Oskar Blues Gordon

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

12 oz can. Pours a slightly hazy dark orange body with a small one finger fizzy off-white head that retained as a thin film. Big crystal malt and caramel aromas surround a heavy handed, slightly piney, hoppiness. Smells very candy like. The hops and malt are actually really well balanced, they’re both huge. Lots of caramel sweetness, though there is a little too much stale iced tea crystal malt showing thru, especially towards the finish. Fairly heavy bitterness up front, but it doesn’t linger very long. Mouthfeel is full and thick with a little stickiness and nice soft fizzy carbonation. Overall, a pretty nice beer, but the more I drank of it, especially the second half of the glass, the crystal malt got on my nerves quite a bit.

top notch. sticky and reminiscent of caramel. the hops are nice and crisp and balance out with the malt nicely. highly recommended

Citric hops and sweet caramel malts dominate the palate. It pours a cloudy dark amber with marked hop lace and fine, light carbonation. Sweet caramel malt and plenty of high-alpha hops dominate the flavor, with some crystal malt in the mix. Alcohol and dry hops in the throat provide an astringent finish. Stone Double Bastard remains my favorite example, followed by Dogfish 90 Minute, but Oskar Blues Gordon is quite respectable.

The aroma is both malty and hoppy with hints of caramel, flowers, pine and brown sugar. It pours a frothy average head that is off-white in color and mostly lasting. The beer is murky amber in color and moderatly dense. The initial flavor is moderately sweet and lightly acidic. The finish is slightly bitter and moderately alcoholic.

(Canned) Hazy dark amber with a smallish, tight head. Aromatic-hoppy, fruity nose with a clear alcohol presence. Toffee-booze-malty flavor with dried fruit, pine-resiny hops, and a bitter, dry finish. Medium-bodied, dryish palate with soft carbonation. Alcohol is too evident when cool, but becomes smoother with warming up. Still a bit thin and rough for the style, and no match for Nogne #100 and the like.

Clear tawny red with a thick frothy head. Big resinous citrus and herbal hop aroma. Clean hoppy flavor supported by juicy malt with a toasted note. Has a lingering pine flavor. Low carbonation. Relatively low bitterness. Doesn’t come together for me somehow.

canned, orange color with nice foam, great hop taste of grapefruit and pine sap, good finish of malt and some spice

Can, Kegs & Barrels in McKinney, TX. Poured a deep clear amber with biege head, decient retention, laced the glass. Aroma of fresh hops, as if the hops are right under your nose, very nice....Flavor is sweet malt, very hoppy flavor, and a medium bitter at the end to compliment. Medium-full body, medium carb.....Very tasty!