Odell Woodcut No. 03 Oak Aged Crimson Ale

Formerly brewed at Odell Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
Fort Collins, Colorado USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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Pours out a copper/amber color with a small off white head. Aroma is lots oak, light earth and some sweetness. Taste is very complex, oak, caramel, light fruits, earthy almost nutty notes come through also. Alcohol is very well hidden. Very well done. Both the aroma and taste carry through the wood notes very well.

750ml bottle from Secret Santa (RCL). Pours hazy amber with very large tan head. Aroma is heavy with oak and vanilla with caramel and malt. Flavor is dominated by oak and vanilla with some caramel, malts, and some booze. Finishes malty with lots of oak. Would be a great beer on a cold fall evening by the fire. Too bad I had in on a hot humid day in the middle of July.

750ml bottle shared by Doug, thank man
Appearance: Pours dark amber with a nice beige head that lasts for some time and leaves some nice looking lacing in the glass
Aroma: Caramel, oak and vanilla
Taste: Toasted malts, oak, woody and vanilla
Great beer, very nice and drinkable.

750 thanks to Eugene. Pours a dark brown/red color with a huge off-white head. The aroma is sweet fruity malts, lots of hops almost like a malty barley wine. The flavor is a great ASA; sweet caramel, dry, massive malts dominate, some light fruity hops. It all comes together well. Very good.

750ml shared by my pal Jeff - thanks, hoss! Odell heavily hopped strong beers have been impressive to me, and this one certainly continues the trend. Big bold gleaming red pour, with a huge creamy head. Sharp and aggressive hops in the nose blend very well with the spicy wood. Abundant mouthfeel, with a faint prickly quality to it that keeps things lively. Flavors are very intense and enjoyably aggressive, like a cross between Odell’s India Barleywine and Alesmith’s Decadence 2006. Nice!

Thanks Ryan for bringing this one to share! Poured a deeper amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of woodiness, earthy, vanilla, nutty, and dark fruits. Tastes of wood, vanilla, nutty, dark fruits, and oaky.

Hazy brown amber color with a small, light tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, caramel malts, dark fruit, toast, nuts, and light alcohol. Taste of caramel malts, nuts, vanilla, fruit, oak, and light alcohol in the finish.

750 ml bottle (#1235) from Plaza Liquors - Pours a hazy amber color with a two finger thick light tan head. Light lacing. Aroma is sweet cookie dough, esters, and light floral hops. Flavor is fruity esters, light oak, and toasted malt. Smooth fruity finish. Medium body. Very nice beer.

Anther bottle shared by j12601 via daknole, @ post EBF tasting. Brown amber pour with some off white head. Fruit esters, spices, vanilla, oak and etoh aroma. Flavor is vanilla oak, almost almond like, with a bit of warming.

Huge vanilla oak aroma layered over dates and figs. Flavor and mouthfeel are big and rich, almost syrupy, but lightened just enough by the vigorous carbonation. Really good stuff, but not the religious experience #2 was.