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Okie Paradise
Prairie Artisan Ales
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- From:
- Prairie Artisan Ales
- Oklahoma, United States
- Style:
- American Strong Ale
- ABV:
- 12%
- Score:
- 99
- Avg:
- 4.56 | pDev: 5.48%
- Reviews:
- 11
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 04, 2022
- Added:
- Mar 12, 2017
- Wants:
- 33
- Gots:
- 5
SCORE
99
World-Class
99
World-Class
Notes:
Imperial brown ale aged in Whiskey barrels and blended with an imperial stout aged in Rum barrels with toasted coconut.
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Rated by jb_4226 from Texas
4.84/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.84/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
#119, yummy!
Apr 04, 2022
Reviewed by Vidblain from Minnesota
4.54/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.54/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Goddamn. This is a brown ale?
It's funny, because I've had regular Okie, and I don't recall being particularly floored (it's good, and I love Prairie, and probably enjoyed it - but I don't recall a spiritual experience). This is something different entirely.
Okie Paradise pours a surprisingly deep, thick brown - it's nearly opaque and almost fooled me in to thinking the beer was a stout. Another surprise was the nose - holy booze, wow, lots of acetone burn. I decided to leave it to sit and warm to air temperature during dinner - which made a world of difference. There's still a slight burn to the nose and there's definitely rum present - but the taste allays all of your fears and becomes pure fudgy brownie. As the beer warms a bit more, there's a subtle nuttiness, and a bit of a coconut presence. For the most part, the coconut isn't prominent, but it's certainly there.
The beer isn't light, and it surely doesn't taste like something that is even remotely sessionable. I got lightly f'd up on this bottle and am not ready for another beer just yet - soon though. The finish definitely lingers for a bit and isn't exactly clean. But, there are still fond memories.
Excellent beer - really style defying in some ways. Borderline porter/brown ale, I think. Really helps my faith in Prairie, regardless - glad to see this beer is worth the hype.
Jun 21, 2019It's funny, because I've had regular Okie, and I don't recall being particularly floored (it's good, and I love Prairie, and probably enjoyed it - but I don't recall a spiritual experience). This is something different entirely.
Okie Paradise pours a surprisingly deep, thick brown - it's nearly opaque and almost fooled me in to thinking the beer was a stout. Another surprise was the nose - holy booze, wow, lots of acetone burn. I decided to leave it to sit and warm to air temperature during dinner - which made a world of difference. There's still a slight burn to the nose and there's definitely rum present - but the taste allays all of your fears and becomes pure fudgy brownie. As the beer warms a bit more, there's a subtle nuttiness, and a bit of a coconut presence. For the most part, the coconut isn't prominent, but it's certainly there.
The beer isn't light, and it surely doesn't taste like something that is even remotely sessionable. I got lightly f'd up on this bottle and am not ready for another beer just yet - soon though. The finish definitely lingers for a bit and isn't exactly clean. But, there are still fond memories.
Excellent beer - really style defying in some ways. Borderline porter/brown ale, I think. Really helps my faith in Prairie, regardless - glad to see this beer is worth the hype.
Okie Paradise from Prairie Artisan Ales
Beer rating:
99 out of
100 with
86 ratings
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