Odell Woodcut Oak Aged Crimson Ale No. 03

Brewed by Odell Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Bottle pours murky red-brown with a healhy beige head. Aroma shows toffee, nuts, vanilla, apricot, raisin, perfume, and what seems like a slight bit of nail polish. Flavor shows the same with added notes of oak. Body is moderate, creamy, and the carbonation is soft. Alc is pretty well hidden, but still pokes it’s head up around the finish, tagging along with the hops. Something tells me that I would have liked this beer much more if it wasn’t for the nail polish.

Bottle 6363m bottled 11-09. The pour is a nice, hazy, crimson color with a full, yellowish beige, creamy, fluffy head which is somewhat lasting and leaves nice Belgian-type lace. The nose is pleasant and balanced with raw oak shavings, toasted almonds, dry toffee, light raisins, light vanilla bean, and some hints of spice. The flavor is similar but a sweet middle without balance detracts from the overall flavor a bit; notes of toasted almonds, toasted caramel lead to sweet toffee and vanilla in the middle. The finish carries raw oak, light spice, some lingering almonds, and an emergence of some spicy, floral hops. The palate is nice for the beer with a more than medium body, less than moderate carbonation, and a velvety, round mouthfeel. Much better than last years Woodcut with much more a balance between the oak and the other notes, and a nice hop presence in the finish. For an 11% beer only bottled 3 months, the drinkability of the beer was amazing; it was more like a 6-7% beer. Nothing amazing about this but it was very pleasant to drink.

My oh, my what a wonderful smell! I had a sample of this beer awhile ago and was amazed then, and now that I’m finally having a full beer, it’s every bit as good as I remember it! The beer pours a dark reddish brown and has a small beige head with good lacing. Smells like Vanilla, oak, bourbon, and malt. Pretty awesome. This one tastes alot like it smells, which suits me just fine. It has a nice creamy full body has a smooth finish with a little something to warm you up a minute later. Amazing beer even if is reaaaaaly expensive.

(bottle at RSRIZZO’s winter gathering on 1/10/10, shared by BeerandBlues2). Cloudy dark copper/brown color. Medium off white head. Light fruit and oak aroma. Strong oak flavor, with light sweetness. Avg duration. Smooth finish, with alcohol. Thin/slick texture. Moderate carbonation. Spare lacing.

orange/brown body with a foamy off-white head.the aroma is melons,sugar,oranges,vanilla,and oak.flavor is much of the same.kinda tastes like a barrel aged ipa.

750 ml bottle (bottle 1153) from cbkschubert, thanks Craig. Nose of oaky vanilla, caramel, nuts (I smell what they call the toasted almonds). Rusty copper with a medium glass lacing beige head. Flavor is vanilla, caramel, nuts galore, oak, light sweetness with a hint of bitterness in the finish.

Bottle shared at RSRIZZO’s winter gathering. Pours hazy amber-ruby with a medium, fizzy light tan head, good retention and lacing. Aroma is oak, vanilla, caramel malt, alcohol, fruit (apricot, pear) with hops (perfume, flowers) and light yeast. Flavor is sweet caramel malt, oak, and vanilla, fruits, with light bitter, perfume hops. Full bodied, moderate carbonation, and a dry-spicy finish.

750ml bottle #2056 @ RSRIZZOS tasting (Courtesy of BeerandBlues2)-Pours a hazy/cloudy copper. Aroma of oak,apricot, pear, and other fruits. Taste of oak, fruit, and alcohol. This full bodied brew was not bad but a bit too hot and not as good as 2.