http://odellbrewing.com Handcrafted Beers Tue, 24 Aug 2010 19:16:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This past weekend, in preparation for our upcoming release of Mountain Standard Reserve '10, A Double Black IPA, we filled a couple Subarus with brewers, beer and camping gear, and set off on a little trip through the hop growing regions of Palisade, Montrose, and Paonia Colorado. With these small ... http://odellbrewing.com/2010-colorado-hop-trip Most of our beers are brewed with select malt varieties, clear rocky mountain water, fresh hops, and our house ale yeast strain. It may come as a surprise to you, dear reader, to know that we recently brewed an Indian Curry Hefeweizen. Myself, alongside my co-workers Linsey Cornish ... http://odellbrewing.com/the-spice-of-life Deconstruction, our upcoming barrel aged deconstructed golden ale, was an exercise in the art of process. Over the course of its development Joe and I had the opportunity to delve into the intricacies of a malt bill, the hop profile, our pilot system and numerous yeast stains - and ... http://odellbrewing.com/deconstructing-standards Our Woodcut #4 Oak Aged Lager provides a toasted oak nose filled with dried apricot, pineapple and raisin along with a warming vanilla character in the finish. Woodcut #4 provides an exceptional base for showcasing the importance of hand selected, hand coopered, medium toast, American virgin oak barrels. By choosing ... http://odellbrewing.com/to-our-friends-in-minnesota-we-proudly-send-you-our-woodcut-4 We love hops here at Odell Brewing Co. We also love experimenting with how we can add these beautiful little green flowers to our beers to achieve new and previously unobtainable hop flavors and aromas. We have been using whole leaf hops in our hop-back for years. As most people ... http://odellbrewing.com/hops-hops-and-more-hops What a week this past week was! As a crew from Odell Brewing Co. spent the past Monday through Saturday rolling out Odell beers to the Twin Cities you greeted us with empty pint glasses ready to be filled. 12 Odell co-workers hosted over 30 events during those 6 days, ... http://odellbrewing.com/thank-you-minnesota At Odell Brewing Co. we are very selective about every ingredient that goes into each and every beer we produce, and this even extends to the barrels we hand select for our barrel aged projects. Because of this Brent, Doug and myself headed to Kentucky to get a better understanding ... http://odellbrewing.com/bourbon-country Yesterday our distributer partners from the greater Twin Cities area were in town at the brewery, and we put them to work! Our friends traded in their slacks and loafers for work pants and rubber boots and helped us brew a Black IPA on our Pilot Brewhouse, fill firkins with ... http://odellbrewing.com/firkins-for-minnesota-are-filled-and-on-the-way Odell Brewing Co. Saboteur Brett Barrel Brown Ale is like no other brettanomyces beer, it's warming alcohol, smooth oak, roasted caramel malts, and refreshing pineapple nose are simply "Good." Good That s pretty much what this beer is. Oh, define it? Hm... well that's tough because the Brits had all the ... http://odellbrewing.com/saboteur-brett-barrel-brown-ale For those lucky enough to attend the Inaugural Boulder Sour Beer Festival held by our good friends at Avery Brewing Co. you may have been fortunate enough to taste a very rare unblended version from the Odell Brewing Co. Second Golden Ale Pilot Beer, simply referred to as Golden. Golden ... http://odellbrewing.com/a-glimpse-into-the-creation-of-a-2010-single-serve-release-with-the-obc-brewers-fun-with-barrels