"In 1989 we opened our doors with our flagship, 90 Shilling. Still a favorite today, we’re celebrating our Silver Anniversary with a double version of the recipe that started it all. We’re a little bigger now, and 180 Shilling is too, with a hearty roasted malt base balanced by subtle earthy hops and aged on oak to create notes of toffee, plum, vanilla and dried cherry. Thanks for 25 years of beers, and here’s to many more. Cheers! 9.6% Alc. by Vol." I know what I will be enjoying as I watch Thanksgiving Football if this makes it to the shelves (and is still available) by then. I only wish they would have gone all out and used bourbon barrels instead of just oak.
There are tons of BBA Scotch Ales out there, but very few regular Oak aged so I am fine with it. We all know it will be delicious like almost all of Odell's barreled beers.
This is being released Wednesday, part of their 25 year anniversary! I've got one in the fridge ready to crack on Sunday while watching the Broncos. $15.99
And I'll try and avoid my homerism for my favorite brewery too It's funny because when I moved here 7 years ago I cut my CO microbrew teeth on 90 Shilling so this made me very happy when I heard about this one!
I share that homerism so need need to worry about scaling that back. Plus, my backstory with Colorado craft beer upon moving to the state mid-2000's was also with 90 Schilling.
I think this sounds awesome. I actually prefer "normal" oak over bourbon-barrels in many instances, so I don't mind that at all. I know barrel aging is all the rage, but wha-evah. 90 Shilling is my go-to at most restaurants and bars and is a hell of a food pairing beer, so I love the Thanksgiving idea. I'm going to grab one of these for Thanksgiving, too.
I'll never forget being a poor ass homebrewing shlep back in the mid-90's in Fort Collins, heading over to the Odell tap room after my first few all-grain attempts, and getting some advice and free bags of malt from Doug himself. Will always hold that brewery in high regard.
It was very good. Got the oak, fruits, cherries, sweet and rich, tasted like DOUBLE 90 Shilling. Will definitely buy another bottle, possibly two! But for $15 a bottle nothing I'll go crazy spending money on.
Yeah, that price point is prohibitive (like all their Cellar Reserve stuff) but they got me locked in for a bottle. If I was still in the area, this one might even be able to get me to pull the trigger on seconds. Its sounds good. Thanks for the review.
This pasty July. Once I defended my thesis I headed east to Kentucky to complete an internship. Definitely missing Colorado, will be back in good time.
I didn't get the cherries but I think it's a very fine brew. Listed as a BW here, American Strong over there, Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy over there. Double a Scotch should still be a Scotch, eh?
Does anyone know any stores that might still have this floating around? Or if it's still available at the brewery? Thanks
I've seen it in plenty of stores in the last couple weeks. Grapevine, Colorado LIquor Mart, King Soopers Glendale, etc...
It's pretty much everywhere, I think. You could probably get a case from bigger places, if you wanted it.
