Odell making more bombers?!?

As someone who is not a fan of hoppy barrel aged offerings, I'd personally prefer Odell to direct their energy in other directions.

 

I've encountered both recently. Barrel Thief was at the Cedar Creek Pub a little while ago and Myrcenario is still on tap at the Old Chicago on Buckley. The Barrel Thief I had was sour. Not sure if that was intentional or not. For what it was, it was fine. It wasn't at all what I was expecting, though.
With Myrcenario, OC just listed it as a "BA Myrcenary" on the menu without saying what kind of barrel. I assumed it was straight oak as I actually don't care for tequila and I didn't taste any. Either way, I really liked it a lot. I'm all over that one.

 

Cool bottle art, FWIW.

 

Ugh, seems like a waste of perfectly good batches of hoppy beers to put them in a barrel, gotta say I agree with denver10

At least they're not Ballast Point, who takes a delicious batch of Sculpin and ruins it with some goddamn habanero peppers

 

I recently had Myrcenario at Old Chicago as well and I thought it was awesome! Like Domingo said you couldn't taste tequila.

 

You two get all my dislikes.

I like BA IPAs to a degree, and I bet this would be pretty good. I liked Pipewrench by Gigantic (gin barrel) and Fanboy by Elevation and am crazy in love with Rumble by GD (it's just oaked but still). And pepper in beers can be fantastic... example: Yellow Fever by Comrade.

 

I'm a big proponent of tequila-barrel aging, so you guys saying there's no hint of tequila on Myrcenario is a bummer.
The Avery beers I've had aged in tequila barrels have been muy delicioso.

 

There's always a shot the bottled offerings could be different. For instance, the Barrel Thief I had was definitely sour and their description doesn't seem to reflect that. Maybe the draft versions were trial runs?

I tried a working version of Avant Peche 6 months before the bottled release that was horrid. Yet the bottled version turned out great.

 

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Unless it's virgin white oak like Oak-Aged Jai-Alai and Rumble... and Burton Baton... but at I'd almost consider the last 2 as American Strong Ales, not necessarily IPAs.

 

There will also be more:

 

It's pretty sweet they're putting out an Oktoberfest.

 

That's awesome, can't wait to try a lot of those.

Related: I can buy a 1/4 barrel of Mountain Standard?! Oh my, I probably shouldn't have known that...

 

I still can't wait for the Gose & Rye IPA myself.

And while I welcome the Oktoberfest, I'm not fond that it's cutting into St. Lupulin's schedule.

 

I love both those styles. And it's Odell so there's a 99.9% chance it'll be fantastic.

 

Has anyone tried the bottled version of Myrcenario yet?

 

Pina Agria!

 

I hate Tequila so I could like the BA Myrcenary. ..

 

Damn...Myrcenario is Colorado only!?!?! I guess some of my Jester King bottles might have to find a home in CO....

 

Just dropped a ISO/FT thread for those interested ^