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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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 cheeta (858), Langå, Denmark
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/512/20
Apr 24, 2008  
Heavy hoppy aroma. Large, frothy, off-white head. Good lacing. Mostly diminishing longevity. Clear brown body. Moderate bitter initial flavor with a long finish duration. Medium palate.


 desurfer (1067), Pinellas Park, Florida, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Apr 23, 2008  
Draft at Oldsmar Tap House. Pours a rich, hazy reddish-amber with a rocky beige head. Aroma is ridiculously hoppy and sweet. Flavor is a veritable explosion of flowery, citrusy hops. Notes of pine and pepper as well. The malts are very earthy and rich. It’s a hophead dream come true, when so many others fall short. Truly amazing.


 matt7215 (942), Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/516/20
Apr 23, 2008  
12 oz can from a trade with franksnbeans. pours redish/orange/brown with a big everlasting rocky tan head. aromas of very complex malt/hops layers of good american brewed ale. flavours are similar with nice hop bite and suffient malts to support it. a touch thinner then expected but still very good. i could session this one on tap all day long.


 baggio (195), norrtälje, Sweden
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Apr 22, 2008  
Can. Lovely golden orange color with a small but creamy head. Smell of hops and some fruit. Taste of toffee, fruit and plenty of hops. Very well balanced. Lovely beer!


 rane (493), Nibe, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/516/20
Apr 21, 2008  
Can. Copperred colour with huge offbrown head. Aroma hopps and some dried fruits (raisins, plumes) and some quite funny sour notes as well. Taste sweet, and lots of hopps and malt. Also some fruit notes, like plumes.good and long lasting finish. Quite alcohol dominated in a nice and warming way. Somehow I don´t find the sour notes nice in this beer, but elsewise a very nice beer, and maybe my rating is too hard.


 Jukkabro (2981), Tampere, Finland
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/516/20
Apr 21, 2008  
Coppery colored with cloudy appearance. Little yellow head. Rich hopped, very American styled aroma with IPAish flowery note, fruits and toffee, fine perfume also comes up. Medium bodied. Hops and flowers dominate in flavor, aftertaste turns to soapy with bitterness still. Commercial description says something about amber ale, but this is more IPA to me.


 highibus (421), Mill Creek, Washington, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Great deep amber color with small whitish head. Decent lacing. Aroma is really nice. Spicy hop and some sweet malt. Flavor comes through with a malty start and blended hop presence. But not too much. Decent balance. Lingering hop finish. A good beer.


 frylock (996), Buffalo, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Apr 18, 2008  
Attractive orange-brown color with a foamy white head that leaves some nice lacing. Citrusy aroma complimented by apricots and pine needles. Toasty caramel malts balance out the lovely hop bitterness. Grapefruit and peaches come through in the dry bitter finish.



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