Oskar Blues Gordon

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

A deep red beer with an orange head. The aroma is very hoppy combined with notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, and light notes of hops, and even wood in the end, which is dry.

(Bottle 75 cl) Hazy, orangey golden with a handsome, tall and dense light brown head leaving laces. Fresh aroma of hops and caramel. Surprisingly only a medium body with lots of caramel and then a distinct, hoppy finish. 211006

12 fl oz can. Pours clear and amber with a 2 finger thick light orange head. Dry, woody, grapefruity and peachy aroma. Flavour holds a solid sweet malt base with a nice fruityness on top. In the finish a nice liqourice note appears. Simple and very flavourful, great stuff.

Canned at The Rover, Göteborg. Clear orange-brown, small head. Striking lychee aroma. Sweet and rounded with medium body. Bready and lightly fruity, very hoppy. Lingering very bitter finish where some light saccharine disturbs a little. Best beer out of a can?

Can. Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy hoppy, grapefruit, citrus, lemon, light malty, caramel. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (121007)

Canned (thanks heemer77!). Dark coppery colour with huge offwhite creamy head, which leaves a lot of lacing behind. Aroma is big time hops (grass, hay as well as freshly cut wood). Flavour is very much the same, strong hops along with a slight creamy touch and some slight stinging alcohol in the finish.

Can. Clear orange coloured with an off white head. Aroma of caramel, hops and pine needles with notes of butterscotsch. Flavour of hops and pine needles with notes of butterscotsch and light acidic notes.

Date: March 04, 2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, RateBeer SE Gathering, 2005
Appearance: dark amber
Aroma: strong hop aroma with lots of citrus grapefruit character
Flavor: nice sweet malt flavor well balanced with lots of hop flavor, nice mild bitter finish

Date: January 19, 2006
Mode: can
Appearance: dark amber with suspended yeast particals, thin cream head, lots of lace
Aroma: sweet grapefruit aroma with lots of carmel sweetness creating that targeted sugar coated grapefruit
Flavor: big carmel malt flavor with a nice dose of hops, carmel sweetness holds its own against the hops, long bitter finish
Overall: a good drinking big IPA but lost by today’s standards

Date: May 12, 2006
Mode: draft
Source: brick store
all sweet pine, nice pepppered hops, great lace, lots and lots of pepper

Date: January 24, 2007
Mode: can
after a year in a cold fridge the hops fall off as expected but in their place is a great rich dark caramelized caramel sweetness that nicely offset by earthy bitterness, different but no better or worse after a year

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **4