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Oskar Blues Gordon

Oskar Blues Gordon - Imperial/Double IPA

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 Percentile 
98
overall
Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

Lyons, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
9113.86/5.03.85/5.08.7%90.3Snifter, Tulip
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Commercial Description:
Gordon is a dry-hopped hybrid strong ale somewhere between a Double IPA and and Imperial Amber Ale (IAA). Brewed in tribute to the late Gordon Knight, Gordon is brewed with massive amounts of American hops and features about 85 IBUs and 8.7% alcohol by volume. Once a winter seasonal, Gordon is now a year-round, limited-supply offering.
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 poisoneddwarf (153), Rathdrum, Idaho, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/57/104/517/20
Sep 30, 2009  
12 oz can. An imperial IPA in a can! Wonders never cease. Aroma is of hops, sweet caramel malt. Beautiful looking beer with a nice thick head which whittles down to a medium sized head which lasts throughout. Nice copper hue. Nice even balance between the malt and the hops. Strong alcohol aftertaste. It’s slightly watery, but not overbearingly so. Nice, nice beer (in a can!!).


 Slipstream (734), USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Sep 23, 2009  
Picked up a growler of this. Mild, piney aroma, and a glowing amber pour. Gordon is a rich, dry, chewy, hoppy, dark ale, with loads of aromatic pine flavor. Very fresh and foresty, and solidly supported with a some malty sweetness. I’m very glad I got it fresh - good IPAs are usually best this way.


 Fratto (662), Arlington, Texas, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Really nice and strangely complex. It’s like a little bit of everything and then a lot of alcohol.


 yemenmocha (344), Glendale, Arizona, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/513/20
Sep 18, 2009  
Pours like a bottle of coca-cola, except with a root beer head. Deep brown color, not quite opaque. Nose firs strikes me as brothy. Yes, like a soup. Maybe some brewed tea notes in here, when the tea bag came open and there’s loose tea floating around. Dark rum too, maybe that’s the "sweetness" on the nose. Palate has big malt & hops but the other flavours keep you entertained - some birthday cake, root beer, marshmallowy vanilla wafer thing too. Finish is more alcoholic than I’d like. Normally I hope that bite is more subdued, even for a beer of this strength. It interferes with drinkability for me, and turns this into a sipping 1 per sitting type of beer.


 msante79 (778), Orland Hills, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/516/20
Sep 18, 2009  
12oz can from Old Chicago. Pours orangish amber with off-white head. Aroma is loaded with citrus, tropical fruit, tons of hops and caramel malts. Flavor is loaded with bitter hops, huge citrus and tropical fruit punch, with nice balance of caramel malt. Superbly balanced for such a hops bomb. Awesome mouthfeel. I can’t believe some of the low ratings for this beer. This is a real good double. I prefer this type of beer over all the sweet malt bombs that are raved about as great DIPA’s.


 daleharshman (181), San Diego, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/516/20
Sep 13, 2009  
12 ounce can. Pours a murkey orange-amber with off-white head that leaves nice lacing. Lovely fruity aroma of tangerines, grapefruit, and some tropical fruit (pineapple, mango). Flavor also has a lot of strong fruit flavors (grapefruit, peach, mango) along with a nicely balanced caramel maltiness. Neither overly sweet nor bitter. Medium body with a pleasant lingering bitterness. Still amazed that a beer this good could come from a can.


crajun (89), , Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/513/20
Sep 11, 2009  
can purchased in Dillon, CO and brought back to TX. great aroma and cloudy ruby pour. DIPA’s are not my favorit style of beer, but I enjoyed this better than others. malty sweet (a little too much) and the hops were not bitter - close to a tripel type hops. would try again. interesting beer..


 joeyplush (328), Garnet Valley, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Sep 10, 2009  
Red orange color with a bubbly white head. Excellent hoppy scent. Taste has the character of a good IPA, malty with a nice smooth hop finish but not too bitter. Very solid overall.



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