Shipwrecker Circus
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew

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From:
Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
 
Colorado, United States
Style:
American Barleywine
ABV:
10.5%
Score:
90
Avg:
4.09 | pDev: 6.36%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
34
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Feb 19, 2018
Added:
Jun 15, 2014
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  5
Collaboration with BrewDog
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Rated: 4.04 by Giangio from Italy

Feb 19, 2018
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Reviewed by chinchill from South Carolina

4.16/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
16 oz can (from Colorado?)
Dark clear mahogany body with an impressive tan head.
Excellent aroma and flavor with particularly well hidden alcohol.

Overall: Highly recommended.
Apr 02, 2017
 
Rated: 3.95 by tylerstravis from Colorado

Nov 30, 2015
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Reviewed by kkleu357 from Wisconsin

4.08/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 4.25
From notes on 6/14/15

Bought a can of this while visiting the Oskar Blues brewery. This is most definetaly an American barleywine. Very hoppy. Almost seems like a sweet double IPA. Hazy tan body. Flowery, but malty aroma.
Aug 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.79 by mflamar from New York

Aug 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4.5 by pathman from Ohio

Jul 27, 2015
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Reviewed by barczar from Kentucky

3.92/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Very boozy aroma, with dark fruit notes and some muted citrus hops. Almost phenolic, cough syrup notes surface.

There's a touch of maple sweetness and cocoa in flavour, but the muted citrus really dominates. The finish is woody and earthy. Becomes sweettart-like, with tart cherry mixing in. Seems a bit harsh in the aftertaste. Kind of grows on me.
Jun 23, 2015
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky

4.09/5  rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
The palate shift that America is experiencing in beer flavor, trending drier, hopper and intensely flavored; has landed the collaborative efforts of Oskar Blues and Brewdog brewers squarely on the line that separate barleywine from imperial "black" IPA.

Shipwreck Circus pours an ominous toasty dark crimson with dense dark brown saturation through the center. Its blanketed froth thwarts a bouquet of citrus, pineapple, pinecone and freshly muddled herb and grass. Yet its initial taste is of toffee, lightly burnt toast, roasted pecan and hints of cocoa powder.

With the flavor spread unfolding across the middle palate, the malt-forward taste is met with an offset from grapefruit, orange, pineapple, and botanical tea leaf and the earthiness of heavy bread crust, toast and browned coffee bean. Its slight roasty, toasty taste provides a slight acidity to link with piney hop bitterness to easily contend with the hearty residual sweetness.

The balanced taste remains intact in finish despite the medium-fullness of the beer trying to close the session as sweetly as it started. The immense hop additions and slight acrid roast gives the finish a malty-dry finish with lingering citrus rib and spruce tips, both seemingly dipped in toffee.
Jun 22, 2015
 
Rated: 3.85 by A_Rad from Wisconsin

May 10, 2015
 
Rated: 3.77 by Guinnsslvr from Illinois

May 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by UltimateLivewire from South Carolina

May 03, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by mendvicdog from Maryland

Apr 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Texasfan549 from Texas

Mar 26, 2015
 
Rated: 4.26 by kjkinsey from Texas

Mar 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.93 by djrn2 from New Jersey

Mar 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by oriolesfan4 from Maryland

Mar 23, 2015
 
Rated: 4.13 by vfgccp from New York

Mar 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.76 by Psychmusic from Massachusetts

Mar 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.03 by Skagnetti from Colorado

Mar 17, 2015
 
Rated: 3.98 by outoffocus from Pennsylvania

Mar 08, 2015
Shipwrecker Circus from Oskar Blues Grill & Brew
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 34 ratings