India Pale Ale (IPA)
Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - West Coast Regular|
Score
7.28
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We took the traditional IPA, originally shipped from England to India in the 1700′s, and made it bolder and more flavorful—American Style. We added new varieties of highly aromatic American hops to create a distinctive bitterness profile and an incredible hop character.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
tap at the brewpub - Pours copper with a white head and a good grapefruit hops aroma. The flavor is also all about the grapefruit accented hops with enough malt to give it some body. It’s quite enjoyable and is easily the best of the sampler I had.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2008
at 12:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007
Golden color. Hoppy aroma, with some grass and manure, a bit fruity and resiny, not strong but interesting. Medium body strength, malty, with a lot of toffee, quite sweet, and with a good hopping, a bit fruity. Good.
Golden color. Hoppy aroma, with some grass and manure, a bit fruity and resiny, not strong but interesting. Medium body strength, malty, with a lot of toffee, quite sweet, and with a good hopping, a bit fruity. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2007
at 07:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 22 Sep 2007) Pale amber colour with brief white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with orange, apricots and grapefruit. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of orange peel, mandarin, grapefruit and harsh notes of citrussy hops in the finish. Balanced sweetness. Very nice hop character and not overly aggressive. Great balance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2007
at 15:41
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled@SBWF 2007
Golden color, small off-white head, some lace. Pine needles, fresh grass in the nose. Grassy, balanced, fruity flavor. Good session IPA.
Golden color, small off-white head, some lace. Pine needles, fresh grass in the nose. Grassy, balanced, fruity flavor. Good session IPA.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2007
at 14:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled@SBWF2007. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is flowery hops with some nectary and fruity notes. Flavour is rather grassy with some slight fruity notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2007
at 12:19
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Hazy golden, airy head. Massive aroma of of sweaty lychees. The malt sweetness is dried out by massive amounts of hops. Chewy malt fight an uphill battle against the onslaught of aromatic, juicy piney hops. Really bitter finish. Seemless and fresh, very American in style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Sep 2007
at 02:53
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
12 oz. bottle. Nicer than their wheat in my previous rating. Hazy orange color with a hoppy PNW smell; maybe this should be in the APA category? Fresh hop taste loaded with grapefruit and pine, and a bit of Amarillo catbox, too. Close to Imperial strength, but it hides its alcohol well. Sticky toasted malts are not quite the equal of these hops. This beer is rough and tumble yet kind of cuddly.
Re-sampled at the pre-DLD ’08 party. The guy who brought this claimed the bottle was fresh as could be. I believe that. The smell of hops actually brought a tear to my eye. Tastes better than before.
Re-sampled at the pre-DLD ’08 party. The guy who brought this claimed the bottle was fresh as could be. I believe that. The smell of hops actually brought a tear to my eye. Tastes better than before.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Aug 2007
at 09:57
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pour is a bright orange with a almost no head at all. Aroma is very much citrus hops and very little malts. Flavor is a nice hop but again no real malts make an appearence. This is just an average IPA as the hops are there but not in a big way and very little malts show up. Would be a good session though except for the 7% abv.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2007
at 21:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Nicely hopped aroma, lots of pine and grapefruit, a touch of sweat (amarillo?). Lean caramelized bready malts with a lighter than expected hop flavoring. Tingly and slightly citric. Finish is medium bitter and moving toward thin, off-dry. Copperish color, appealing dense head and dense if sparse lacing. Hmm, yes it does seem to feel thin the further in I go. I could drink alot of this and enjoy it, but it does feel somewhat flawed.
Tried
on 16 Mar 2007
at 18:49