White Buffalo
Oskar Blues Brewery in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Rotating Out of Production|
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Jake Smith, A.K.A, The White Buffalo, took a break from promoting his new album, “Shadows, Greys & Evil Ways,” to stop by the original Oskar Blues brewery in Lyons, CO to brew up a batch of “The White Buffalo West Coast IPA”—a sessionable, easy-drinking collaboration brew concocted after the California-based musician’s favorite style of beer.
“I love to drink,” said Smith, who together with a team of Oskar Blues brewers created a light-bodied, heavily-hopped West Coast-style White IPA featuring Centennial, Simcoe, and Galaxy hops. “I mostly drink IPAs, that’s why I wanted to create something light and drinkable. As a beer drinker, that’s what I’m drawn to.”
“I love to drink,” said Smith, who together with a team of Oskar Blues brewers created a light-bodied, heavily-hopped West Coast-style White IPA featuring Centennial, Simcoe, and Galaxy hops. “I mostly drink IPAs, that’s why I wanted to create something light and drinkable. As a beer drinker, that’s what I’m drawn to.”
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6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft at Sedona, 7/3/14. Pours a clear golden color with a thin creamy off-white head. Decent head retention. Aroma of tropical, melon hops, nail polish remover, pale malt. The taste is bitter citrus and tropical hops, pale malt. Medium bodied, slight lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Aug 2014
at 17:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft pour at Taphouse. Pours a light yellow with a mild grassy aroma. Citrus hop front flavor to this really refreshing, light IPA. Soft, easy finish. Really liggt, but good flavor to it. Good beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Aug 2014
at 17:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Malt and metallic lemon peel aroma. Pale yellow with small head. Sweet lemon malt and moderately bitter lemon peel flavor.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2014
at 16:42
8/10
Tried
on 01 Jun 2014
at 12:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at the "River Room" Whole Foods, Boise. Slightly hazy quite light pale yellow. Dense rocky white head. Meringue like. Light citrusy aroma. Again light citrus and peel flavors with a very light malt body. Very nice "summer" IPA and would not have guessed a full 6% ABV. Refreshing.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 May 2014
at 13:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Keg at BD, clear golden with a small white head. The nose is orange, sweet tangerine, floral, hay, earthy and light spice. The taste is soft, bitter, earthy, citric, minerals, spice, floral and a touch of grapefruit with a lingering crisp-dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty soft and easy going, but not quite as big hitting as I had hoped for.
Tried
on 04 May 2014
at 11:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
pale golden color. Very dry nose with wheat and hoppiness. The moth is uber dry with phenols and moderate hoppiness. I can’t really figure out what it wants to be. Decent
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2013
at 15:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Bailey's, pours a hazy pale golden with a small white head. Aroma of metallic notes, dry citrusy zest, and biscuity notes. Flavour is more pleasant, bringing out dry citrusy zest, piney and floral hops, and super dry crackery malt. Extremely well-balanced, with no lingering sweetness or harshness. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2013
at 23:26
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sample at The Daily Growler UA during the "Oskar Blues Tap Invasion" event on 11/14/2013. Pours a hazy yellow-gold color with a medium thin fizzy white head that evaporates quickly to an outer ring. Spotty lacing on the glass. Aroma of citrus, hops and toasted malt. Light to medium body with flavors of zesty citrus, grassy hops and malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a lingering citrusy hops aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
Tried
from Draft
at
The Daily Growler - UA
on 16 Nov 2013
at 08:31