Once again, I will comment that Oskar Blues has had a pretty good run of beers. Sifting back through the reviews, however, brought to my attention the fact that IPAs seem to be there least reliable style of beverage. They can do a pale ale like nobody's business, and their Scotch ale was memorably good. Still, I'm looking for another breakout hit, and maybe another one of these cosmic beers will prove their worth. It's my understanding that cosmic refers to the galaxy hops that are used, however this can indicates that it has some strange yeast that they have used in the process that makes it different than everything else. Let's see how good it is.
The somewhat hazy yellow-gold beer produces just about a perfect amount of head that leaves some lacing in its wake. Whenever it boils down to its uneven layer, it still covers the entire top of the beer. The beverage smells tropical, but I definitely think I smell the yeast. It smells a little funky and a little dank. I wasn't expecting either of those. Will it improve the beverage? Only a taste will tell.First sip is slightly funky, and it has the tropical fruit, but a difficult to identify earth sensation is propping up the funkiness. There is some citrus tossed in for good measure, but after the drink has left the mouth is when the funk and earth seem to intermingle it in a disharmonious way. I'm not saying that the sip is bad, but I'm also not going to say that it's very good. It feels like an IPA trying to be a double IPA, and it doesn't seem to be hitting either one particularly well.
Tip-in is stonefruit, tartness, mango, and grapefruit with minimal carbonation. The middle is delightfully smooth with the tropical and citrus flavors melding together very well as the funk does not intrude in all. The finish brings a little bit of funk with the dourness of whatever that yeast is along with earth to finish off the beverage improperly.
Bottom Line: More ambitious than it was capable of.
2.75/5