Prairie Artisan Ales Prison Rodeo

Prison Rodeo

 

Prairie Artisan Ales in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States 🇺🇸

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Score
7.10
ABV: 9.5% IBU: - Ticks: 50
We have been using coffee in beer for years. What began with Bomb! eventually made an appearance in Okie and Noir. Roast and chocolate and dark flavors dominated these beers. They were what most people would expect from a coffee beer. While loving these beers we also knew we could do a lot more with coffee. We knew there was an array of flavors in coffee and beer that would be great together. We wanted to take a different approach.

Prison Rodeo is that approach to coffee and beer. We started with a beer (maybe it was an IPA) full of juicy and citrus hops. It was about as far as we could get from a stout. We needed a coffee to stand up to and compliment the hops. We needed a coffee that was just as fruity and refreshing. Our friends at Spaceship Earth Coffee sourced multiple samples for us to pick from. After cupping numerous coffees this natural-process Ethiopia Sidamo Guji really stood out. We could tell the coffee was going to add another dimension to the beer.

We were careful to add just enough coffee to amplify but not dominate the beer. In the glass the beer is full of those bright, delicate fruit aromas before fading into a slight but noticeable roast aroma.
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Appearance- amber, with a 1-finger beige thick head. Aroma- lots of hoppy fruit- grapefruit, orange, tangerine, stewed fruit, malt, hop resin. Taste- coffee, caramel, malt, hop bitterness, bit of citrus fruit. Some malt and roasty coffee notes in the finish. Booze detectable. Interesting, works quite well.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Sep 2025 at 05:32


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from De Bierliefhebber. Aroma is beany coffee with fruity hops, juicy citrus, pine, a spicy touch, some candied orange, and soft grainy malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Weird how this actually works remarkably well, fruity piney coffee.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Feb 2025 at 10:31


10

I don't understand this beer. It needs more research. Like another beer worth of research, and I ever drink a beer again. But this...

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 18:43


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

355 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 9.5%. Brewed at Krebs Brewing Co. Slightly hazy orange colour, moderate white head. Aroma of coffee and malts, hints of fruity and piney hops. Rich mouthfeel. Flavour of coffee on a sufficient background of malts, also distinct piney hops, hints of bitter orange marmalade, fairly bitter finish and aftertaste.

Tried from Bottle at Cardinal on 26 Jun 2021 at 07:25


7

Coffee is masked by alcohol and hoppiness but all in all, pretty good.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Nov 2019 at 17:48


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at the beer merchants tap. A hazed deep orange coloured pour with a a fading loose white head. Aroma is toffee, Graham cracker, harsh solvent alcohol, marker pen,. Flavour is composed of sweet nutty toffee, boost, alcohol bite, some cakey malts, some dirty raisin. Palate is semi sweet Boosty, bitter alcohol bite, lowish carbonation. Harsh bitter finish.

Tried from Draft on 11 Jan 2019 at 19:04


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

20.12.2018, 12 oz bottle @ home:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly rich and sweet, caramel malts, fruit stones, toffee, raisins, rich coffee, grass, minerals, bark, alcohol, toast, spices, sour fruits. Taste is slightly rich and dry mineraly, caramel malts, bark, hay, toffee, rich coffee, alcohol, grass, fruit stones, minerals, raisins, hints of mocha. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly sweet boozy mouthfeel. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Dec 2018 at 20:47


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

0.355l bottle. Hazy dark orange body with a small but thick and lasting white head. Aroma of dates, raisins, coffee and apricot, Taste of caramel, coffee, pine, raisins and some apricot here as well. The coffee dominates but lets the dried fruity character through. Interesting beer. I like it.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Nov 2018 at 21:10


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught @ Zeezicht, Breda. Clear sort of golden color, medium to full sized white to slightly off-white head that lasts for quite a while and leaves fair to good lacing. Aroma is -jeez wtf!? They (the bar) are advertising this as a double IPA!- quite, if not totally unexpected: malts, chocolate, coffee up front. Then after a while some hop notes come through. In the flavor though, not in the aroma. The aroma gets messy after a while but the flavor is better. Quite complex and yes, flavor too is a bit all over the place, but still quite nice imo as I like all the main flavors in there: coffee, chocolate, resinous hops. Ok I admit it's a total mess but it's a mess of flavors I like so in general I still think this is pleasant to drink. Interesting beer!

Tried on 07 Nov 2018 at 02:57


8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

At a tasting, many thanks, small stable bubbly head, hazy deep gold color, aroma of coffee, spice, roasted notes, vanila and fruity and barnyard whiffs, flavor of aromatic coffee, mocha, onion and some wood behind, mellow and not too strong bitterness. Exquisitely balanced, highly enjoyable.

Tried on 10 Oct 2018 at 06:53