5 Barrel Pale Ale
Odell Brewing Company in Fort Collins, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - Classic English Regular|
Score
6.60
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Care for some hops with your hops? Before we ferment our 5 Barrel Pale Ale, we strain it through a bed of 'em. Then while it ages, we add even more. We like how this gives the beer a fresh, lively finish. We like hops.
As we go about refining the recipe for each new beer, we brew up just five barrels at a time. That's exactly how we arrived at this pale ale -- so that's what we named it. Plus, it sounded a lot nicer than Giant Vat Pale Ale.
As we go about refining the recipe for each new beer, we brew up just five barrels at a time. That's exactly how we arrived at this pale ale -- so that's what we named it. Plus, it sounded a lot nicer than Giant Vat Pale Ale.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
tap at the brewpub - Pours clear light amber with a light caramel malt and hop aroma. The easy going caramel malt and hop flavors are kind of underwhelming, but it’s more flavorful and crisp than their Levity Amber, so there’s that. It’s got a decent lightly bitter finish and is easy drinking.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Apr 2008
at 12:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
2010-04-10, tasting at Papsø, 6-4-6-4-13=33
Hazy amber color; creamy head. Nice but mild aroma, caramel and fruity hops, a bit earthy. Simple but reasonable caramel flavor, with residual sweetness, sweet nuts, correct bitterness.
2007-09-20, bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007, 6-3-6-3-11=29
Hazy light amber color. Some malt and hop aroma, maybe a bit fruity, and some grass. Simple flavor, with light caramel, dry, some sugar, very light apple peel, quite strong (or correct) bitterness. Too simple.
Hazy amber color; creamy head. Nice but mild aroma, caramel and fruity hops, a bit earthy. Simple but reasonable caramel flavor, with residual sweetness, sweet nuts, correct bitterness.
2007-09-20, bottle at Stockholm Beer Festival 2007, 6-3-6-3-11=29
Hazy light amber color. Some malt and hop aroma, maybe a bit fruity, and some grass. Simple flavor, with light caramel, dry, some sugar, very light apple peel, quite strong (or correct) bitterness. Too simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Dec 2007
at 07:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle from Cheyenne, WY; nose of light piney and citrus hops, caramel malt, and sweetness; amber with a medium beige head; flavor has flavor has pepperiness, light fruitiness (maybe nectarines), and a tiny bit of hop bitterness for a finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2007
at 22:04
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pour is a somewhat hazy and dark amber color... the dying head (about one finger right off the bat) is lacing nicely on the side of the glass. Lots of carbonation stuck to the side of the glass at first. Aromas are lovely. I’m picking up grapefruit and citrus scents along with hints of pine and a sweet malt presence. Flavor is quite unexpected based on the nose... It comes across as a little thinner and a little more of a bitter pucker than I would have guessed. The caramel/sweet malt presence that I was picking up on doesn’t come through cleanly. As a result this is a pretty hops driven pale ale. It’s nice, just a little different than I would have guessed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jul 2007
at 15:32
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours amber, not entirely clear. Dry hop aroma, hop taste, hop finish. Odell set out to make a hoppy beer, and they certainly succeeded at that. Not too impressed by the balance in this one, but certainly a decent effort.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 May 2007
at 12:32
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle courtesy of Beerandblues2: Poured a medium amber with some light cloudiness and a medium slightly off-white foamy head with good retention and lacing. Aroma of dry and bitter hops is dominating. Taste consists of aggressive metallic hops with strong dry bitter finish. Body is slightly above average with some medium carbonation. I don’t know if the bottle was oxidized or if the type of hops use provide the metallic taste but I can’t say that this was a much appreciated experience.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Feb 2007
at 09:34
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 6 Oct) Pale amber colour with small beige head. Fruity nose with notes of citrus (grapefruit) and pine needles. Fruity, slightly nutty, taste with grapefruit notes. Rather dry finish with a balanced hop character. Nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2006
at 09:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bright amber colour. Slight amber-fruity character. Slight bright hop character. Light passion fruit, hints of tangerine.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2005
at 22:46
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Orange colour, beige small head. Caramellish creamy aroma. Creamy and caramelly flavour with smooth hoppy finish. Some nutty hints present too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2005
at 04:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled
A bit hazy amber brown, small off-white head. Malty, some leather in the aroma plus aromatic hops. Malty, medium-bodied, some sugary notes, dry hoppy aftertaste. Balanced but quite uninteresting pale ale.
A bit hazy amber brown, small off-white head. Malty, some leather in the aroma plus aromatic hops. Malty, medium-bodied, some sugary notes, dry hoppy aftertaste. Balanced but quite uninteresting pale ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Oct 2005
at 15:14