Oskar Blues Ten FIDY

pours pitch black with a chocolate milk colored head. smells of sweet sugar and malt, coffee, milk chocolate, alcohol and hops. Tastes of very sweet but malty with a slight funky after taste. whoa I’m realy tasteing cofee/cappacino and malt. Really the coffee flavor seeems dominant to me. Almost falls under a chocolate or another sweet stout in my opinion rather than an imperial.

Can. The top pops on the can and not bubble comes out. The pour is like watery syrup and glossy black. There is a thin ring of dark tan cream that tells me this baby has a nice malt bill. The aroma is very heavy on the chocolate but in a very pleasant way. There is also some roast, and maybe a touch of hop bitterness. The flavor is very rich, with lots of chocolate and coffee. Really a beautiful beer.

These are right up there with the beers from Surly in terms of things I enjoyed most from a can. The color of the pour is right on, although I found the level of carbonation to be a bit extreme and to compromise the quality of the beverage a bit. Notes of rum-soaked cherries and port blend with semisweet chocolate, oatmeal, and cocoa powder. There’s a viscous mouthfeel and a solid warming finish that shows it’s alcohol just a bit too well. Overall this is an excellent imperial stout, albeit one without all of the complexity of a Surly Darkness of FFF Dark Lord.

I am a big Imperial Stout fan and I felt this was lacking something. Don’t get me wrong, this is a very good beer, but missing that first rate dark malty flavor that would push this over a 4.0 rating.

This is the only Oskar Blues I’ve ever had...and found it by accident at Brickskeller in DC. A thick black pour, with a slightly thin head. The presence of alcohol is definitely displayed, but nicely camouflaged under the pleasant taste of smokey chocolate and coffee. A sweet bittery finish, but not overwhelming.

355 mL can. Black, with a medium-sized brown head. The aroma is not as strong as I expected, and consists of sweet chocolate, roast, and a touch of citrus hops. In the flavour there is an initial hit of alcohol, then lots and lots of roast, then dark chocolate, followed by maraschino cherry syrup, and finally a slight astringency. Some hop btterness in the finish. Incredibly smooth and creamy. I love these guys.

Can, 355 ml, gift from Philippe Boutin in August 2008, savoured on August 28 2008; eye: black as used oil when you have an oil change, viscous, opaque, dark brown head that falls and turns into a ring, lacing; nose: roasted malt, molasses, candied fruits, hops quite present, strong coffee, dark chocolate, liquorice, light pepper, light alcohol, light smoke; mouth: thick, viscous, roasted malt, lots of resinous hops, dark chocolate, strong coffee, molasses, liquorice, light pepper, light alcohol, light smoke, finale in roasted malt with a big presence of hops, quite astringent, quite bitter, full body, oily texture, not much carbonation; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Canette, 355 ml, cadeau de Philippe Boutin en août 2008, savourée le 28 août 2008; œil : noire comme l’huile usée lors d’un changement d’huile, visqueuse, opaque, mousse brune foncée crémeuse qui tombe et se transforme en un petit anneau, dentelle; nez : malt rôti, mélasse, fruits candis, houblon bien présent, café fort, chocolat noir, réglisse, léger poivre, léger alcool, léger fumé; bouche : épaisse, visqueuse, malt rôti, beaucoup de houblon résineux, chocolat noir, café fort, mélasse, réglisse, léger poivre, léger alcool, léger fumé, finale en malt rôti avec une grosse présence de houblon, pas mal astringente, pas mal amère, corsée, texture huileuse, peu carbonatée; en résumé : pas mal bonne

Partial to impy stouts, I was eager to try this one today. The head is really bubbly, yet its smoothly carbonated. It lingers on and on, and gets better toward room temp. A continuous lace. Thick and chocolaty with a late sting. This beer helped me understand the "blood" beer adjective. A nice, nice brew.