Early Morning Shakes
Oasis Texas Brewing Company
- From:
- Oasis Texas Brewing Company
- Texas, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 84
- Avg:
- 3.61 | pDev: 12.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Apr 13, 2020
- Added:
- Aug 08, 2015
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
84
Good
84
Good
A unique hybrid and an old favorite–it looks like a pale ale (light orange in color) but has the aroma is of medium-roast coffee and tropical hops. It is a traditional Pale Ale brewed with Mandarina Bavaria hops and dry-hopped with Citra and 40 pounds of coffee.
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.09/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.09/5 rDev -14.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
On tap at Alamo Drafthouse- Village in Austin, TX.
This one pours a light golden amber, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells quite muddled, with creamy coffee, and caramel maltiness, but basically no hop aromas present.
This is simple and plain, and muddled. The brewery should have gone for a bolder hop character, as this is barely recognizable as a pale ale. It tastes like a coffee amber ale, essentially, with only a slightly floral hop character noticeable. It's a decent coffee character, but it drowns out anything else.
This is kind of thin, and slightly underattenuated as well, which doesn't help. It's still drinkable, though.
This could have been a lot better than it turned out to be. To be fair to Oasis Texas, hoppy coffee beers are tough to pull off, as I haven't had that many good renditions.
Mar 21, 2018This one pours a light golden amber, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells quite muddled, with creamy coffee, and caramel maltiness, but basically no hop aromas present.
This is simple and plain, and muddled. The brewery should have gone for a bolder hop character, as this is barely recognizable as a pale ale. It tastes like a coffee amber ale, essentially, with only a slightly floral hop character noticeable. It's a decent coffee character, but it drowns out anything else.
This is kind of thin, and slightly underattenuated as well, which doesn't help. It's still drinkable, though.
This could have been a lot better than it turned out to be. To be fair to Oasis Texas, hoppy coffee beers are tough to pull off, as I haven't had that many good renditions.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Texas
3.35/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.35/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Coffee pale ale. 5.00% ABV. On-draught @ the brewery.
Coffee is pungent, bringing earthy roastiness into a fairly neutral pale malt and floral hop pale ale flavour profile. Coffee outshines the hops, which is tricky in a style intended to showcase the latter.
I dig it, but it's somewhat shallow and simple. A more interesting hop profile would be a good start to improving this. A bit one-note, but if you want a coffee flavoured ale this'll do the trick.
Very drinkable, and easily my favourite Oasis Texas beer to date.
B- (3.35) / WORTHY
Jan 10, 2018Coffee is pungent, bringing earthy roastiness into a fairly neutral pale malt and floral hop pale ale flavour profile. Coffee outshines the hops, which is tricky in a style intended to showcase the latter.
I dig it, but it's somewhat shallow and simple. A more interesting hop profile would be a good start to improving this. A bit one-note, but if you want a coffee flavoured ale this'll do the trick.
Very drinkable, and easily my favourite Oasis Texas beer to date.
B- (3.35) / WORTHY
Reviewed by Tommo from Massachusetts
4.42/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.42/5 rDev +22.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
So this is a style i already love, light pale ale with good hop flavor. Add in a non bitter smooth coffee element and you have created a masterpiece. Overall this beer is amazing, and i could drink it all day
Sep 26, 2015
Reviewed by Karibourgeois from Texas
3.59/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.59/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Cloudy orange gold pour with a small white head. Aroma of coffee. Taste has coffee and a bit of light bread and malt. Can also taste a hint of citrus. Light bodied with a coffee mouthfeel.
Sep 13, 2015
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