Odell Kölsch

Formerly brewed at Odell Brewing Company
Style: Kölsch
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Kölsch/Altbier

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Summer 2011 - It’s a day in Ft. Collins, and first up is O’Dell. And first up from O’Dell is their Kölsch. It features a thick, pillowy head with ample carbonation, and redolent with crystal and pils malt aromas. The beer proudly offers this same taste on the first sip, but cuts quick with a refreshing hop bite - a perfect way to start a day of beer tasting! A fluffy beer on the mouth, and light, and a lot of that mineral, carbonate taste that features so strongly in this category. A good, solid beer, a fine start to the day, and a nice staple to contrast with O’Dell’s more flamboyant beers.

(sampled at the Manitou Craft Lager Festival 8/14/11). Clear gold color. Medium white head. Moderate malt aroma and flavor, with light citrus/floral hops. Avg duration. Light dry finish. Thin texture. Moderate carbonation. Fair lacing.

Faint gold with white head. Nose with bitters and light citrus. Thin on the tongue but amazing flavor. Explodes with a complement of citrus, hay, and grass complementing the crisp bitter base of the kolsch. Wish this would be a bigger production.

On tap at the brewery. Poured clear gold with a fizzy white head. Clean grain, grassy hops, and mild floral notes. Great on a sunny day after a long walk to the brewery.

on tap at brewery; straw pour and straw light citrus aroma. easy to drink with alight hop at end. meh..

Poured a clear pale yellow with a lasting creamy white head. Aromas of straw, light citrus and a hint of earthiness. On the palate, this one was light bodied and crisp, with flavors of straw, light citrus and a hint of earthiness.

On tap @ Odell Brewery. Clear pale gold, corny wheaty aroma with a slight citric fruitiness. Taste was bready and toasty, with a bunch of fresh dough on the start, but finished softly citric. Pleasant and drinkable. But still very much a light bodied kolsh. Decent attempt, but still not a fan.

UPDATED: AUG 20, 2011 On tap @ brewery. Clear, light yellow appearance with a big, fluffy white head. Mild german hoppy, crisp pale malty nose. Moderately noble hoppy, pretty bitter, grainy, pale malty lager flavor. Pretty bitter finish.

draft. sparkling gold with a fine-bubbled foamy white head. doughy, softly perfumed with a mild note of corn underneath a soft touch of fluffy, pillowy, dry/minerallic yeast. bready and doughy with slight sweetness and medium-light bitterness. lightly lactic but mostly clean.

On tap at Odells poured a clear pale yellow with a lasting creamy white head. Aromas of straw, light citrus and a hint of earthiness. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of straw, light citrus and a hint of earthiness with a crisp dry finish.