Oskar Blues Leroy

tap at the Lyons brewpub "one nut brown ale" - Pours medium brown and has a mild caramel malt aroma. The flavor is roast caramel malt with some nuttiness. In other words, it’s exactly what you’d expect from a brown ale. Medium bodied, it’s a decent brew.

Tap at the brewpub - "one-nut brown ale" - yet another boring american-made brown ale - dark amber/brown - quickly disappearing head - lightly toasty aroma - the flavor is a bit overly sweet, with some notes of roast, chocolate, a hint of maple, even a touch of earthy peat - it’s funny they wanted to call it little chub, because my initial impression was that it tasted like watered-down Old Chub - perhaps it is?

On tap @ the brewpub, named One Nut Brown tonight. Pours a hazy brown with a small beige head, slowly fading to a film. Aroma of toast and chocolate malts. Flavor follows with some toasty malts and light grain, some chocolate in the backend. Bitterness peaked @ a 2.. Light to moderate carbonation with a a body much the same. It is what it is--OK.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a cloudy root beer brown with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet, lightly nutty malt with a touch of fruitiness in support. Light to medium-bodied and slightly astringent with a drying palate. Sweet, nutty and malty with a slightly hoppy finish. A decent brown.

LOVED IT. Draft @ brewery. Pours a very nice looking cloudy brown, with a frothy off-white head. Some lacing. Aroma of roasted malts (not over burnt). Flavor similar, a touch of sweetness, and well balanced. Palate is smooth and creamy. Overall I found this to be a good tasting, highly drinkable brown ale. Would buy tons if I didn’t have to drive to Lyons to drink it.

Crushed with Jakebra and Honkeybra. Kinda sweet but has some aight roast. Not incredible. Oskar’s second biggest disappointment.

Draft at brewery. Body-dark brown with a thick ring of bubbles and a patchy film of bubbles. Nose-light sweet melon rind, wet malts, wet cardboard. Taste-well, it’s a Brown Ale. Semi-dry, bark, light peanut shell, lightly grassy, hay, light sawdust, very light alcohol on the back end, medium CO2, cottony. Bark and nut dominate. What else can I say? It’s a Brown Ale-nothing more, nothing less.

Date: November 14, 2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brick Store Pub
Appearance: clear brown, fine beige head
Aroma: light nutty chocolate aroma
Flavor: sweet chocolate flavor, nice nutty character, well balanced sweetness, light bitterness
Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4