IPA's have been two major flavor profiles, they can either be piney and clean or citrusy and in your face. My personal preference is to have that piney oily smell without all the bite and nasty after taste, although I do enjoy the after burps of an IPA. Now this beer has been highly anticipated by . . . . Me. When I first saw a four pack on store shelves the 15$ price tag threw me a little. So earlier today I went to Once Upon a Vine north and picked up a bottle for my buddy Dan and I later on this weekend and I spotted it, a single can. $3.49 for a single 16oz can of Deviant Dale's. The packaging is sexy, it has two of my favorite colors, but is it really a worthy new product for a an incredibly established brewer? I'm not so sure. As previously blogged about Oskar Blues Gubna is still to this day one of the finest IPA's I have ever tasted. I bring the glass to my lips and the first sniff is as to be expected, piney and exciting. The beer hits my lips and that familiar acidic burn becomes relevant. I swallow, and the burn remains, there is nothing there that I haven't experienced before. The lingering flavor of burning remains. Damn Ralph Wiggum, It sure does "feels like burning". It is definitely a different hop flavor.
Oskar Blue Brewing is from Lyons Colorado. If you have never been to the area but in the community they say there is nothing to do but snowboard or drink beer while waiting for it to snow. It is a rich beer community which is why oskar blues was one of the first craft brewers to can, the superior package for preservation. They have also run with the environmentally conscious marketing, at their website you can find biking jersey's and merch for your pup. It is all this that helps me identify with this brewery, unfortunately lots of other breweries are cashing in on this marketing angle, IE. fuck fat tire. Oops, so surf of over and check them out soon at
www.oskarblues.com.
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