Double Thirdeen
Odd13 Brewing

A thanks to the pound for pound greatest beer drinker in the world, woodychandler, for this beer. Poured from a 12 oz. can. Has a golden/beige color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of melons, malts. Taste is piney, some dankness, a bit of melons, a strong malt backbone, and a touch of alcohol. Feels full bodied in the mouth and overall is a solid beer.

 

12 oz. Can
Canned On: 07/03/18

5 Months on this can.

Poured into a tulip a pretty nice hazy golden yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger white head, which also leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, mango), piney. The taste is pretty nice, hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, grapefruit, mango), piney. Medium body, ABV is hidden nicely, with a nice dry/bitter finish. Overall, still a pretty tasty brew with 5 months on it. Glad to see it around here.

 

Appearance: golden pollen in color. Opaque with haze with a white head that fades quickly, which leaves just enough lacing to prevent the beer from appearing flat.

Aroma: super-fresh hop aroma. Clean, juicy. I want to bury my face in the can. Definitely NE in style. Drink from the can! The aromatics are much more pronounced than when poured into a glass.

Flavor: juicy; orange juice and hops. The malt is sweet and light. The hops are super-fresh and “round” but not bitter. This is one of Odd 13’s better beers. Very clean finish. Well done. No alcohol flavor or heat.

Mouthfeel: light-medium. Crushable. The body is spot on for the style. I’m going to have another.

Overall: Damn tasty. This is superior to many of Odd 13’s other IPAs. My biggest gripe about this beer is the cost: $18 / 6-pk. This beer is damn good, but not enough to justify the price.

 

 

12 oz can, canned on 6/27/18. Pours hazy golden orange with a small white head that quickly goes to a thin collar that leaves a little lacing.

The aroma is subdued - some wheat malts and some fruity resiny hops.

The flavor is sweet wheat malts and alcohol with some fruit and resiny hops. The mouthfeel is pretty thin and watery.

Overall, pretty flawed and pricey.

 

Impression from a can nabbed as part of a sixer in Northeastern Colorado:

"Double India Pale Ale." 8.5% ABV. "Intensely hopped with Centennial and Mosaic." Grain bill features wheat and rye.

APPEARANCE: Pours a vibrant orange body and a frothy off-white head. Head is ~6cm in height but seems a bit thin.

Head retention is good - ~6 minutes.

AROMA: Bursts of fresh floral aromatics from the Centennial join with more new world tropical notes from the Mosaic (including Mosaic's signature blueberry note). Dried lime, fruity zest, citrus peel.

Fresh and inviting, suggesting a balanced enjoyable imperial IPA of low bitterness.

No off-notes are detectable. Not boozy.

Maltwise, all I'm detecting is pale/2-row and wheat (I don't find the rye).

TASTE & TEXTURE: A bit warmer than the aroma suggests, betraying some of its high alcohol content. Soft wheat and 2-row barley gives this a soft yet fresh backbone, never getting in the way of the hops.

Hop profile is quite good, hitting with a one-two punch of floral and fruity notes. Tropical fruit and citrus are both in there, but blueberry gets buried.

Hop pungency could be better, as could the complexity of its hop profile, but it does showcase both Centennial and Mosaic pretty well.

Smooth, wet, medium-bodied, slightly pulpy, a bit thick, and slightly refreshing.

Its softness plays well with the fresh citrus and pulpy notes.

Not oily, gushed, astringent, harsh, or scratchy, but as noted above it is a bit boozy.

OVERALL: More likeable hoppy fare from Odd13, a brewery that continually defends its high reputation as one of the best (I)IPA producers in Colorado. It veers too close to evoking alcoholic Odwalla for my taste, and its hop pungency is a bit lacking as with many of these wheat malt (if not oaty and/or lactose sugar based) (I)IPAs, but it remains a rather drinkable beer for its high ABV and it's well worth trying if you come across it.

B- (3,36) / WORTHY

 

Thanks Steve G.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a thick muddled burnt orange color with a thin cap of a white foamy head. Mild smattering of lace touched the sides of the glass nicely.
The aroma started with a sweet lime then some piney to resinous hoppy character strolling over some clean malts.
The flavor yields to the sweetness just slightly and seemed to wrap the lime pulpy sweet to the pine very nicely. Slight dried citrus pulp and pine in the aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied with a sly sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine, somewhat low as expected. ABV felt as promised by the brewer. Mild finish of lime.
Overall, seemed like the brewer was doing their best to trigger the "lime" quality to be the main hop force in the aroma and flavor and honestly, this time of year, I really liked this as I don't seem to find many IPA's that are as "lime" hop forward as this.

 

Cloudy, peach colored body; thick, foamy head. Fresh-squeezed orange juice aroma; pineapple. Strong hop bitterness; very little malt notes. Smooth body; surprisingly light and soft despite the residual sugars and whatever other adjuncts may have been used for the body (I'm guessing oats).

Another haze craze IPA that doesn't quite come together. The taste itself was just a solid slam of hop bitterness with very little other qualities to add variance and depth. The mouthfeel is unique, very soft and light, yet just seems off compared with the one-dimensional flavor. If extreme hop bitterness wrapped up in a dirty, hazy look sounds appealing, this would be the beer to try.

 

7-5