May 14-20 Marks the “Mother of All Beer Weeks” with Celebrations in All 50 States!
With craft beer delighting the palates of Americans nationwide, beer enthusiasts and beginners alike will come together to toast the seventh annual American Craft Beer Week (ACBW). This year, ACBW also coincides with Colorado Beer week.
Odell Brewing will join with the fun by tapping a new brew each day! We’ll also be a part of the Northern Colorado Brewery Bingo. Check out this LINK for our complete list of ACBW events, and join us as we celebrate our craft beer independence!
I love this time of year around the brewery. Bay doors open up, nights are warmer, the sun is already coaxing the cellar awake before the morning coffee starts to drip, and calves start to peak out of shorts. Lots of very exciting things, to be sure. A new seasonal kicks into gear, as well. We took cues from the great rock troubadours of all time who changed tempo during their epic opuses for inspiration. You need look no further than Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, and of course, Lionel Richie’s Say You, Say Me, to fully appreciate why we too must change with the times. The first 300BBLs of St. Lupulin are packed and on their way to adoring hopheads looking for a good hammock sipper.
- A Quality Guy
Did you know that the third Thursday of every April is National High Five Day? That’s today! And we’ll be celebrating 5 Barrel style…
Swing by the Tap Room today. We’ll be giving away free high fives, and if you purchase a 5 Barrel Pale Ale pint, we’ll let you keep the glass as well!
OR, swing by Rox Bar & Grill in Littleton for a High 5 Barrel and 90 Shilling promotion and giveaway from 7-9pm. Make sure you hit Derek up top!
Conor O’Neills Boulder joins the fun as well with a High 5 Barrel promo 4-6pm – See if Brian is down low, too slow!
We invite you to join our mission to serve our community! We’ll start in Fort Collins and grow into our farther reaching distribution areas. Please, join us! You can join our Odell Outreach Facebook Group to watch for event postings and the latest haps. We’ll have volunteer opportunities, contests, and of course, rewards!
Our first community volunteer event is coming up quickly. Join us on Saturday, April 14th, from 9:30am – 1:30pm. We’ll be doing some heavy lifting and cleaning for Turning Point with lunch and refreshments to follow at the brewery. If you’d like to help us out, please RSVP HERE!
We have seen a lot of action in the tap room and around the brewery this Spring with fundraisers in the way of silent auctions (the Growing Project), raffles (the Environmental Learning Center and Take Back the Night), a fabulous Trivia Night (hosted by the Education and Life Training Center), and last but hardly least, the Sharin’ O’ the Green 5K that raised over $75,000 for Partners Mentoring Youth! We had over 4,000 people here at the brewery on St. Patrick’s Day at 8:30 in the morning for a jog and a beer!
Our Charity of the Month program continues to thrive and we love seeing our guests gain pertinent knowledge about the organizations we represent:
January 2012 – TIPS: Adaptive Ski Trips for Big Thompson Schools
Foothills Gateway (Fort Collins)
Association for Community Living (Boulder County- in Longmont)
February 2012 – Tips: Rocky Mountain Field Institute
Poudre Wilderness Volunteers (Fort Collins)
Soaring Eagle Ecology (Red Feather Lakes)
March 2012 – TIPS: Birthday in a Box
Partners Mentoring Youth (Fort Collins)
April 2012 – TIPS: Feeding the Families (Happy Heart Farms 501c-3)
Habitat for Humanity (Greeley)
Habitat for Humanity (Northern Arizona)
For more information on our charitable program, please see our philanthropy webpage!
- Karla
That’s right, we want YOU to help us pick one of the Pilot Brews we’ll pour at this year’s Small Batch Festival (Saturday, May 26th 3-7pm)! Check out the descriptions below, and vote for your favorite on our Facebook page. The winner will be announced on May 1st!
Thanks for playing!
Addil-Weissen 4.8% ABV: A light, refreshing, traditional Bavarian Hefeweizen with light banana and clove aromas. The flavor matches the aroma, with bananas, cloves and bread like characteristics.
The Deal Breaker 6.9% ABV: Golden in color, a subtle bitterness, and a nice, crisp hop finish. For those that shy from the predisposed notion of “heavy” craft beer, this is the anomaly – our attempt to convert seasoned light beer drinkers into craft beer fanatics. This is…The Deal Breaker.
Green Chili Ale 6.4% ABV: Light in body brewed with New Mexico green chili’s; very subtle spice but big chili flavor.
Tiger Blood Session IPA 4.5% ABV: Big hop aroma and bitterness are well balanced with a light bodied, easy drinking malt character. It’s an IPA for those who like hops and good times.
