Hiveranno - Odell Brewing Company

TenHornsProud

Colorado

3.73/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Pours a clear amber with a white head.

Smells of tropical fruit hop character, grapefruit, and other brett-ish characters. Really great nose.

Tastes of brett up front with some hop character. It has the sour funk that is slightly tart but not overly sour.

Lighter body with medium carbonation work OK for the beer. It's a bit too light for my taste.

This beer has good fruit and brett characters with a great nose but the rest of the beer doesn't match up...it just doesn't quite mesh, though, not bad per say.

Serving type: on-tap

10-07-2011 13:37:25 | More by TenHornsProud

schoenfelderr

South Dakota

4.75/5  rDev +30.1%

04-22-2013 06:55:29 | More by schoenfelderr

AlexFields

Tennessee

3.25/5  rDev -11%

01-11-2013 21:30:54 | More by AlexFields

Tozac

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

01-05-2013 09:49:57 | More by Tozac

tbone1384

Wyoming

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

11-03-2012 03:12:11 | More by tbone1384

bauermj

Illinois

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

10-18-2012 19:46:39 | More by bauermj

bluckbeyes

Oregon

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

07-26-2012 17:59:16 | More by bluckbeyes

GRG1313

California

3/5  rDev -17.8%

07-01-2012 23:06:51 | More by GRG1313

CManuel

Colorado

3.25/5  rDev -11%

06-25-2012 12:56:29 | More by CManuel

PEIhop

Massachusetts

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

06-22-2012 14:00:16 | More by PEIhop

hiphopj5

Colorado

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

06-19-2012 21:11:32 | More by hiphopj5

bump8628

Oklahoma

3.68/5  rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at the brewery, psyched to try this one. This is what makes Odell one of my favorite breweries - quality, consistent, classic American craft styles, and then the adventurous side that cultures a local wild yeast and brews a barrel aged beer with it. Here we go...pours a garnet amber hue with a thin dose of white bubbles. Mostly big and malty with the barrel notes poking through...caramel, brown sugar, vanilla, wood, earthy hop flavor. Here comes the yeast...musty basement, moldy wood, ripe tropical fruit (all subtle flavors, mind you). Really interesting and remarkable considering the unpredictable nature of culturing your own yeast, but it doesn't quite come together as a fully realized product. Kudos on the experimentation and keep pushing the edge.

Serving type: on-tap

06-18-2012 19:06:55 | More by bump8628

StonedTrippin

Colorado

3.95/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

i love wild ales, and this one is pretty good. i guess some of the bottles were no good as the guy pouring at the brewery dumped a few out before he deemed one suitable to serve. it pours dark amber to indian brown with a short creamy tan head thats amazingly thick and sticks around the whole time. smell is pretty out there, dark fruits, funky yeast, and a complex malt body. flavor is carried by the yeast, which is peppery at first and then mellow and fruity, with a touch of brett like sourness to it. other flavors are tart cherries and oak. there is a lot gong on in this brew. feel isnt bad, perhaps a little thick and heavy in the body, a bomber would be a lot of this. good alcohol kick as well, and good carbonation. overall its not my favorite odell brew, but its a damn fine wild ale.

Serving type: bottle

06-05-2012 16:44:01 | More by StonedTrippin

buffs9

Colorado

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%

03-09-2012 17:31:21 | More by buffs9

Gueuzedude

Arizona

3.58/5  rDev -1.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Sampled on tap at 1702, Tucson; September 2011
Arrives from the tap with a lightly amber tinged, tan colored head. The beer is a dark amber color that shows a mostly clear, nice amber hue when held up to the light. The aroma has a definite Brettanomyces signature to it, with lots of cured plastic and medicinal phenolics to it. In fact this dominates the aroma of the beer, if you pay attention though there is some brown bread malt character to this beer as well as some dried hay like grain notes and perhaps a touch of wholesome caramelized grain character. After some time some over-ripe cheese notes and a touch of muskiness starts to be noticeable in the nose as well. A touch of tartness accentuates a general fruitiness that suggest of plums and perhaps ripe figs.

Somewhat full bodied, the beer isn’t overly heavy, but definitely sticks to the palate with a viscous quality to it; this ends up being a definite sipping beer. The beer tastes somewhat tart, malty (in a toasted malt / biscuit malt / crystal malt like way), funky and somewhat fruity. Specific flavors of curing plastics, ample white pepper, spicy oak, a fresh-cut-plank woodiness, a fair amount of brown bread character, definite English biscuit character, lightly tart plums, a touch of sour date notes. A touch of buttery oak character mixes with some musky, sort of dried sweat and cheesiness in the finish. The tart plum notes at times have a rich, almost concentrated plum character to it, this can seem layered by a caramelized / brown sugar / sort of complex grain-fruitiness (if that last makes sense).

This beer is markedly more complex that the New Belgium Kick and Clutch that I have had recently, but this beer is evidence that complexity isn’t always the best thing to strive for; it doesn’t achieve the integrated whole that a really great beer needs to, but having said that, this is certainly not a bad beer. It has a bit too much phenolic character, this can be a bit distracting at time, though if you are used to these flavors this beer can be fairly enjoyable. This is definitely a beer I would have to be in the mood for. I am not quite sure that I am there right now. As the beer warms up it smells more tart than it actually is in the flavor; this beer really could use a more substantial sourness as a strong lactic component would help to integrate the rampant funkiness and mute the ample malt character. In the end I would describe this as a substantially Brett influenced, malty, strong Amber ale; and, it really is actually pretty decent.

Serving type: bottle

02-12-2012 18:57:19 | More by Gueuzedude

siddhartha

Colorado

4/5  rDev +9.6%

02-12-2012 03:27:19 | More by siddhartha

Beaver13

Colorado

3.95/5  rDev +8.2%
look: 3 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

750ml bottle. Pours a reddish amber with no carbonation. :(

The aroma is earthy brett and fruits with some wood and tea-like spices.

The flavor is sweet fruits and funky brett with a little tart sourness and someastringent tea spicing. The mouthfeel is medium to full bodied with no carbonation.

Overall, bottles are known to be hit or miss in terms of carbonation - unfortunately this one was a miss. This is amazing when it's good. Draft version is great. Odell did a voluntary recall of bottles, but I kept my 2 becuase I liked the beer.

Serving type: bottle

02-04-2012 07:17:41 | More by Beaver13

hopfacebrew

Colorado

4.08/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Repost of review from hacked account "jmkratt" :(

look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Finally sampled the bottle I've had on hand!

A - Poured from undated bottle, though first batch, to a globe. The beer pours a deep amber/mahogany/red color. Good lacing. Little head, perhaps a 1/2 finger. I was told by one of the brewers that this was intentional. Interesting.

S - Excellent aroma. Very fruity with citrus and melon and tropical fruit character, together with a strong oak flavor. Very complex and yet simple.

T - Less intricate than the nose but still very good. Similar to the aroma in that the fruit character comes though first but not as powerful as the nose: citrus and melon flavors. Mild bitterness. A lot of hop character as well as strong yeast tones. A nice sweetness. The alcohol is hidden very well, I almost had to try to detect it.

M - Medium bodied and decently carbonated.

O - Very good. The only downside is that it's a bit flat, but again I was told this was the plan. Either way very good. Recommended.

Serving type: bottle

Reviewed on: 07-02-2011 03:53:56

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2012 19:29:03 | More by hopfacebrew

Mebuzzard

Colorado

3/5  rDev -17.8%

01-15-2012 19:02:04 | More by Mebuzzard

IPAylor

Colorado

2.5/5  rDev -31.5%

01-04-2012 20:12:07 | More by IPAylor

Spider889

Ohio

2.85/5  rDev -21.9%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 2.5

Yet another flat Odell sour shared by MbpBugeye. We really appreciated your intentions Seth, just bad luck I suppose. I really want to like these beers...

A - Flat, burnt umber color.

S - Smells dry hopped (cascade?), a bit of citrus in there.

T - mildly citric, acidic bacteria and strong bitterness. Some cherry meandering around, but in all a bit on the bland side. Lack of carbonation isn't helping though.

M/O - Flat. Ermm... Well, this had potential, but I think even with perfect carbonation this is one of the beers that sounds better on paper (or beernews.org) than it is in reality.

Serving type: bottle

12-31-2011 05:34:00 | More by Spider889

GuitarMC

Texas

4/5  rDev +9.6%

12-28-2011 03:18:40 | More by GuitarMC

savagepm

Colorado

4/5  rDev +9.6%

12-18-2011 23:51:13 | More by savagepm

bstyle

Indiana

3/5  rDev -17.8%

12-14-2011 12:01:16 | More by bstyle

quine

Colorado

4/5  rDev +9.6%

12-09-2011 08:00:59 | More by quine