Oskar Blues / Sun King The Deuce
Oskar Blues / Sun King The Deuce
Rated 3.450 by BeerPals
Brewed by Oskar Blues Brewery (Longmont)
Longmont, CO, United States
Style: Brown Ale
7% Alcohol by Volume
69 International Bittering Units
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The Deuce is a limited-release Hopped-Up Brown Ale and the second craft beer (following the pair’s CHAKA Belgian-Style Ale release) to be packaged in the Alumi-Tek® re-sealable pint bottle from Ball Corporation. Limited quantities of the Hopped-Up Brown Ale will be available at Oskar Blues locations (Tasty Weasel Taproom, Home Made Liquids & Solids, Grill & Brew) and in Sun King’s home market during the 2012 Great American Beer Festival week while supplies last. Similar to the CHAKA CANlaboration the breweries incorporated a blend of ingredients from each brewery’s home state. As made popular by Sun King’s GABF medal winning “Popcorn Pilsner” Riehle’s Select Gourmet Popcorn from Indiana was used in tandem with Colorado Malting Company’s Belgian Pale Malt in the mash. The end result is a 7 percent A.B.V., 69 I.B.U, Hopped Up Brown Ale…think and smell India Brown Ale. The assertive hop aroma is roused from 100% Galaxy hops; three additions in the kettle, one in the whirlpool and dry hopped with one-pound per barrel. The Australian hop known for aromas of citrus and passion fruit contribute to the German chocolate malt presence creating a dry and smooth bitterness not often found in a brown ale.
ID: 50143 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 12 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 4202 |
| Overall Percentile | 92.4 |
| Style Rank | 66 of 1152 |
| Style Percentile | 94.3 |
| Lowest Score | 3.4 |
| Highest Score | 4.3 |
| Average Score | 3.900 |
| Weighted Score | 3.450 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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3 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
Pours a mahogany dark brown color with good clarity with a soft white head with good retention and nice lacing. The aroma is more hoppy than malty and more citrus forward with tropical fruit notes. The malts have a bready malt with a hint of darker astringent malts. A big estery character that is more of a deterrent than anything. The taste is on par with the aroma with hops up front with limited malt backing. Also has citrus, grapefruit and pine and some minor chocolate notes but hidden by esters and tropical fruits and coconut. The mouthfeel is moderate but somewhat sweet in the finish. Carbonation is good.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
16 oz can. Pours dark brown with a smallish creamy off white head that stays at a thin film and leaves some lacing.
The aroma is roasted chocolate malts with some rye notes and some piney hops.
The flavor is sweet chocolate malts with a lot of bitter roast, a little fruit, and a big piney hop finish. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with low carbonation and a little watery.
Overall, similar to a black IPA, but more brown and sweet. -
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9
My favorite beer of Canfest 2012 (went back 3 times!). dark amber/red-brown in color. Thinking more india brown ale than brown ale. What Oskar Blues can do with a single hop (think Gubna) is nothing short of amazing. THE best brown ale I've ever had...knocking off DFH Indian Brown, which is similar, but this is bigger, baddder and resher. The hop spice and roasted malt assault is great!! Hope to see this again. Soooo close to a 4.4 - probably will coem back and change it :)
