Oskar Blues Ten FIDY

Rating 1200, yay. 12oz can, no date from artusory, thank you Ryan so much for this bonus. I know I have a rating from kp’s growler from RBSG ’07, but I’ll enter it when I find it. Hopefully my can won’t have a loogie in it. Pours a thick opaque black with a slowly forming 1/2 finger dark tan head, fading to a ring before too long. Aromas up front are cold coffee, light soy, sweet mild milk chocolate as well as notes of dark, and in the background tar, raisins, molasses and light spicy alcohol. Flavor has some acidic coffee and soy tang up front to go with all of the roastiness. Pine and tar make stronger appearances in the flavor--mmm. There is some milk chocolate and caramelly sweetness in there, but so much else is going on these don’t stand a chance to be dominant here. Roasty coffee ground finish with only a hint of ash. Bitterness around a 5-6, lingering and wonderful. One of the best finishes I’ve had in a beer for some time. Full creamy body with a tingle of carbonation--so thick (not syrupy), so good. Not disappointed here at all.

Thanks drmatt. The pour was impressively dark. Thick as its name implies and I managed to coax a one finger dark brown head. The aroma was sweet, coffee, bakers chocolate, light alcohol, burnt wood. Nice flavor, burnt coffee and chocolate, cherries, alcohol, then the 98 IBUs kick in at the end leaving a waxy hop feel at the back of the mouth. Very nice palate and lasting finish.

Can. Pours jet black with a one finger tan head and has decent lacing. Aroma of roasted coffee, chocolate, dark malts and a hint of toffee. Full bodied with a nice thick and smooth mouthfeel. Flavor is dark chocolate, coffee, dark malts, and notes of molasses with a bitter and dry finish. Awesome stout in a can.

Draft at Max’s Baltimore. Opaque chocolate with a two-finger, lasting and creamy head. Aroma is a beautiful mix of orange, cocoa, caramel, espresso, dried wood, pure vanilla, smoke, and dried herbs. Flavor is awesome and pretty much the same as the aroma, except blended so well that you can get carried away with this one - dangerously chuggable. Heavy body is so smooth its ridiculous, has some tingle and just enough dryness on the finish.

On Draft @ Sunset Grill with the Mad_indian. Pours Black with a decent size tan head. Aroma of roast, dark chocolate, coffee, and hops. The flavor is smooth, roast, dark chocolate, traces of bitterness, and has an excellent mouthfeel. Great brew.

Tasted from can at Flossmoor’s pre-DLD day. "The darkest beer in a can," someone said. Guinness, maybe? Anyway, I’m tasting this right after a swig of Peche Mortel, the only thing that this would taster "lighter" than. A tad sweeter than your imperial type beers. Shows nice character of coffee and milk chocolate to make the alcohol burn a little easier going down. Ends up tasting like a big sip of coffee-flavored syrup.

On draft at the brewpub and from a fresh growler. Nice somber cherry and wicking Cascade aroma, over creamy pine malt. Lots of dusky hops present in the aroma. Pour is a weird milky brown soap, with the darkest brown heap I’ve ever seen! Flavor is a sweep of mid-roasted malts, lots of nuts, toasted caramels, sweet orange candies and fat almonds. Mingling of dry malt and high hops works suprisingly well. Palate and smack are most impressive. A smooth, quenchable pour, with nice attenuation and astounding drinakbility amongst a deftly concealed 9.4%. Dry, yet fulfulling smack, with quafs of light crisp piney grass over an effervescent nut oil character. Pecan skins and cherry pits lingering in the higher alcohols that rise to the nostrils. Well-balanced, however somewhat middle-of-the-road, somehow. It doesn’t have a singular, unique character, aside from it’s entire build, that makes it a unique Imperial Stout. However, it’s beautifully built and brewed and certainly the most drinkable of ANY Imperial Stout. This strays from the classic sippers of the style to a near sessionable big beer. Mightly delicious.

ok..used motor oil, thats what this is... any car person knows whats up... It’s Sunday, fuckin sunday, your one day off a week and you fuckin deserve it. You work hard and you play hard, not only that you motherfucking drink hard too... Ten Fidy is the choice tonight... your crest on your chest, the dark black stuff is smooth, maybe too much so... I want to see this beer in the mainstream... on racing cars in the strets of milan, david beckham shotgunning tins on the corner, the pope doing cartwheels in a Farrelly brother movie starring brad pitt ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GplLqg-EwoI ) and the olson twins in heat.. . this beer is good..there.. dark as the night, tasty as hell, great aftertaste and such.. buy it ..worms..I got worms! We’re gonna specialize in selling worm farms...thank you oskar blues.. great brews all around..axiom-carpe noctem... Come on United!!..