The Implication
Odd Side Ales

 

 

 

 

Burnt orage body with a ring of white tiny bubbles. Oh citra, don't ever change. Smell has citra hops but in a sweeter body, together producing caramel, pine, grapefruit, lime, orange, candi sugar, and hop dankness. Taste is really sweet, with the caramel malts, sugary booze, and the juicy candied fruit really making their presence known with the resinous pine and hops. Scary good at hiding booze until it warms up a bit. Body is sticky, heavy and a little cloying. I really liked the flavor profile, but it is too sweet to want a whole pint.

 

12oz bottle. Poured out a clear, golden amber color with a small, tan head of foam. It smelled of citrus, booziness, pine and caramel. Tasted of boozy heat, caramel, toffee and subtle piney bitterness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tasted in a Rastal Teku from a 12 fl oz bottle on August 18, 2018. Brewed with Citra hops. A very nice balance of hop notes and clean malt flavors. Full in body.

 

 

 

Reminds me of Absolute Citron and not much else.

 

Always excited to see a new single bottle from OddSide. A 13% TRIPA must be their competitor for the market.

Look - Pours a nice honey golden hue with a finger and a half of off white head that sits atop and dies slowly into the sunset.

Smell - Lots of grassy hop up front with a high level of like honey like sweetness. To simplify things it smells like a less complicated version of hopslam.

Taste - Holds a lot to the nose. Sweet floral aspects with a bit of pineapple with a higher level of sweetness. Alcohol flavors remain minimal. Taste is not overly complex for it being a high ABV TRIPA.

Feel - Feel is moderate to full with a low carbonation. Mildly sticky. Alcohol comes through in low amounts during the finish.

Overall - Super smooth for 13%. To be completely honest this isn't a super complex beer compared to what I was anticipating. Despite the fact this review sounds like a complaint, it is not. You could drink a sixer of this quicker than most other brews at the ABV. As usual, try it for yourself. Less flavor than hopslam, but smoother.