Weekly Beer Reviews

Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale

We will start the tasting of the Oskar Blues Trifecta (APA, IPA, IIPA) with Dale's Pale Ale. This one has graced our wall before, and quickly became a crowd favorite. The nose is very subtle with soft aromas of corn tortilla and lemon with floral notes. It isn't overpowering, but is quite pleasant. The initial taste is bitter and gives flavors of lemon zest, perfume, walnuts, and toast. This crisp snap at the front quickly diminishes and provides flavors of hay, grass, honeycomb, and cream. This APA comes just in time as Spring tries to fight through the deep cold.

Mike and Tyler's Rating - 8.25/10


Oskar Blues Deviant Dale's IPA

Next up on the list is Oskar Blues Single IPA. The nose comes at you in waves. The first wave hits you with a fruity bouquet of peaches, oranges, and strawberries. That quickly disappears and leaves you with the aroma of feet, mushrooms, earth, and light hints of onion. The taste is a brilliantly balanced collaboration of flavors. Onions, lime, garlic, lavender, and a hint of earth crash against your tastebuds almost immediately. The finish is quite crisp with flavors of lemon zest, pine, mortadella, and toast. This definitely makes for an intense beer and is surely to impress even the most hard-to-please hop head.

Mike and Tyler's Rating - 9.25/10


Oskar Blues Gubna Imperial IPA

We finish the tasting reviews off with this big 10% Double IPA. The nose is an interesting mix of smells. Hints of oranges and kiwi combine with aromas of roast beef, herbs, genoa salami, and floral notes. This odd mixture of aromas doesn't mix very well in the long run. The taste starts out with flavors of onions, dill, and horseradish. Immediately following are flavors of pine resin, oak, and raspberries. The front is almost abrasive, though thankfully it mellows out more in the finish. The onions remain with flavors of vanilla, grapefruit zest, red apples, and mango. The finish is fantastic, but certainly not enough to make up for the strange mishmash of flavors.

Mike and Tyler's Rating - 8.75/10