavorful, but subdued. I also love the fantastic soft body. Really nice stuff right here.

can thanks to boomer0813. poured an dark amberish color with a soapy beige head that left ample lacing. aroma was a sweet buttery caramel and some pine resin. flavor was pine resin, hops, and some alcohol on the backend. medium body with medium-high carbonation. this was a good offering from oskar blues.

Canned. Nice lacy head and deep amber color. more hops on the nose than malt which is true for the taste as well. Definetley a hybrid with its hoppiness, but also a red with the distinctive malt they are known for. At 8.7% you wouldnt know it unless told ecspecialy when it is so light bodied and easy to drink. Still can taste the can but i try to put that aside being i dont drink canned beer well ever! I will be taking this backpacking for sure!

While good craft beer does come in a can, that doesn’t mean I have to drink it out of the can if I don’t have to, and so I lovingly pour Gordon into my awaiting glass. Gordon exits his canned confines thick, syrupy, and deep umber red, quite a promising prelude of quaffing to come. A small head of perfection tops her off while lace clings stubbornly to the sides of her new home. Gordon puffs on command, releasing an explosion of sap, pine, hop oils and resin, orange peel, cut grass and spring flowers. Like a lab rat upon command, my mouth starts to water and I raise her deep amber depths to my lips for our very first kiss. A full mouthfeel thoroughly coats all inner surfaces as she goes down sweet and sticky with a crisp hop finish. My first impression is of honey, orange, and melon backed by caramel, malts, and toast. Following second are a plethora of hop delights; grass, pine, oils, and sap all ensconced in soft floral notes. Wait, did I just pour this out of a can? Why yes, Kristyn, there really is such a thing as a good canned beer. All hope of personal restraint gone, I hungrily enjoy every single swallow and sip of my Gordon from Oskar Blues. As he warms and I near the end of my glass, a network of laces marks his path while my mouth remains a sticky smorgasbord of orange pulp, grass, pine, and new to the mix, some grapefruit. Finishing her off is a solid balance of toasted and caramel malts.

I could pour Gordon blind for anyone and they would never guess he came from a can. As easy as it can be to cast aside prejudices and misconceptions, it can be as equally hard to let them go, consciously or subconsciously, when the price tag is the same as a 6 pack of bottled craft beer. But we are America, land of the free, the brave, and finally of damn good canned craft beer. Fear not the unknown, and instead embrace your inner can freak. Heck, it’s even good for the environment, along with your tastebuds, of course.

Clear red pour with a healthy head. Has a fresh aroma with just the slightest bit of hops. Interesting taste! Not hoppy at all but smooth and almost sweet. Better than anticipated. Aftertaste doesn’t leave any anguish.

Enjoyed via 12oz can. Pours a deep copper. Aroma is strong; one of American hops (Cascade, Centennial, Amarillo?). Palate is pretty thoroughly dominated by hops, as one might expect. However, nice notes of malt in the finish keep this example from being overly hoppy. A dry finish makes it dangerously drinkable.

Can... Poured an amber with a wonderful, frothy, slightly off-white head that lasted forever. Lots of hops on the nose. Dry, well carbonated palate. Big complexity in the flavor with a strong licorice character. The hops soon took over carried but the malt backbone of the brew. Finished like a fresh batch of iced black tea. Not one of the best IIPAs, but definitely quite unique from a lot of them.