Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale

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

12-oz can, courtesy BitBucket. Great orange amber body with a dirty white head, streams of carb. Nice refreshing--but still substantial--body. Great citrusy hops on the nose and the finish, with some sweet crystal malt backbone. Beautifully made beer, whether you’re intrigued by the relative novelty of the can or not. Some day I’ll think of a reason to try one straight from the can.

Canette de 12 oz achetée chez Julio’s Liquors (Westborough, MA). Arôme: Odeur d’houblon fruité. Apparence: La couleur est orangé avec une faible densité de bulle. Présence d’un mince col mousseux et d’une fine dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de pamplemousse et d’orange. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture huileuse. Moyenne effervescence en bouche. Présence de zeste d’orange en arrière goût. (Rating #1751)

Chewy malt nose with a hint of sweetness. Clean, roasted and toasted malt flavors; nice and healthy malt backbone complements the rich bitterness of the hops. Thick and weighty on the tongue, yet very easy to drink. Some citrusy/grapefruit flavors. Quite the bold and beautiful APA. Rerate, can version: flavor or aroma does not seem to be lost in the can. Sweet and fruity maltiness still tasty.

On tap ESPN Zone Denver. Silky caramel malt, sweet, lots of tropical fruit with a medium bitter finish. slightly more malty, more fruity, and a little less bitter than the 5-Barrel I tried in the same sitting.

12oz can pours crystal clear copper with fluffy off white head. Very nice aroma for a pale. Plenty of strength with loads of citrus hops with grapefruit mixed with sweeter orange juice and orange rind. At a lesser extent there’s a solid malt aroma backing up the hops. I smell both sweet caramelized malts and pale to grainy malts. Yum. The flavor starts with a mix of grapefruit hop bitterness and a vague malt sweetness. Toward midway in the taste profile a pale, grain and biscuit malt mixture grows and adds superb balance to the hop flavors. It doesn’t take long before the load of grapefruit hop bitterness re-asserts itself and temporarily squashes the malts into submission. There is a moment here and there when a sweeter citrus orange hop flavor can be detected. Into the finish I get a lingering grapefruit hop bitterness and a faint maltiness. Another full flavored well balanced brew from Oskar.

The aroma on this beer is amazing. Strong citrus and pine. Flavor is more of the same. This is an awesome beer. Amost too hoppy for me to consider it an APA, but I cant complain.

All this flavor from a can, who knew!?! Decent, these guys can turnaround some pretty decent pale ales. Great mouthfeel, great flavors, nice musky hoppiness from the cascade. Impressive.

Copper color with thick foamy head, lacing, and lots of bubbles. Fruity and earthy hop aromas. Nice, dry, robust malt, quaffable, and balanced. Good stuff.