Oskar Blues Dales Pale Ale

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

(thanks to 1faststi for the bonus brew)pulled back the top and had a bit of foam gush out.poured a good portion of this into a snifter glass.got a huge head that left thick webbing as it sat.nice pine like hops in the aroma.flavor was a nice smooth hop bite.lots of pine in that as well.this is the best damn beer in a can i have ever had.

The was the other can and again what a surprise. I am so used to beer in a can being awful I almost passed this up. But this poured a golden color with rich fat head and good lacing. Nose of caramel malts and citrus hops, Smooth and clean mouthfeel. Flavor is slightly bitter and the finish is long and dry. Good stuff.

Can - I’ve had this one on several occasions, but never in a place that was rating friendly. Amber color with a med-large head. Sweet aroma of caramel malts with an appetizing floral hop essence. Taste is smooth and sweet. Well balanced, finishes nice. Why can’t all APAs be this good and be widely available in cans?

(Can) Pours hazy amber. Fantastic (exotic) fruity, piny, citrusy hop aroma with some malt. Smooth piny and citrusy hop mouthfeel with grassy notes. First all the lovely sweet fruityness and then a not to aggressive bitter hoppyness. Silky, allmost buttery aftertaste with rasiny hints. Small to medium body. A great example of how you can punch out a lot of aromas and flavour from hops.

Can courtesy of Matt7215, thanks man! Deep orange/amber pour with a two finger froth of eggshell foam. Good structured lace leaves line after line of rings. This pale shows fresh pine and citric hops in the nose, with bread crust and caramel, followed by cotton candy. The taste is great. It is quite hop forward, with sharp piney hops, with citrus rind, that leads into an earthy caramel malt., and finishes with a candy like sweetness that is only balanced with the northern brewer. This beer suffers from extreme balance, and is damn fine! Excellent craftsmanship. Thanks for the can and the opportunity to try this Matt!

Copper with huge beige head, great lacing. Aroma and flavor well balanced through and through. Pine and caramel for the most part. Hints of citrus zest. Really not much to say, straight forward ipa, highly sessionable.

can. man, this stuff is great. It’s attractive in the glass with a firm copper hue and rocky terrain of a head, though I kind of like the humor value of drinking it straight from the can. Dale’s is everything an APA should be from the deep, floral, spicy aroma to the grapefruit-tinged, piney, zesty, green tea flavor. Excellent work done here, very complex and savory.
[Nov 10, 2007]
What a consistent, well balanced, tastesful American pale ale. It’s all about the American hops here, with nicely bitter grapefruit, pine, and citrus all around. Malts are light and add a respectable, clean sweetness. This is an excellent drink.
[August 17, 2008]
Cans are awesome. When I packed my cooler for my stay on the beach I found the bottles to be awkward and always clanging around. I couldn’t make optimum use of the space in my cooler at all. It’s supposed to be able to hold 75 cans, but I could probably get twenty-some-odd bottles in there. I’d say the only thing holding the disorganized lot together was the abundance of Dale’s, Gordon, and Ten Fidy. I was already appreciating the glorious aluminum vessel before I even cracked one open to indulge, but once I did I thanked Oskar Blues again for canning this fine beer. The hops are solid and intact, no oxidation to be found anywhere. The airtight and completely opaque material works wonders for preservation. After I’d down one of these delicious suckers I’d merely crush the can down and have a fraction of the volume of waste of a glass bottle. Thank you Oskar Blues, thank you.
[August 22, 2008]
Can. And not just for "novelty" purposes. The can is the best possible vessel available to store beer for human consumption in the 21st century. This is a very good looking APA. It’s cloudy, orange, and has a very tall, rocky head that never fully disappears. Lacing is thick on the snifter. Loads of hops are found in the aroma from grapefruit to pine from weed to wood. The malts lean towards toffee while pleasing bitterness hits all points of the palate during the drink. Putting away a few of these is way too easy.

Draft for pint night at Greenleafe cafe. Reddish amber with ample slightly off-white head. Very fruity hop aroma follows through in the flavor. Malty backbone is not evident but clearly balances the beer extremely well. No lingering bitterness