Deviant Dale's IPA - Oskar Blues Grill & Brew

Deviant Dale's IPA

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Style: American India Pale Ale

ABV: 8.00%

IBU: 85

Season: Year Round

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  • Color: Gold
  • Pours clear with a half-glass of luscious off-white foam. Dense and lasting, the stickiness clings to the class, creating a web of trails.

    Aroma assaults with grapefruit hops lobbed from the glass. Resin and soapy scents ebb and flow with a pine dankness. Malt is present, it has to be for all those hops: caramel and clean.

    Taste is light up front with sweetness giving way to waves of hops. Pine takes the stage and drowns out the others. Still, grapefruit and tropical flavors find a way. Pine lasts through to the finish, leaving behind a stiff bitterness.

    Medium body, almost creamy at times from the hop oils. Medium carbonation fits well. Dries the palate as is expected.

    The aroma of this beer is really nice, maybe a bit too resinous to be perfect for me. That is the best part of the beer. The taste and drinkability suffer from hop overdose as there isn't enough balance. Enjoy!
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  • Reviewed: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 20:49:44
  • Tasted: Wednesday, September 12, 2012
  • $0.00 for 16 oz. can
Beer Notes
  • Deviant Dale’s IPA (8% ABV, 85 IBUs) was born at the crossroads, in a juke joint, as if Dale’s Pale Ale sold its soul to balance Deviant’s foreboding aromas of citrus, grapefruit rind and piney resins with a copper ball-of-fire color and inscrutable finish. The 2011 GABF Silver Medal Winner (American IPA Category) is the Devil incarnate with untold amounts of malt and hedonistic Columbus dry-hopping. Oskar Blues’ southern spirit caught a northbound blues bus to ColoRADo to deliver the boundary bustin’ brewery’s first 16 oz. tallboy can.
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