Untitled Art & Finback Oat Cream IPA

This collaboration between Untitled Art and Finback Brewery, both out of Waunakee, WI, is a nice joint effort. One of the highest rated beers I have ever reviewed is an oat cream IPA so any time I see another of this style I always have high hopes going in. It should be noted that I also have very high expectations as well as I am holding all oat cream IPA’s up to a high bar. This beer pours a lovely creamy, hazy, golden color with a light bodied head. The color entices me but the head give me pause. A truly rich beer seems to always have a correspondingly rich head. Very light tropical aromas. The flavors are light tropical with some dankness happening within it (which was unexpected). The mouthfeel is creamy, yet still not up to my high expectation. This is a very good beer, do not get me wrong.

So it turns out I have already reviewed this beer. I have gone back and looked at the old review and pictures and it sure looks like this is the same beer. The funny thing is that I gave them radically different. The first time around I gave this beer one of my all time highest ratings…this time, not so much. My only guess is that this is from an entirely different year/batch. Just like with a wine that you may love from a particular vintage may be completely off on the next vintage. Interesting…

Rating 8.2