Oskar Blues Gordon

Brewed by Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
Lyons, Colorado USA

I love Oskar Blues...this rating might be a bit prejudice: Pours a soft amber, with off-white head; Aromas of sweet malt (maple/caramel) and hops; Flavors of sticky sweet malt(’brown shugga’’ but better than Lagunitas Winter Seasonal by the Name+this one’s available all year), followed by a (not so)dry citrus hop bitterness. Very sweet for an ImperialIPA; Perfect medium body. Almost 9% c’mon!! Absolutely love it!

Dåse: Duft af karamel og amerikansk humle. Flot mørkeorange øl med et fint skumhoved. Smagen er klassisk amerikansk strong ale, da humlen er faded en smule. IIPA der har ligget lidt for længe. Fin øl men garanteret bedre frisk.

Poured from Can into Sniter glass. Pours a clear medium amber that has some nice glowing edges and has a creamy slightly off-white head slowly dissolves into a nice thin layer around and atop the glass. The aroma has a sticky resinous hop bouquet that is accompanied by some brown sugar but still is dominated by the hops. The flavor is sweet candy up front with some sweet hops and brown sugar. The sweet bitterness lingers for sometime after each drink. Gordon is a light to medium bodied beer with light carbonation. The nose on this beer is fantastic and it leads you to believe that the flavor would have much of the same, which it doesn’t. A little let down by that but overall it is still a pretty good drink.

This is a great smelling beer. Flavor is more of a battle of sweet vs. bitter instead of coming together. A good beer but if the taste lived up to the aroma it would be amazing. I didn’t know there was such a thing as a IAA, but that description works.

12oz can. Cloudy orange pour with a medium off-white head. Hoppy aroma with a definite sweet malt presence. Sweet malt flavor up front with a bitter citrus hop finish.

On tap at Slices pizza in Escondido. Caramel amber color with a great sticky head. Nose is sweet hoppy and and maple/brown sugar. Taste is the same. Great light flavorful brew. Malty hoppy sweet yummy.

Wow this came out of a can?!?! This brewery rocks and I love what they do with stuff from cans. Anyway it pours a dark amber with a small amount of head that does seem to be sticking around very nicely. On the aroma I get hops, malt and slight citrus. A somewhat subdued subtle aroma though. Medium bodied almost full bodied I guess. On the palate I get hops, slight malt and very subtle citrus. Not very much like the double ipas from this area I am used to but still nice. Definitely recommend this one!!!

On tap at Cogan’s in Norfolk. Pours brownish-orange with a thin white head. Piney hop aroma with not much else detectable. Balanced flavor of grassy hops and malt sweetness. Actually a bit too balanced for my tastes but still an excellent DIPA.