Oskar Blues Gordon

Captain Ridiculous, your ship has landed!!! Wow what full balanced richness from this luscious can! Smell of lactose pineyness, like a creamy hopsicle. Awesome look of hazy deep orange and a rich really flavorful light tan head. Flavor and mouthfeel is what all DIPA should aim to be. Beautifully balanced with both extremes well represented and a full saturated sticky chewiness to the mouthfeel. This is what sierra nevada fans think bigfoot is. Congrats Oskar Blues.

Can. Pours a rich amber color, hazy, with a medium, very frothy white head. Aromas of strong hops (both citrus and spruce), a bit of roasted malts, and a little orange. Moderate carbonation with a nice slick, oily texture. Taste is actually balanced with a bitter beginning and then a nice malty finish. Wonderful beer!

On draught at Birreria Paradiso. Clear golden amber color. Very strong hop flavor but well balanced with a very strong presence of malt. Nice one.

Pours a thin copper/amber with a medium white head. Dry hopping is apparent in the aroma, along with juicy fruits, toffee, and malt. Drinks very smooth, fruity, piney, and hoppy, a great balance. LIke a mix between an imperial IPA and a red ale. Very solid, Oskar Blues never lets me down, love those guys. Def. recommended.

Crushed with Jakebra. Big nose fulla hops. Piney, bitter, sexy, and also with a big sweet malt backbone comin in. Flavor isn’t as good as the nose. Still an absolute knockout. One of the sexiest brews to come out a can since…that other Oskar Blues I just had out of a can.

The look is orange to amber in color with a pretty good beige head. The smell is hoppy, caramel, grainy, malty, and bready. The taste is just about the same as the smell. Good beer.

Pours a murky orange out of the can, with a good, dense head. Aroma is nice and sweet, packed with hops, as well as bready malts and cereal grains. This is a very tasty beer. Probably not one I’d put at the top of my list, but I could absolutely see this becoming a ’regular’ for me. Extremely drinkable, despite its ABV and the large amount of hops. There’s also a great earthy yeastiness to counter the sweetness that comes with the style. I wouldn’t blink before I brought a case of this to a gathering.

On tap at Naked City. Pours clear copper with a thick, frothy beige head. Aroma is citrus and floral hops and cotton candy, mostly hops in the taste. Sweet citrus hop finish.