Well it's Friday, and that brings us to the end of this little week of Oskar Blues I've cooked up here. Don't worry, there will certainly be more. Mama's Little Yella Pils and Old Chub were both hits, hopefully today's makes it a clean sweep. The beer today is G'Knight an Imperial red ale. I'm thinking this beer will be very similar in style to the Hop Head Red from Green Flash that I looked at a while ago. Apropos of nothing, I've been talking about Oskar Blues' beers all week and I just now noticed the ColoRADo at the bottom of the can. Love that. There's also a very cool story behind this beer. It's named after Gordon Knight, a brewer and Vietnam veteran, and firefighter who passed away when his helicopter went down while fighting a forest fire. More info on Gordon's story can be found here. Very cool stuff, but I have a brew to talk about. To the beer!
G'Knight pours a very inviting looking reddish amber in color. There are some scarlet highlights and even some pale gold hanging out down at the bottom of the glass. A tall layer of densely packed, rocky, tan head forms atop the beer that leaves spotty lacing on the way down.
The aromas here are wonderful. Pungent resinous, grapefruit, and floral hop aroma explode out of the top of the glass. I think I'm getting a lot of Cascade hops, but I'm not really well versed enough in picking out specific hop varieties to make a definitive call either way. The huge hop aromas are contrasted by a robust molasses and caramel maltiness. Just delightful all around.
G'Knight offers up a punchy bitterness right off the bat. It leads into a big resinous floral hop flavor. There is also some lovely fruitiness going on in here as well that becomes more and more evident as the beer warms. Flavors of peach, orange, and grapefruit add great complexity. Don't worry, this beer isn't all hops all the time, it couldn't be that pretty shade of red if it was. A great toffee/ caramel sweetness balances everything out.
Well, Oskar Blues has gone three for three with me this week. G'Knight is another very tasty beer. Well worth checking out. Have a great weekend, folks. Go watch some football and drink some good beer.
HD
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