Prison Rodeo
Prairie Artisan Ales in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.10
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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.
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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz. bottle, pours a hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is loaded with coffee, with subdued citrus hops, and bready malt. Flavour is similar, with a very caramel malty and coffee-dominated character upfront, with some subdued citrus hops. The coffee seems more prominent upfront and faded on the end of the palate. Lightly sweet finish. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2017
at 20:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle. Pours orange with a smooth white head. Aroma of coffee beans, citrus, fruits, pine, hints of roastiness and earthiness. Taste is smooth, sweetish and fruity with some hints of coffee beans, vanilla, pine, citrus and very mild notes of roastiness. Finish is piney and citrusy with some hints of coffee beans, fruits and grapefruit. Interesting, coffee notes are stronger on the aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Nov 2017
at 12:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aroma: Fruity sweet with coffee. Flavour: Fairly fruity eith fruity bitterness and fairly strong coffee notes. Aftertaste is fruity bitter. Colour: orange with a white head. From: Bottle @ FLASK Aarhus Nov. 2017.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2017
at 12:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Flask. Hazy golden with a lasting white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, coffee, light vegetables and moderate hoppy - fruity. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 041117
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2017
at 12:48
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Craft Beer Cellar Clayton. Pours a clear copper with a finger and half of fluffy head. Bright orange, grapefruit and tangerine on the nose with caramel macchiatto undertones. More citrus, caramel macchiato flavors on the palate as it warms. Very nice toasted caramel notes as it warms. Rich, with some sweetness in the background and a fresh, crisp bitterness comes out in the finish. Hard to classify but pretty tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2017
at 12:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Weird, man. Don't know how else to put it. Kind of like a hoppy strong ale or maybe a DIPA spiked with a shitload of medium roast coffee, but with enough restraint to keep the java from overpowering the herbaceousness of the hops or their citric backbone. And, even with all that madness going on, there's still a caramel malt base adding just enough sweetness to accentuate the acidity in the coffee and the fruitiness of the hops. This beer's complex, is what I'm getting at. Yet even with all this depth, I'm not sure it's a great beer; the back end never quite comes together, instead offering up an abrasive alcohol warmth and a overly clingy bitter fade. Coffee never quite fades from the palate, though. Curious beer from a curious brewer.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2017
at 19:09