Oakspire: Four Roses
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
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6.90
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
I acquired a 12 oz bottle of the second iteration of Oakspire at a Total Wine in Austin about a month ago. The first one, not inspirational, but I'll try the Four Roses version with no hesitation. In my New Belgium, ahem, globe glass I view a clear, dark copper liquid headed by a fierce top of off-white foam. I smell booze, fruit and bread. And the taste is a bit of caramel, grain, alcohol, wood, malt and some char. Similar to my memory of the previous version. Okay but little more than that.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Oak, caramel malt, alcohol, and hay aroma. Amber with giant off-white head. Mildly sweet caramel malt, and moderately bitter dry hay and alcohol flavor. Okay body.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Barrel is light here. Some caramel. A hint of florals and some lime. Golden amber pour with decent head. Light tangy finish. A couple years old in my fridge.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
sampled at brewery in Fort Collins. Strong and sweeter than expected. Not sure what to expect, but was definitely unqiue
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Bottle from Livonia Liquor. Pours a clear copper with a half finger of off-white beige head that dissipates. Toffee, oak, vanilla and licorice notes on the nose. More of the same on the palate with vanilla, oak and bourbon that lingers. Toasted toffee with a bitter, warming finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Hardly any aroma. Slightly on the sweet side but so smooth that there's not much character left. Hint of booze in the finish. Definitely not worth aging. If you want to get jacked and not taste it this is for you.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 ounce bottle from Flanagan’s, 3/5/22. Aroma of oak, vanilla, apple, whiskey. Taste is caramel, whiskey, oak, vanilla, booze. A bit hot. Solid.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a cloudy amber with a huge tan head. Aroma is lots of oak and wood smoke with some alcohol. Flavor is a very mild bourbon with some brown sugar and molasses. This was decent but I wished more of the barrel showed up. Worthy of a try as a single.