IPA
Odell Brewing Company

Revisited April 10th, 2025

We're back in business. Good stuff!

ABV: 7%; pouring temperature: 37.5 °F; stovepipe info: 0715/25 (assumed best-by date)
Source: grocery store purchase

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Another revisit - March 16th, 2024

4.25 3.25 3.25 4.0 3.5; BA overall: 3.44; rDev: -19.25

ABV: 7.0%; pouring temperature: 41 °F; canning info: 05/02/2?
Source: gifted from a USAFA friend

Clear, golden body; sparse yet lively carbonation; fine, thick head, frothy and long lasting. Dull aroma; not much of anything registering. Fair taste; okay malt with a bit of hop spiciness and bitterness. Medium body; nice residual sugar density; mildly coarse on the palate.

Back in the day, I had this rated at a near overall '5'...I'm assuming this is about a 10-month old version of this beer, but even with that age, I would have expected more zip and presence (after all, it's not a hazy IPA)...no, this once glorious beer seems to be a shadow of it's former glory...it's passable but hardly a must have.

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Re-visited February 13th, 2019

Ratings and scores: 4.5 4.25 4.25 4.5 4.25; BA weighted overall score: 4.29; rDev: +0.76

Well, compared with the plethora of other great IPAs floating about now a day, it's hard to give this one the near 5.0 across the board ratings that I did long ago.

The beer still looks, smells, and tastes great with a fine mouthfeel, too. It has an amber orange body and a thick, frothy head with foam and lacing clinging to the glass. The aroma is deep pine resin and floral notes. The taste deftly blends a medium malt graininess with a bold hop character, and the mouthfeel is full, warm, with some sticky sweetness by also exuding a mildly dry character.

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Original ratings: 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.5 5.0 4.95 overall (rDev +16.2% as of 2-13-19)

Wow, wow, and wow! Had this one at the Fort Collins Canyon Chop House. Just the sweet, floral, citrusy hop aroma from a few feet away tells you this is a killer brew. And drinking it -- I'm talking ambrosia! One would be hard pressed to find a better, well-rounded, thoroughly drinkable example of an IPA.

Perhaps because it was on tap instead of a 12oz bottle, but I, at first thought, that perhaps I was served Odell's St. Myrcenary because the hop aroma and taste was so deliciously upfront and there! Well, this serving just blew me away...a hop-heads delight...!!

 

 

Gold in color with excellent clarity and a three quarter inch densely packed off white head. The aroma is of citrus and pine. I’m tasting a blend of pine, grapefruit, and light, crackery malt. The mouth is lightly sticky and crisp.

(review from May 2018) Very bitey, tasty & well balanced ipa w/great piney flavor & floral finish & not 2 bitter@60ibus! Great "stage 2" brew for those about-to-become hopheads!

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Look: cloudy gold with an orange hue, fluffy head, good lacing
Smell: citrusy, pine, resin, mango, caramel
Taste: sweet malt, bready, pine, grapefruit, peach, mango, orange
Feel: med body, moderate carbo, soft, chewy
Overall: 7% abv 60 IBU. Low bitterness, too much sweet malt taste for me to be a regular go-to. I remember it tasting better years ago. Still a good brew though that I would have no problem tilting back again. Pairs well with Ain’t Talkin’ Bout Love by Van Halen. Cheers!

Light pale pour with a thin head and heavy carbonation. Light notes of papaya, pineapple, grapefruit and pear on the nose with flavors that follow suit + some light cracker malt. Overall really well balanced, but almost somewhat subdued in overall flavor. Very drinkable and absolutely something I'd reach for again, but doesn't stand out in terms of flavor.

This is the best available anywhere IPA

Love it!!!