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Oskar Blues Gordon

Percentile
98
overall

bottled
common

on tap
common

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
9283.86/5.03.85/5.08.7%90.3Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
Gordon is a dry-hopped hybrid strong ale somewhere between a Double IPA and and Imperial Amber Ale (IAA). Brewed in tribute to the late Gordon Knight, Gordon is brewed with massive amounts of American hops and features about 85 IBUs and 8.7% alcohol by volume. Once a winter seasonal, Gordon is now a year-round, limited-supply offering.
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 carboloader (321), Houston, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/517/20

Feb 23, 2009  
From can. Available at Specs in Houston. Pours clear orange with tan head that lasts a bit with nice lacing. Wonderfully hoppy and smooth with an AWESOME bitter finish...almost like a Stone IPA in a can! I did not expect this to be so tasty! Delicious.

 Toxygen (151), Sanford, Florida, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/516/20
Dec 15, 2009  
(gn/sv-can)

lct-cpr, ^eff, med-thick-foamy-wh-head, slick med-body, ^co2.

^pine-resin-hop sweet-crml-malt aroma.

T1 crml-malt leafy-hops co2.
T2 ^roasted-malt floral-hops creamy-yet-watery(enigmatic I know).
T3 bready-malt floral-pine-hop-juice.
Tf clingy-bitter-hop-resin.

balanced and ^drinkable, but not sessionable due to high alchl and clingy bitter Tf.


 jspruit (113), Dublin, Ireland
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 12, 2009  
Pours a reddish copper body with some brown hints-pretty opaque. Nice 1 finger foamy white head. Smells sort of like an IPA with some citrus hops, but also fairly malty for this style. Tastes like it smells with a nice balance of hops and malts with some caramel hints. More complex flavors than your average DIPA. Feels nice going down-relatively smooth but thick enough to coat as it goes down. Little carbonation. Overall an interesting DIPA-not particularly what I was expecting. I agree with what others say regarding it being a bit amber ale-like in quality. Quite nice.


 bonbright7 (174), Bellport, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/105/517/20
Dec 11, 2009  
The spicy aroma of this IPA was very present as my glass was seemingly covered with this big, yet clean, flavored ale. As I have been favoring double ipa-s recently, this dark amber ale was very refreshing and a welcome change in my otherwise uneventful day. The elements of caramel style malts and the sparkling hops made this very easy to drink.


 tpd975 (209), Riverview, Florida, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Dec 10, 2009  
A: Pours a beautiful copper hue with a nice sticky head. S: Wow nice hop profile. Lots of bitter citrus and sweet pine. Hints of caramel malt poke thru as well. T: Taste is married to the nose. Overloaded on hops without being too bitter. Bold citrus up front, but sweet pine tones things down a bit. Add in some nice toasted and citrus malt and you have a very drinkable IPA. M: Medium to full bodied, rather full for the style. Good carbonation.


 Haslinger (649), Syracuse, New York, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Dec 8, 2009  
12 ounce can pours a beautiful amberish red. Smells like hops and happy. Tastes like hops and even more happy. This beer is awesome. Very well balanced and the 8.7 is completely hidden. I like this one a lot.


 WinoInTraining (107), Longmont, Colorado, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/517/20
Dec 7, 2009  
Sticky, big red. Loads of Hops and malt. Used to be better before they went big


 dionysus (119), Arizona, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Dec 6, 2009  
Can pours deep copper with a creamy off-white head. Aroma is heavy in caramel and pine. Flavor shows the same but leans more towards toffee and peaches. Overall body is moderate and sticky with soft carbonation. Oskar Blues, king of the can.


 yesyouam (602), Fairport, New York, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/58/105/517/20
Dec 6, 2009  
Oskar Blues Gordon is a clear, dense, copper ale with a foamy, chunky, yellowish sand colored head that has rainbow bubbles. The head retention and lacing are outstanding. The aroma is very strong. As soon as the can is popped, you can smell it across the room: grassy, floral, spicy, citrusy and fresh. It’s velvety smooth and pretty full bodied. The finish is clean and delicate. It’s well balanced; not terribly bitter, but very hoppy. There are flavor notes of grass, flowers and citrus peel. The alcohol flavor waxes to provide the finish and a long, hot aftertaste. Wow. It’s really bold.



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