Oskar Blues – New IPA Coming To 12oz Cans

Here’s an interesting new can coming from our pal Dale Katechis at Oskar Blues.  This beer will simply be named IPA and yes it is an India Pale Ale.  This new brew will be packaged in 12oz cans and the beer will hit 6.43%-AbV.

Details from Oskar Blues:

The brew team has created another balanced but dynamic Oskar Blues beer, offering an intense fresh orange aroma, punchy, savory mouthfeel, and long-lasting flavor. A variety of Australian hops, including Enigma, Vic Secret, Ella, and Topaz, grown in Victoria and Tasmania, were hand-chosen by Oskar Blues brewers for this ale. This is one of the first U.S. production beers to use the new Enigma hop, a descendant of the Swiss Tettnang hop. Enigma imparts a true down-under terroir of white wine and red berries. Oskar Blues IPA’s grain bill features flaked red wheat and premium English Caramalt–giving the beer a sticky stoned-fruit flavor punctured by a bitter earthiness.

“The Australian hops impart very juicy and sweet aromas, featuring notes of passion fruit, red currant, pinot gris, raspberries, pineapple, peach and citrus,” says Tim Matthews, head of brewing operations for Oskar Blues. “A solid mix of malt barley and red wheat creates a clean malt backbone with just enough flavor and mouthfeel to support the main act from the hops.”

Tim’s tasting notes:
Aroma- white peach, pineapple, red berries, melon, spruce, citrus,
Flavor- crisp malts, melon, pinot gris, hint of bread.
Mouthfeel- coats with noticeable bitterness, finishes semi-sweet with soft bitterness.
Appearance- frothy to creamy foam, golden to orangish hue.