Double Pilsner
Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Imperial Pils Regular|
Score
6.52
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Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Double Pilsner from Odell Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle from Crosling, drunk on 1/25/07, thanks Nick!
Hell of an appearance on this one! A huge, fairly dense cream-colored head rises up quickly atop a mostly clear (beer is bottle conditioned) maize-golden body with ample, tiny-bubbled carbonation. Head recedes slowly, never falling below cover, though, and leaving profuse amounts of webby lacing.
Wow, a lot going on in the nose. All at once, you’re hit with distinctly authentic European lager yeast (czech pils at least if not another) which produces crisp apples and other minerals. True-to-style European hops are well-integrated, adding bright acidity and plenty of raw, aromatic, wet, green grass. Strong herbal notes arise as well and sink slowly and evenly in to an assertive, but not dominant or brash maltiness that is full of honey, warm sourdough baguette and a touch of dry biscuits. Smells absolutely delicious, but rather strong as well (not surprisingly). Warming releases more and more yeast notes, light apple and mineral notes are omnipresent but the dry, herbal hops remain somewhat stronger than the yeast. A fair amount of acidity seems to perk up on the finish, as well. No alcohol vapors, very clean, which is a great thing about strong lagers vs. strong ales (when they’re done correctly). Medium-high to high aroma strength and very sniffable.
Sumptuous pils malt mixes with crisp, grassy and surprisingly quite bitter hoppiness to provide stunning balance. Yeast is very crisp on the end, biting even, as it should be, with sourish grains and moderate doughiness setting in on to the palate as it progresses. Maybe a bit too much sourness/acidity builds up and there are some rough, biscuity/grainy edges, but for a lager of this strength, I’ve shocked by its drinkability. Contributing to this most primarily are its wonderful attenuation and natural carbonation which is highly tolerable and engaging. Knock out some of the excessive sourdough notes and maybe even take it a little more dry (it can never be too dry!). Substantial texture, but light enough to keep with a drinkable nature. Alcohol very well masked. Great intro to this brewery!
jcr (3164) reviewed Double Pilsner from Odell Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 14
Grassy and tart, this is a tasty lager. Clear golden pour with moderate white head. Malty nose with notes of straw, grass and a slight acrid aroma. Sweet flavor (pineapple) with distinct notes straw and dough. Tart at the end. Clean palate, moderate carbonation, medium body. Smooth feel.
MiP (20379) reviewed Double Pilsner from Odell Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle, 8.1%. Clear, shiny yellow colour. Very small head. Quite malty, slightly bonbony, nice and peppery. Low to medium bitterness. Slightly sweet. Very nice and soft.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle Pours a crystal clear very light yellow with a short lived foamy white head and coarse lacing. Lots of actractive effervessence as well Aroma is that sweet very light grain, ceral and coarn typical with the BMCs of the world, but there is a hint at some flavor that beckons. Flavor is sweet, light vegatative, and a wierd sugary, papery alcohol slant. I wouldn’t have guessed over %8 but it is there. Very thin feel and surprisingly light on the fix. More here would have helped I think. Late slightly metalic trailer. I’ve only had a few of this style, and I don’t think I will ever see one like the Morimoto again. Thanks to Kenb for the trade.
Irishboy (4684) reviewed Double Pilsner from Odell Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
12 oz bottle from beastiefan2k, Grainy malt lager aroma; gold with a small white head; spicy malt flavor, a little caramel, and a little hops and alcohol in the finish. One of the best lagers I’ve had!
Ungstrup (52239) reviewed Double Pilsner from Odell Brewing Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
A yellow beer with a thin white head. The aroma is malty with a light hop note - very fresh. The flavor is sweet and very crisp with strong notes of straw and some hops.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle thanks to BeerandBlues2. Poured macro yelow with a small head. Aroma is present - old beer smell, some hop (not as much as expected anyway), which was all unbalanced and disorganizzed. Similar in flavor. Flavors were old wood and past its prime hops.