I picked up this bottle a few weeks ago and have been looking for the right time to pop it open. That time came today as I am brewing my own beer.
This beer pours a clear brown into my glass. A thick mocha colored head builds and stays with the beer as drunk, producing a nice lacing in the glass.
The aroma is very fruity and perhaps a touch floral with some dark cherry. A nice tartness is apparent as well as the aroma of Brettanomyces.
The taste is something completely different, with the tastes of darker malts. Coffee, chocolate, caramel, and to a lesser note vanilla, nut, fruit. Light sour finish with a long and lingering taste. The alcohol content is not apparent. Fuller mouth feel than most sour ales. This was released in the spring but I feel if you have purchased a bottle of this and have yet to drink it, it would be best to hold onto it until the winter.
The finish on this one really lasts and lasts. It is different from most sour or all brett beers in that it is a bit heavier. Pretty good and a different entry to the already different category of American sour ales.
My rating: Worth a try.
Abv: 10%.
Website: Odell Brewing Co.
Price paid: Around 12 at Twins Peaks Liquor.
Number of cans of Bud Light you could buy for the same price: 19.
On a brief side note, I went to Pj's today to pick up some wine and the guy behind me was buying two cans of Budweiser with Clamato juice. BLECH!!!!!
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