Odell 5 Barrel Pale Ale

Brewed by Odell Brewing Company
Style: English Pale Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

A classic American pale ale. Light body with a good amount of hops. Thicker than most pale ales

Orange-amber. Light soapy foam. Orange hoppy nose. Foamy orange tea pale ale taste. British in style with a certain funk. Hints of pepper and caramel.

Sample from 12 ounce bottle at the Mondial, Montreal (May 2007). Oily amber-gold, very birght, with a whisper of lasting cream topping it....peachy-citric aroma is pleasant without being really interesting, not terribly sharp but fresh enough....as with the Stone Pale that preceded it, surprisingly very light and rather watery....a touch of sweetness and fruit just at the beginning, then dries out into something very dull and ordinary at the finish, little in the way of hop character, just a bit of tartness....moderate carbonation, nothing more to add, boring.

In bottle at Denver Airport. Amberish color on the pour. Pretty basic PA taste....nothing really stands out, but I enjoyed it enough to get another.

Another placemarker for a beer I’ve had many times but never fully rated. Hoppy and drinkable.

Pours an amber almost orange color with a pretty decent head. Smells a big hoppy with a little bit of a floral undertone. The taste of the beer is a little underwhelming. It is a little bitter with a slight hoppy taste, but the flavor is pretty light. The beer goes down pretty easily with many small bubbles. This isn’t the best pale ale I’ve had, but it goes down easy and is relatively refreshing.

Clear glowing orange-copper body with a very small off-white head. Very soft light oily body. A bit soapy. The taste is dominated by a ripe fruits cake attack followed by some juicy leafy hops without much flavour. Very mild fruity bitterness. The carbonation is sparce and soft. The bear left me with an impression of morning juice. Unexciting below average Pale Ale. Nothing bad per say, but as memorable as a General Hospital episode.

Mondial de la bière 07. Couleur cuivré pâle, légèrement voilée, mouse mince. Arôme fruité, houblon floraux. Goût houblonné, agrumes, pin, légèrement fruits séchés, et malt caramel. Effervescence modérée, corps mince et aqueux. Trop d’emphase sur le houblon, ce qui déséquilibre cette bière.