Oskar Blues The Duke

Formerly brewed at Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Style: Sour Ale
Lyons, Colorado USA

On tap @ the Brick Store. Pours a tawny red with an off white fluffy head. Leads with a typical flanders red aroma - sour. There’s a strong acetic acid presence in the taste. Slight malt. No hops. Basically the vinegar dominates but less so than a rodenbach grand cru. Overall pretty good - not mind blowing, but certainly not bad by any means, it just seems to be lacking some complexity. I would’ve had another if I didn’t have to drive back home.

Pours a dark wood brown with a tan head. Woody sour aroma. Flavor is woody sour fruit with a slighty clean finish.

"Duke of Lyons" on tap @ the Brickstore! Pours dark red with a tan/white head. Aroma is acidic, raspberries, port, oaky. Very carbonated and bubbly, raspberry, oaky, acidic, sour flavor....intense. Its better as it warms up!!!

"Duke of Lyons" on tap at the Brick Store 1/29/07: Pours a transparent mahogany with dark ruby hues and an airy, wispy light tan head. Has an authentic fresh earthy oaky tart aroma with some subtle caramel maltiness and vinous dark cherry notes. Body starts with some lightly toasty malty sweetness, showing up more as it warms, with nice fruity complexity and lots of oaky woody notes. Could use a touch more malt for balance, but otherwise very authentic and enjoyable.

<Draft @ Falling Rock: Clear dark red amber color with a small off-white head. Great tart aroma with notes of sour cherry and wood. Tart and fruity flavor with a semi-dry finish. I didn’t find it very complex but it was so tasty and drinkable not overly acidic.

Pour is warm reddish brown with a nice dense off white head...smell is lively and sour with cherry and wood..taste is sweet up front with a long building medium sour flavor...dry crisp finish...

Served as "Duke de Lyon" on draft at Falling Rock. Great aroma of dry hay, sheep barn, and wet wood. Complex and sour without being extreme. Cherries, rye bread, apple cider. I don’t know if this beer is "cheating," but it’s pretty damn good. Kind of like hearing REM do "Pale Bue Eyes." It’s a great version, but you just can’t do without the VU original.

I have a glass of this at the Falling Rock over GABF 06. Really nice looking deep red with no head. The nose is very tart and fruity. Pretty much tastes that way too. Sturday palate. I enjoyed this one.