GWAR Beer Oderus Ale
Cigar City Brewing

Poured a cloudy yellow-gold body with decent head and great lace ring down glass. Funky, skunky, vegetal aroma. Clean, slightly, juicy, mildly bitter yet has enough of a light sweetness thanks to a smudge of maltiness and finishes balanced and clean.

Pours a light golden yellow with minimal head and very thin lacing.
Smell is light, sweet grain and a bit of tropical fruit.
Taste is sweet melon followed by mild citrus hops.
Not as gimmicky as I feared.

 

 

 

 

 

Reviewed from (long-standing) notes. Poured from a 16 oz. can into a Cigar City Brewing goblet.

A: Pours quite clear - a nice light gold, with average visible carbonation and a finger's worth of white head with good retention.

S: Not huge, but decent. Melon, tropical fruits, and citrus hops, all overlying the lightest of cracker malts. Milder notes of dank and spicy hops as well.

T: Melon, tropical fruit, and a bit of spicy hops. The cracker malt backbone stays almost entirely out of the way. There's some citrus pith and dank and more tropical fruit nearer to the swallow. Moderate bitterness in the hang, along with more fruity hop flavors.

M: A light crisp body, good levels of carbonation sensation, and low alcohol presence.

O: A solid, crisp, and easy to drink APA (though style information is lacking on the label). I would definitely grab these occasionally if they were regularly available. I do wish Cigar City would transform the annual Tropical Heatwave offering into something more like this.

 

 

Appearance: Pours clear and golden colored, with a frothy three fingers capping the liquid; stringy lacing and good retention

Smell Papaya, pineapple and melon

Taste: Tropical fruit forward, with the papaya and melon prominent; bitter aspirin and hay flavors develop, in the middle, with the pineapple arriving in the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Overall: The bitterness in the middle threw me for a loop for a few swallows, as I wasn't sure what was going on but the other flavors developed and, while I typically don't like aspirin in my APA and IPA profiles, I really enjoyed this

Thanks, Ravishing44, for the opportunity

 

 

 

 

A: very clear light yellow. Mustard seed hues thin loose opaque bubbles

S: citrus and topical fruit. Fresh hops. Floral notes.

T: resin. Citrus pith. Tropical fruit peel. Bitter grass

F: crisp bite. Floral palate coating

O: solid IPA.

 

Poured from a tallboy into a shaker pint, the beer is a bright, slightly hazed, golden yellow coloring, with a ton of carbonation in the body feeding a foamy, clingy, white head. Aromas of grassy and citrusy hops, with a solid dose of lemon grass, papaya, and tangerine. Flavors are peppery and grassy forward, followed by a bolt of sweet fruit, both citrus and tropical. Lemon, tangerine, papaya, and mango come together in a balanced fruit profile, but the citrus also provides some solid tart and acidic character. There are some grapefruit notes present towards the end of the palate, for sure. Citrus sweet and herbal balance in the aftertaste, on a light, crisp body. The finish is smooth and clean, with a tart and slightly acidic linger. Good, refreshing, warm weather beer.