Oskar Blues Ten FIDY

	Percentile
	100
	overall

Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Imperial Stout
Lyons, Colorado USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
931	4.08/5.0	4.08/5.0	Winter	9.4%	93.7	Snifter

Commercial Description:
Oskar Blues has released a special draft-only seasonal beer for the winter months. Ten FIDY Imperial stout is a titanic wonder of a stout, immensely viscous, and loaded with neck-deep flavors of chocolate, malt, coffee, cocoa and oats. It’s the beer equivalent of decadently rich milkshake made with Whoppers malted-milk balls and Heaven’s best chocolate ice cream. Ten FIDY is about 10% ABV and is made with enormous amounts of two-row malts, chocolate malts, roasted barley, flaked oats and hops. Ten FIDY’s huge-but-comforting flavors hide a whopping 98 IBUs that are deftly tucked underneath the beer’s mountains of malty goodness.

Also affectionately known as Ten W FIDY (i.e., 10W-50).

Editor's Note: The brewery has had the ABV tested at a lab, which came out to 9.4%.

Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?
Fratto (691), Arlington, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 5/5 7/10 4/5 16/20
Sep 17, 2009
Can poured into pint. Not the best Imperial Stout ever, but it’s really good. I’m still surprised that this actually came from a can.

yemenmocha (354), Glendale, Arizona, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/10 4/5 7/10 5/5 14/20
Sep 16, 2009
Can opened with too much vigor and it was as if motor oil spewed all over my hand and the counter. Pours black as black can get, with deep rich dark brown head. Nose reminds me of burnt eggo waffles, cherry-vanilla soda fountain, and SKOR candy bar. Thick & full bodied on the palate. A roasted dark chocolate with espresso monster. Not a lot of balance. Hops are sharp and unpleasantly bitter. Not a pleasant complement to the roasty flavors. This is an "in your face" beer but falls short in balance & drinkability.

cstuartj (305), Washington, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 5/5 8/10 4/5 17/20
Sep 14, 2009
This beer is insanely black and thick. The head is darker than most porters. Nose is amazing bitter hops burnt malts. Taste is great everything u want in an imperal stout.

harbuck76 (128), El Cajon, California, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/10 4/5 9/10 4/5 18/20
Sep 14, 2009
12 oz can. Pours a thick black with small brown head. Aroma was rich dark chocolate, coffee and roasted malts. Flavor was dark chocolate, dark roast coffee. Full bodied thick and rich mouthfeel.

thedm (3834), Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/10 5/5 7/10 4/5 16/20
Sep 12, 2009
This canned brew from a bottle shop poured a small sized head of fine to large sized dark brown colored bubbles that were and left behind a opaque no visible carbonation black colored body and a fair lacing. The aroma was dark chocolate dark malt and semi-sweet. The mouth feel was tingly at the start and at the finish. The flavor contained notes of dark malt. Delicious and one I would certainly buy again.

ColoradoMatty (16), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/10 3/5 8/10 3/5 18/20
Sep 7, 2009
Pours dark as used oil with very little head. Flavor includes coffee, chocolate, hops, and bourbon. Alcohol is very prevelant. The palate becomes smoother with warming. Ecellent high IBU imperial stout. I highly recomend.

tunneler (112), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/10 4/5 8/10 4/5 15/20
Sep 6, 2009
I’ve had this on draft and from the can. Great either way but the alcohol could be better hidden (a pet peeve of mine). Otherwise, about what you’d expect.

obxdude10 (1554), Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/10 5/5 9/10 5/5 18/20
Sep 6, 2009
The Ten Fidy is one outstanding ipmy stout! The color with just about pitch black with a big and inviting tan head. There is quite a large amount of lacing left around the glass, as well. The nose is full of character, with notes of chocolate, dark roasted coffee, oats, barley, toasted bread and light hops. The body is terrificly delicious, with much of the same from the aroma, but with a great balance of hoppy spiciness. The body was thick, with more notes of chocolate, coffee, bread and cream. The finish is creamy, with a hint of vanilla, rounded off with a good amount of dry hoppiness. This is definitely one delicious stout!

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