Odell Red Ale

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Growler from the taproom. Really pretty red-brass color with nice foam lacing down the glass. Evident dry-hopping, citrus and pine aroma. Easy drinking style (What is amber anyway?) Plenty of malt backs up the big bitter hop finish. I’d call it an IRA- India Red Ale.

Bottle from a generous BA trader - thanks! Pours a semi-hazy amber red with a small layer of tan foam. Aroma is sharp pine with some bitterness and minor citrus and a substantial malt backbone with some lingering sweetness. Taste is clean, balanced hop bitterness with pine leading into semi-sweet malt with raisin and caramel before giving way again to the pine and hop bitterness. Mouthfeel is clean and slightly coating. Hugely quaffable but with enough hop bite and malt presence to make the beer very engaging. I’m really impressed by this beer - excellent.

Bright red-amber with a huge foamy cream colored head that laces nicely in my glass boot at the wapiti pub. Hoppy aroma of citrus and pine, balanced by caramel and bready malts. Nicely balanced flavor as well. Medium body with moderate carbonation, finishing slightly bitter and dry. Very nice red.

Exceptional brew, very impressed with this one. Well balanced, great drinkability, some hop in the red for the hop lover in you, freakin’ great!

Has a super fresh hop and pine scent. Has a killer bitterness and roast flavor, must seek this out again. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Dark Hazy Orange. This has the aroma of citrus hops, caramel, yeasts and malts. The flavor, unlike the smell, has piney hops along with caramel, yeasts and a pretty solid malty backbone. Body is light and moderate in terms of carbonation, making it feel rather crisp. I would classify this more as an IPA than anything else but I still find this to be a very enjoyable beer

Pours clear bronze with a soapy beige head. The aroma has big malts, toffee, heavy toast, good earthy tropical fruity hoppiness with some pineapple. Medium smooth body that is slick and velvety with lots of soft carbonation. The flavor starts with lots of what is on the aroma, but drier and has some earthy / piny hops. The finish is dry and earthy. Very nice beer.

Pours clear amber/bronze color with a foamy tan head. Leaves a nice ring of lace. I really do love the nose of this beer. The fruity hop play very well with the sweet and toasted malt characters. I get a lot of the Munich character with just a nice bold "C" style hop splash with some lasting bitterness. Medium to light body with leads to real nice drink ability. Nothing wrong with this beer at all.

Bottle. Bonus in a trade thanks to BeerandBlues2. This a damn good beer I had never heard of. Pours amber with a nice white head. Mild aroma of sweet malt and some floral hops. The hops actually dominate the flavor, which is very interesting for an amber ale. Sticky texture, nice bitterness. Very refreshing an easy to drink beer.

Pours a sparkling clear, rusty, blood red color with an average, creamy, fluffy, yellowish-beige color head; it is somewhat lasting, and leaves some drippy rings of lace. Nose is certainly dry-hopped and very much so with lots of grass, some lightly spicy resinous piney notes, white grapefruit, and some fainter notes of perfumey hops and toasted sweet breads. Flavor is expected with assertive dry-hopping notes above a hidden malt base; not as complex as the nose but filled with lots of bitter grass, slightly oily, moderate spicey resins, light white grapefruit peel, and faint rustic notes and toasted sweet breads. Palate is medium, oily, a touch drying, and lively. Finishes fairly oily, nearly all bitter (moderately high), with lingering grapefruit peel and drying notes of resins and rustic notes. A nice hop forward APA with a red color, but not what I would call an Amber. Whatever the style, it does have nice balance (for a APA hop bomb) and a nice palate to support the hops flavors and bitterness. A little like an amped up 5 Barrel with more dry-hopping, more power, and slightly more malts.