Oskar Blues Gordon

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

Really nice and strangely complex. It’s like a little bit of everything and then a lot of alcohol.

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.

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.

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.

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..

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.

12 oz can poured into a snifter glass produced an amber colored beer with a 1 1/2 finger head. The smell consisted of pine, dark fruit and malt. At first I wasn’t sure what to think of this beer as it was a little to sweet for my taste. But as the beer warmed up it allowed the hops to come through. At 8.7 percent you can’t taste the alcohol. This is a pretty well balanced beer. I would try again if I could ever find it on tap.

Amber pour with off white head. Pine aroma with a good blend of hop and malt. Very Good