Oakspire: Four Roses
New Belgium Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Rotating|
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7.00
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We first began brewing Oakspire in 2018 as a special release around the Holidays and it has since become a fan favorite. In 2022, we're thrilled to partner with Four Roses Distillery again, known for their smooth, fruit forward and slightly spicy bourbons. Oakspire features a custom-built, proprietary infusion method to pull the flavors from the bourbon-steeped charred oak and marries it with a malty-sweet, deep amber ale.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
$2.70 bottle, TWSP. Amber, hint of haze, small off-white head. Nose is caramel, vanilla, bourbon... smells quite sweet. Caramel, dark fruit, light bourbon, vanilla. Overall, sweet, lots of caramel, little barrel. Almost syrupy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2022
at 23:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2022
at 19:00
7.1/10
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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.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2022
at 22:06
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Six pack from my neighborhood grocery store - I’ve had the earlier iterations of this beer, but never rated them, so I don’t remember what I thought - there’s a fine line between subtle and bland, and this beer kinda falls on the later side - overall impression is of watered-down bourbon - some vanilla oak character and a light spiciness - a touch of caramelized sugars - opens up a bit as it warns, adding a bit more spiciness to the mix - meh - I think I’ll pour some actual bourbon into it to see if it improves.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2021
at 00:22