Question: where did the name oskar blues come from

title: Oskar Blues Brewery
text: G'Knight is a hybrid version of strong ale , somewhere between an Imperial Red and a Double IPA . Oskar Blues makes it with six different malts and three types of hops , then dry - hopped it with Amarillo hops . It is 8.7 % alcohol by volume , and has 60 International Bittering Units . G'Knight is brewed in tribute to the late Gordon Knight . In addition to opening some of Colorado 's first microbreweries , Knight was a Vietnam vet and huge promoter of craft beer . He lost his life in 2002 while fighting a wild fire outside of Lyons , Colorado . In 2013 , Oskar Blues Brewery had to change the name of this beer from Gordon Knight to G'Knight following actions from the Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant Group seven years after the beer was first produced .