Food & Drink

Oskar Blues IPA: Tasty, smooth and drinkable

Oskar Blues Brewery is probably best known for Dale’s Pale Ale, a wonderful workhorse of a beer that goes down like an IPA. Now they’re out with an IPA that goes down like ... a pale ale. While many brewers try to outdo each other with high alcohol and hops in this department, the Oskar Blues IPA takes it easy, delivering a refreshing sprucey blast and endless drinkability that masks the moderate 6.43 ABV. It’s a lovely brew for celebrating the end of summer, but will live year ’round in the fridge just fine. Call it an N.C. beer if you’re feeling generous; the Colorado-based company also brews in Brevard. A few random checks found it’s not made it to Charlotte yet but is expected any day now. Roland Wilkerson
Oskar Blues Brewery is probably best known for Dale’s Pale Ale, a wonderful workhorse of a beer that goes down like an IPA. Now they’re out with an IPA that goes down like ... a pale ale. While many brewers try to outdo each other with high alcohol and hops in this department, the Oskar Blues IPA takes it easy, delivering a refreshing sprucey blast and endless drinkability that masks the moderate 6.43 ABV. It’s a lovely brew for celebrating the end of summer, but will live year ’round in the fridge just fine. Call it an N.C. beer if you’re feeling generous; the Colorado-based company also brews in Brevard. A few random checks found it’s not made it to Charlotte yet but is expected any day now. Roland Wilkerson

Oskar Blues Brewery is probably best known for Dale’s Pale Ale, a wonderful workhorse of a beer that goes down like an IPA. Now they’re out with an IPA that goes down like ... a pale ale. While many brewers try to outdo each other with high alcohol and hops in this department, the Oskar Blues IPA takes it easy, delivering a refreshing sprucey blast and endless drinkability that masks the moderate 6.43 ABV. It’s a lovely brew for celebrating the end of summer, but will live year ’round in the fridge just fine. Call it an N.C. beer if you’re feeling generous; the Colorado-based company also brews in Brevard. A few random checks found it’s not made it to Charlotte yet but is expected any day.

Roland Wilkerson

This story was originally published August 13, 2015 at 3:00 PM with the headline "Oskar Blues IPA: Tasty, smooth and drinkable."

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