Odell Easy Street Wheat - Odell Brewing Company

Crosling

Colorado

3.85/5  rDev +1.3%
look: 5 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A solid wheat beer from my hometown. Easy Street pours a Hazy Cloudy Yellow. The head was fantastic. This beer screamed "drink me!". Fantastic Lacing as well.

The aroma on this wheat was the low point. Nothing really to speak of. A very faint citrus aroma but nothing much else.

Yeasty flavors are are highly present in this beer as well as wheat and very subtle hops. I also picked up some citrus tones and a pinch of banana. Overall, a sold wheat. One of the better wheats brewed in Colorado.

Serving type: bottle

10-08-2003 00:36:26 | More by Crosling

alexgash

Connecticut

3.88/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a hazy orange with a medium-sized white head--not as big as expected. Lots of bubbles though. Smell is yeasty with a citrus tinge. Very good mouthfeel, bubbly, and crisp. Light malts up front, followed by a rush of crisp, yeasty lemon. Finish is dry and tangy, almost bitter. Not quite Oberon, but I could drink this all summer long.

Serving type: bottle

07-06-2003 14:33:01 | More by alexgash

Quaffer

Nevada

3/5  rDev -21.1%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Appearance: An amber-orange beer that was cloudy from yeast sediment. The head was white and coarse, disappearing very quickly and leaving almost nothing behind. A very faint ring around the edge of the glass was all that managed to survive.

Smell: It was almost macro-like in smell, with a faint hint of orange and lemon.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and smooth.

Taste: Upfront were flavors of citrus, malt, and other grassy things. The finish was grassy sweet (for lack of better terms) combined with yeast. The sweetness seemed to cling to the mouth. This beer was pretty straightforward, not having a very complex flavor profile. Actually, it was pretty thin.

This brew wasn't bad, but there are many better wheat beers on the market. It would do in a pinch, but would never be my first choice.

Serving type: bottle

03-16-2003 15:11:58 | More by Quaffer

Dogbrick

Ohio

2.73/5  rDev -28.2%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Thanks to prAna for this one. This is possibly the least wheaty Wheat beer I have tried. Pours a very foggy orangish-yellow color with a thin white head. Aroma of light hops, straw, and citrus. The flavor is very light and carbonated and was more reminiscent of a Lager than a Wheat. Strange. Tasted of mellow hops and not much else. Dry finish. Not very impressed with this one.

Serving type: bottle

02-20-2003 07:49:11 | More by Dogbrick

beernut7

Massachusetts

2.75/5  rDev -27.6%
look: 2 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

This brew is unfiltered, but you wouldn’t know it looking at it. The brew pours a clear golden color with a thin lacy head exuding a very biscuity aroma that is a bit harsh. The flavor consists of a light malt presence with a very mellow lingering bitterness and a hint of the biscuit from the aroma. No yeast flavor to speak of, quite disappointing.

Serving type: bottle

08-30-2002 16:40:55 | More by beernut7

bditty187

Nebraska

3.5/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Hazy, soft yellow hue, small white head, soapy retention, specks of lace. Light nose, yeasty, soft maltiness, distant lemon, grain. The bouquet is fair, nothing noteworthy but it is not offensive either. The wheat taste on the palate is similar to bread, jabs of lemon zest, fairly yeasty, hints of sweet maltiness… the finish is tart and bready. Hints of toasted grain. This is a solid American Wheat. Medium-light body, firm carbonation… satisfactory mouthfeel. It is very drinkable, a thirst quenching beverage. Complex enough. I will quaff this in the summer heat like a mother…

This was re-reviewed in October 2003… and I like in much better than before. So much so I think I need to drink it again. Was I actually impressed with an American Wheat ale? Yeah, I was.

Serving type: bottle

07-28-2002 13:29:22 | More by bditty187

Murph

Arizona

4.38/5  rDev +15.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a hazy pale straw with a nice creamy white head. Smell is of wheat and a nice yeast aroma. Yeasty flavors are throughout this beer as the wheat and very subtle hops make themselves known. Well balanced and very creamy in the mouth. Highly drinkable. A very nice american wheat ale, very full yeast flavors throughout make this very creamy and drinkable. Great summertime brew.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2002 19:28:58 | More by Murph

marc77

California

3.6/5  rDev -5.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Hazy yellow w/ an ample and persistent white head. Looks like a slightly dark Wit, but any resemblance ends there. A bit of lemon - like tartness and graininess in aroma w/ not much else. Just a hint of citrusy hop nose is there as well. Very smooth on the palette, with no outstanding flavors. The mild sweetness is offset by the equally mild hop bitterness. The typical lack of character is true to style. Finishes clean and inoffensive. Easy Street has just a bit more flavor than your run of the mill American wheat. Good drinkability if you're thirsty.

Serving type: bottle

04-26-2002 17:39:41 | More by marc77

Jason

Massachusetts

4.75/5  rDev +25%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

Presentation: 12 oz brown long neck bottle with a bottling date in the bottom left hand corner of the label. Label shows to pour most of the beer out then swirl the rest to agitate the yeast and then pour the yeast in the glass.

Appearance: Very cloudy light orange with a well formed rocky white head.

Smell: Earthy yeasty nose with hints of citrus (some lime more lemon) and malt sweetness, clean aroma.

Taste: Medium body with a mildly creamy complex malt palate, sweet malt stays throughout with some doughy bread flavours. Hops are a touch spicy with a light yet balancing bitterness, flowery and herbal flavour fades quick. Nutty and powdery yeast character with an earthy undertone. A relatively sweet brew and all around pleasant to the tongue.

Notes: Clean cut American wheat brew, well focused on the malts with a well balancing hops and yeast. Optimum lunch time beer material here! Right up there with Widmer’s and Harpoon’s UFO.

Serving type: bottle

01-24-2001 22:46:14 | More by Jason