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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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can (N Carolina version). Pale gold with a white head. Aroma of chives, mango, passionfruit, biscuit, pine, some melting plastic. Thin but the herbal notes are a bit less distinct and link with the pine, minor tropical fruit and the very light biscuit OK. Dryish finish with medium high bitterness salvages things a bit, but it’s weedy and harsh. Better than the first whiff suggested but not much chop.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2016
at 08:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pours gold with a large lasting head.Nose shows pine, grapefruit and floral hops. A bit of a spicy and grassy note too. Some biscuity malt.Flavours include more pine and some resinous hops along with a soft malt sweetness. Finishes slightly metallic.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2016
at 22:16
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Earthy milky orange malt and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with moderate head. Moderately sweet orange, lemon, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel/pine flavor. Good body. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Aug 2016
at 20:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml can. Pours a clear golden with a medium, frothy, long lasting, white head that laces nicely. Sweet, floral aroma of grapefruit, mango, peach, pineapple and pine. Sweet flavour of tropical fruit, stone fruit, grapefruit, tangerine, biscuit malt, pine and grass with a dry, bitter, mild resin finish. Medium body with an oily texture and average carbonation. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2016
at 16:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at Bar Molotow, Helsinki. Canned on 06/09/16 ( 09/06/16 in modern way). Colour is cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, citrus, some grape, hops and malts. Very fresh and drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Aug 2016
at 12:04
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Can, 0.355 l - canned on 06/09/16, at Bar Molotow, 20160803)The beer poured deep golden and nearly clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had tangerine, fruitiness, pineapple and peach. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, citricness, grapefruit, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was hoppy and bitter. A good and very fruity hoppy pale ale.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Aug 2016
at 11:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Draught at Bishop’s Arms Flokungagatan, Stockholm, 20 July 2016) Hazy golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty, hoppy nose with notes of citrus, grapefruit, resin and slightly earthy hops. Malty, fruity, hoppy taste with citrus, grapefruit, tropical fruit and a generous citric bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well made IPA. Nice one.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2016
at 08:39