Good Beer, In a Can

Who said you can’t have good beer in a can? Certainly not Oskar Blues, makers of Dale’s Pale Ale. The hardest thing to get use to is drinking beer from a can again. (I say again, ‘cause in college, this seemed to be the only way to drink beer, if you could call it that.) I suggest, however, you don’t. Pour it in a glass to get the full aroma and taste that it has to offer.

The can itself is quite convenient. You can toss them in a cooler of ice and not worry about glass breaking, and they get cold very quick. They also protect against sunlight which can skunk a beer pretty quickly and minimizes oxidation which may add cardboard like off-tastes.
 
So how does it taste? Like I said, it’s good! It is good, but I’m not going bonkers over it. The first thing I noticed when I opened it is that it didn’t sound like opening a Bud Light. There was no “psssssssfffffft”, but that makes sense, as it is appropriately carbonated. It is very coppery in color and was very cloudy. The malt aroma is more pronounced than the hops, especially for a pale ale. The hops come through in the taste strongly, with a nice bitter taste.

It is good overall, but there is something that I don’t quite like about it; but, I can’t seem to put my finger on it. It has almost a slimy mouth feel and I still can’t come up with the words to describe the background taste, but it is something I’ve tasted before in my home brews. For a packaging that promises the best way to package beer, I seem to think it failed in my case.

Oskar Blues also makes Gordon and Old Chub in a can. I had the Old Chub about a year ago and remember liking it a lot. I think this beer definitely deserves a second chance at this year’s Oktoberfest.