Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale (Whiskey Barrel)

Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: American Pale Ale
Lyons, Colorado USA

Name: Dales Pale Ale, Oaked Aged
Date: June 28, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: hazy burnt orange, frothy off white head, drippy lace
Aroma: light hoppy aroma, dry caramel
Flavor: sweet caramel and oak flavor, citrus hops, plenty of oak along with the bitterness, sweet bourbon and vanilla emerge as it warms, long bitter finish
Overall: I was expecting bourbon to overwhelm this beer, but it turned out to be balanced enough to handle it
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.2/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

On tap at Capones. Poured a medium amber/golden color with a smaller sized off white head. Aromas of wood, caramel, toffee, and citrus. Tastes of oaky/woodiness, whiskey, caramel, and vanilla. Some lacing left on the glass.

Cask at Rattle N Hum. Amber pour with a thin white head. The nose is loaded with sweet bourbony notes. Fresh and fairly chewy with a lot of vanilla and a kiss of oakiness as well. Rich and chewy with a nice lingering sweetness. It’s not over the top at all and the boubon just pops out without imparting any boozy quality. The hops have mellowed significantly and the beer appears substantially sweet as a result. Quite chewy on the finish, but I thought it was a solid effort.

Draft. Pours an amber body with a light bubbly head. Whiskey and vanilla with a woody sawdust like body but not particularly particulate, if that makes any sense to you. Mildly harsh finish with an abundant drying whiskey sweet flavor. Interesting, i would probably had another but there was so much to try.

Poured a lightly hazy, amber color with a small, off white head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus fruits, pine, floral hops, vanilla, oak, bourbon, vanilla, and grass. Taste of pine, citrus fruits, caramel malts, grass, vanilla, and a grapefruit / alcohol finish.

On tap @ Falling Rock poured a hazy copper with a lingering ring of amber foam. Aromas of whiskey, oak, carmel, vanilla and fruittiness. Palate was ligght to medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of whiskey, vanilla, fruittiness and light oak with a smooth woody finish.

Draught. This is Dales Pale Ale aged in Stranahan’s Whiskey barrels. Pours hazy amber with an average, fizzy, white head, somewhat diminishing with good lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (cookie, bread, caramel), heavy hops (flowers, grass, grapefruit), average yeast (dough) with notes of alcohol, grapes, vanilla, and oak. Light bodied, thin texture, soft carbonation, and a bitter finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness. The whiskey mellows out the hops and creates an almost candied hop flavor.

Tap at Capones. Pours a hazy copper with a bubbly off white head that laced. Aroma was woody, lots of hoppy citrus notes, floral, caramel and light vanilla. Flavor of the same whiskey more pronounced in flavor.