IPA
Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.20
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OUR STRAIGHT-UP STRAIN: THE ‘BLUE DREAM’ IPA
Trailblazers don’t torch a new passageway and then stop; they keep finding new ways in and new ways back out. That’s exactly what we did with our metamodern IPA conceived of hand-selected hops from down under. Malt barley and red wheat combine to create a clean malt backbone with a foolproof flavor and mouthfeel to support America’s sneak peek at Enigma, Vic Secret, Ella and Galaxy hops. The hops strum juicy and sweet aromas with headline notes of passion fruit, raspberries, pineapple and citrus. This intense, straight-up strain is Oskar Blues IPA (6.43% ABV).
Smash a Blue Ferrigno… and it’ll smash back.
Trailblazers don’t torch a new passageway and then stop; they keep finding new ways in and new ways back out. That’s exactly what we did with our metamodern IPA conceived of hand-selected hops from down under. Malt barley and red wheat combine to create a clean malt backbone with a foolproof flavor and mouthfeel to support America’s sneak peek at Enigma, Vic Secret, Ella and Galaxy hops. The hops strum juicy and sweet aromas with headline notes of passion fruit, raspberries, pineapple and citrus. This intense, straight-up strain is Oskar Blues IPA (6.43% ABV).
Smash a Blue Ferrigno… and it’ll smash back.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Oskar Blues IPA (by Oskar Blues Brewery (CANarchy Craft Brewery Collective)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
10/IX/18 - 12Fl. Oz. from a Systembolaget, shared @ home, BB: 29/XI/18 - (2018-1230) Thanks to Marjan and Jason for the can!
Clear blond beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty fruity, pineapple, grapefruit, citrus, some tropical fruits, mango. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: malty start, some tropical fruits, little bitter, bit grassy, bit resinous. Aftertaste: hoppy, bit resinous, bitter, some grapefruit, lemony, tropical fruits, pineapple in the finish.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5
10/IX/18 - 12Fl. Oz. from a Systembolaget, shared @ home, BB: 29/XI/18 - (2018-1230) Thanks to Marjan and Jason for the can!
Clear blond beer, small creamy off-white head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: pretty fruity, pineapple, grapefruit, citrus, some tropical fruits, mango. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: malty start, some tropical fruits, little bitter, bit grassy, bit resinous. Aftertaste: hoppy, bit resinous, bitter, some grapefruit, lemony, tropical fruits, pineapple in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2018
at 20:08
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can, Copenhagen. Pours golden with an offwhite head. Aroma of malt, light caramel, light citrus, pine. Flavor is light bitter, malt, grassy, fruity hops, citrus, pine. Medium body, average carbonation, light bitter finish. 070918
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2018
at 05:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz can from Brewers Haven. Finally getting around to this. This is another case where it orobably was the shit when it came out, but has since been surpassed. Pretty standard all the way through, classic IPA. Here's to the trailblazers!
Tried
from Can
on 06 Sep 2018
at 02:37
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355 ml can purchased at Systembolaget. Clear golden colour with a thin white head. Fruity aroma with citrus fruit and pines. Grassy and a toasted note. Taste is bitter. Dry, fruity finish with pines. Nice old school IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jul 2018
at 18:50
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from AEON Liquors, Jiyugaoka. Pours deep orange, just a bit cloudy. Some white foam on top bit that disappears relatively quickly. Nose has some rotting tropical fruits, lots of mango and apricots, kind of skunky but not in a bad way, still enjoying this, Taste reveals a medium body, somewhat medium bitterness and good tropical fruits with some guava extra flavours and a touch of citrus. Overall, quite nice although the hop profile seems to be somewhat pungent.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2018
at 05:03
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Shared can at Mi2 at Cardinal 18.06.18. Learvpale golden. Fine white head. Not much lacing. Aroma and taste of lemon, lime, succade and more succade. Good!
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2018
at 19:52
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared can at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours hazy golden with white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, pine needles, honey. Tastes slightly bitter with some sweetness. Medium bodied, bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2018
at 19:40
5/10
Tried
from Can
on 26 May 2018
at 21:09
7/10
Tried
on 17 May 2018
at 19:02
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
3 month old can A: Poured 1/2" of yellow beige bubbly foam that held up well . Medium gold and mostly clear. S: Mostly pine with light grapefruit and bread. T: Very fruity with heavy tropical notes and both bready and fruity sweetness. Citrus present but takes a backseat. M: Light medium body. Highly carbonated. Juicy finish in the back of the mouth. O: Quite good with nice balance of flavors, great texture and sensible strength.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Apr 2018
at 21:37