Odell Imperial Stout

Brewed by Odell Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Black pour with a small tan head. Aroma is molasses and strong malt. Flavor is forward sweet malt with coffee, citrus hops, roast, and a bit of nuts. Finishes somewhat sweet, thin for the style but it is only 8%. Not bad, easy to drink.

Bottle (Thanks to Bu11zeye). Poured a nice black with decient tan head. Aroma of dark roast. Flavor of dark roast and dark fruit. Medium-high body with medium carbonation.....Good stout...

Deep dark brown body with a slightly soapy tan head with about 80% opacity - nice! Aroma of fresh soap, citrus (wierd, I KNOW!), malt, coffee and even some passion fruit. Full-bodied; Strong malty flavour with alcohol and coffee coming out a bit - but a largely mild aftertaste leaves the palate seemingly refreshed. Aftertaste shows more character - nuts, roasted malt, coffee and alcohol definitely come through. Overall, a lighter imperial stout, but still potent. Good, but not great! I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Goebel Liquor in Wichita, Kansas on 25-March-2008 and sampled it a month later.

BOTTLE: Black pour with small beige, quickly disappearing head. Aroma is strange, like something burnt (but in a bad way). Flavor combines sweet chocolate, typical burnt coffee flavor, malt, hop. Palate tingles on the tongue and fills the mouth with liveliness, ending with a dry medium-length finish.

Surprised to see so few ratings for this one - I thought this was a big brewery? Anyways... a decidedly light-bodied imperial stout defined by quite a bit of smokiness and a meaty edge. Not particularly roasty or malty and relatively subtle flavours for something that’s 8%. Reminds me a bit of Red Hill’s imperial, except cleaner and with less malt. Dunno about this one, it’s obviously well-made but not really gutsy enough to make it worthwhile.

3-15-08 bottle thanks to BlackForestCO!
Black pour with tan head and speckled lacing. Oatmeal and acetone smell. Flavor is mild - roasted malt and some thin alcohol hints too. Mouthfeel is average - nothing too memorable. Overall, above average.

bottle, my 100th Colorado beer rating - Pours very dark brown with a thin tan head. The aroma is fairly mild for the style but still has some good dark roast malt along with a little alcohol. The flavor is very chocolate accented roast malt with hops that balance the finish well. It’s not as thick or complex as many imperial stouts, so in that sense is disappointing, but it still tastes good and if you’re new to the style, you might be interested to know it’s one of the easier drinking ones.

This was a dark and good beer with hints of chocolate and a roasty malty flavor,the abv is not as strong as most IPS but it was very noticeable and as it warmed more flavors came out.CHEERS!