Odell India Pale Ale (IPA)

Brewed by Odell Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Bottle from D&J Liquor in St. Louis, MO. Slightly hazy amber color with a good off-white head. Lots of floral/citrus hop aroma over some slightly roasted caramel. Medium body with creamy carbonation. Flavor is quite florally hoppy with touches of pine and citrus - or maybe they are canceling each other - whatever, it’s hoppy. The finish is nicely bitter. It’s a very good drink.

Draft pint at Crescent Moon, Omaha, NE. Poured a clear copper color with an average frothy white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate tart citrus and small malty aroma. Medium body with slick texture. Medium balanced flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. This is a good drinkable brew.

Pours a clearish golden amber with a small bubbly white head that showed good retention and left some sporadic lacing. The aroma is like walking into a pine forest, big on the floral hops, with a little bit of lemony citrus hops on top. The sweet bready malt is present if you look below the hop explosion. Lemons are the first thing I notice in the taste, before the sweet malts make a brief appearance. The hops come back in the finish with a nice pine hop aftertaste. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with a hint of hop stickiness. This is a great IPA and would be a staple for me if it was local. Highly recommended!

bottled. pours a hazy copper. with minimal cream head. smells of yeast, hops and citrus peel. flavor of citrus peel abound with a bite like pith from the hops. a good ipa.

Bottle at home ... brougth back from GBBF 08 ... Crisp clear amber ... sweet piney hop ...light sweet fruity hop ... quite a lot of what i think of as american hops ... little light malt.

A Mes rate: bottle at GBBF.
Bright golden brown coloured with a superb off white head, good lace and in excellent condition. Big grassy aroma with some really good malt, brown sugar and lovely citric character. Well balanced, very American and bloody gorgeous. If all that could follow on into the mouth then this would be absolutely stunning. Sadly it doesn’t. All that there is in the aroma is here but it’s just engulfed by clear notes of fat and oil. It’s such a shame this could be amazing. When all is said and done, I have given this a 3.7 and that certainly denotes a very good beer. Point is it’s almost an incredible one and clearly could be.

pours amber with a good head and lacing, citrus hops assault the nose upon first sampling, taste is of those citrus hops totally, no maltiness to speak of,very mild hopping for an IPA, as stated it truly bucks tradition. A nice offering if you want just American hop flavor.

12 oz bottle courtesy BeerandBlues2. Pours a light copper gold with a thick white head. Citrus grassy hop aroma. Light malt and chewy spicy hop taste. Very easy drinking IPA, great balance of the hops and malt, good job!