 Thanks for checking out this episode of brutal battle beer break today. I'm going to be doing a beer by Oscar blues out of well many places. I'm assuming this one came from Brevard North Carolina because they have a canning a brewery and canning facility there right now They also have a location in I believe Austin, Texas at the moment and Lions, Colorado But this is where Lions, Colorado is where this beer was tested. That's where they do all their experimentation Come up with new beers and anyone who's listening to the podcast, which is a brutal battle You can search at brutal battle.com all that stuff stitcher itunes whatever You wouldn't if you've listened you would know that when we went to savor the savor event in DC Which is the food and craft beer pairing event. I did a special salon at salon Which is basically like a class with juicer. Poe whose head brewer for Oscar blues And he was talking about how at that time he was working on a coffee IPA Because Dale the owner of Oscar blues was really wanting a coffee IPA so lo and behold it has come out now almost a year later So we've been pushing that on podcast saying be looking for it. There will be a coffee IPA at some point Here it is. Let's give it a shot It is their hot box coffee IPA and it is 7.2 percent off all by volume As you can see it looks a lot like their hot box, which was the coffee porter That was just called hot box and it's coffee porter So I guess hot box is gonna be their coffee series is my guess Let's get into this so Looks like an IPA it's got a nice big head to it, but that's because I poured it in a more agitating way very orange Pretty clear maybe a little bit of like a chill haze to it in there Swirl it up Wow, okay. I smell a lot of hops to it There's coffee in there, but the coffee is under the hops and it is like a nice roasty coffee It smells like it's quality coffee not crappy coffee Which we've had some on the podcast recently that those crappy coffee used But super hoppy. I don't I don't smell a ton of the coffee I mainly smell hops and it's a Smells like a Simcoe type hop because for me Simcoe has a lot of citrusiness to it, but it also has a lot of Usually goes along it's got like a bit of a multi sweetness going with it Which I know is from the malts, but it also has like a caramel II Quality to it that kind of goes with the multi sweetness in a beer making it seem more multi more sweet And a little caramel II at the end But a lot of citrus up front Which it's very orgy to me. It smells very good, but like I said, there's not a ton of coffee on those try So the coffee is definitely there Same thing smet it basically tastes the way it smells. There's coffee there, but the coffee is right under Well significantly under the the hops tons of hops up front tastes really nice Vibrant citrusy with that little bit of carameliness There's a nice maltiness to it and it's some sweetness the coffee tastes like it's a good quality coffee very well roasted You know for coffee IPA though for me. I want more coffee flavor I want it to be significantly more aggressive with the coffee and I kind of actually want it to be the opposite of what this is where this is Lots of hops up front and then it finishes with a little bit of coffee And you get like that kind of bitter coffee finish on it and that's kind of what lingers on my tongue most I like it the other way around I would like a lot of coffee up front and then kind of finish with the hops You know have the hops being the much lesser than the coffee But that's just a personal preference if you like the idea of having a little bit of coffee and a good amount of hops This would be the beer for you. Do I like it? Yes, I do. It is good. It's just not my preference for my I Guess ideal coffee IPA because I've had a few others and I've been more into the tons of coffee and and decent hops But what way more coffee but um, this is good And I think if you like tons of hops and then just a little bit of coffee to it. This is gonna be your jam So juice to pro good job putting this together. I assume. This is what you're going for Oscar blues always does a really good job. So I can recommend the hot box IPA by Oscar blues. It's nice So anyway, everybody, thank you for checking this video out If there any particular beers you want me to check out, just let me know I'll see what I can do. I can do it on on podcast or I can do it on these little videos and Yeah, see what I can do send me an email brutal battle podcast at gmail.com and Until next time. Thank you so much for checking this out. Go find yourself an awesome beer and keep it brutal