New Belgium Hop Kitchen #6 - Odell FOCOllaboration Pale Ale
Hop kitchen series #6.
We teamed up with our hometown hop heroes at Odell to brew a FOrt COllins collaboration. Our proximity allowed sharing of ingredients to create this unique Pale Ale. If only we could employ prairie dogs that in habit the space between us to courier the Fawcett malt, an Odell standard, we used to complement our favored Centennial, Cascade and Citra hops. Best enjoyed with a neighbor!
We teamed up with our hometown hop heroes at Odell to brew a FOrt COllins collaboration. Our proximity allowed sharing of ingredients to create this unique Pale Ale. If only we could employ prairie dogs that in habit the space between us to courier the Fawcett malt, an Odell standard, we used to complement our favored Centennial, Cascade and Citra hops. Best enjoyed with a neighbor!
3.6
174 reviews
Fort Collins, United States
Community reviews
Conyers, Ga. - Sigman Bottle Shop - 22 oz bomber. Medium copper pour, slight haze, nice off-white head. Aroma is fresh and fragrant with some orange marmalade accents, a touch of light mint and spruce. Full-bodied flavor with a nice malt and hop balance. Some light citrus bitterness, a touch of cake mix sweetness, some caramel-like maltiness, a back end of orange marmalade. Nice thickish mouthfeel. Decent collaboration.
Draft at Big Bobs - pours orangey gold , bright white head . Lots of citrus and cat pee . Well balanced . Not bad .
Bottle from Legacy Liquor, Vancouver
Beautiful color, copper and amber, bright, hazy, with small head. Nice aroma, the hops are citrusy and piney, there are also some cereals. Dry mouthfeel; it has a hint of caramel and grains, but the flavor is not developed much; the bitterness is regularly high, but the hop provides just a hay feeling.
Good beer, quite clean; I prefer fruitier ones though.
Appearance: pours with a thick off white head, the beer is a clear average gold color, good retention, good lacing
Aroma: very resinous, grass, pine, citrus, very strong Aroma, smells very good, floral, complex hop aroma
Taste: grass, citrus, pine, some spice, flowers, bitter
Palate: lively carbonation, bitter grass aftertaste, leaves mouth dry, lighter mouthfeel
Overall: pretty amazed by this beer, amazing hop flavors, bitter but the focus is on the hop flavors instead, very complex, delicious
Bottle:
Clear, amber gold, light beige, puffy head.
Orange-peel, light caramel aroma.
Malty, caramel, orange-peel taste...
Smooth and easy.
Wonderful.
Bottle. Funky grapefruit peel and orange malt aroma. Golden yellow with nice head. Sweet orange malt and moderately bitter lightly funky orange peel flavor. Nice hops.
Thin white quick dissipating off-white head atop an orange amber body. Nose and flavour of potent Hi-C hops. Very balanced and honest. Lovely beer.
On tap @ Provisions Market. Copper pour with white foam. Nose is Fruit Loops and caramel water. Soap, floral, and a lot of pine. Decent citrus character. Flavor is pretty disappointing. Sweet, sugary caramel malts all over the place. Peach, orange marmalade, and some pine bitterness. A bit of soap and floral hops.
On tap at Packs Tavern
Clear dark amber body with a durable bine colored head that left fine lacing.
Nice hoppy aroma. APA intensity, as is the flavor. Mild bitterness.
Smooth, medium body.
Bottle. An orange-amber pour, the head is thick, frothy and sticks to the glass quite well. The earthen aroma invokes the deep woods, pine, dirt. The beer drinks with a robust body, and is full of nice mountainy bitterness and a meaty, malty backbone. Oomph. (#5733, 9/13/2014)
Lovely aroma with a touch of bubblegum.beautuliful sheet lace, hazy brown. Really good pale ale. I was expecting something with a little higher gravity given it's a collab but this is a fairly basic, albeit excellent, APA.
Poured from a bottle it is clear golden with a slight head. The aroma is citrus and apricot. The taste is strong and bitter abd citrusy
From a 22 oz bottle shared at home. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Fruity nose. Flavors of orange and grapefruit. Smooth but bitter finishing. Really refreshing.
Poured a clear light brownish with off-white head. Malt and some floral notes on the nose; follows onto the palate. Decent, but would not have again.
FoCollaboration Pale Ale is a peachy bronze colored beer that has a firm head of off white bubbles of various sizes. Nose is a bit of apricot with a crisp bite of hops behind it. Taste is initially quite dry but the flavor broadens on mid taste to the end of the taste. the beer has a good malt base that has some nice toasted oat presence. the hops are good and not too overpowering. just a smidge of bitters on the finish. a nice beer.
Pours a pale amber with one fat finger of pillowy off-white head, great retention and well-defined lacing. Nose is bright piney and citrusy hops, light malt. Taste is balanced sweet malt, floral and citrusy hops, tropical fruit. Medium body, smooth texture, low carbonation and a long bitter finish.
Really excellent APA! Beautiful bright hops balanced with just the right amount of light sweet malt. The beautiful dense head keeps the aromas and flavour from dissipating no matter how long you linger over the pint.
Bottle, shared with Grippitis. Hazy light orange, big citrus hop character, light caramel malts. Really dries out in the finish. Nice one.
Bottle: Poured a coppery amber with a two finger off white head. Aroma is nice fresh hops and earth tones. Very nice mix of hops and malts, some tingle to the tongue.
Beer 400. 22oz bottle. Slight grapefruit aroma. Citrus and grapefruit taste. Very solid pale ale.
On tap at Hay Merchant in Houston. Pours a reddish amber color with a solid slightly tan head. Aroma is very floral hops, nice earthy notes with hints of pine and citrus. Bit of malts detectable. Smells great. Taste is nice, much of the same earthy, Piney hop notes. Mild bitterness, smooth. Palate is smooth, low carbonation. Pretty good beer with a better aroma.
Pours a clean and sharp golden amber with one finger of creamy off white head. The nose is very nice, citrus rind and lightly woody hop notes show with a touch of sweetness. Very nice in the flavor, touch of malty sweetness to boost the citrus rind. Medium body and a light bitterness on the finish.
Draft at Beer Run, 7/20/14. Pours a clear copper with a medium sized frothy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of floral, citrus, herbal hops, cracker malt, caramel. The taste is caramel malt, floral and citrus hops. Medium bodied, good balance, moderate lingering bitterness.
Clear orange with an off-white head. Aroma of citrus, bread, and earth. Taste is pretty balanced; somewhat sweet and somewhat bitter. Medium bodied. Very good for APA.
22oz bottle 8/1/14 (Woodmans-Waukesha)-Pours a clear orangish amber with a decent sized head. Aroma of hops and malt. Taste of the same. This medium bodied brew is well balanced and goes down smooth.
Aroma is clove, slight earthiness and light sweetvmalts. Taste is light sweet malts met with a well balanced but slightly favoring a smooth bitterness that is very nice. Appearance is a gold / brown with a pearl head that retains fairly well.
Bomber. Pours a clear copper/amber in color. Big off-white head leaves a ton of lacing. Aroma is earthy, citrus hops, a bit of sweet malt. Taste is a bit sweet with caramel malts, tropical fruits, citrus, and pine. Very well balanced pale ale that is much closer to an IPA. I’m friggin’ loving this @ $1.99 a bottle!
Draught keg from tap takeover at the Three Johns on 24 Aug. Gentle flowery hop aroma with a touch of Citra. Creamy light bubbles. Bursts into flavour in the mouth - lots of Citra but it’s nicely tempered with other C-hops to give a very drinkable & pleasing blend.
Golden/amber appearance with a thick white head. Aroma is light, grassy hops. Flavor is pleasant hops with minor bitterness and a mild sweet malt finish. Well balanced and very drinkable.
Wife: 3.8
Bomber pours clear copper/orange color. Big white, creamy head lingers leaving big strands of lace on glass. Smells of citrus,caramel,crackers and pine. Tastes of caramel, grapefruit, pine and tangerine. Medium body,soft mouthfeel,average carbonation and a bitter finish. This is a nice refreshing pale ale that is balanced perfectly. The malt shines through up front followed by the crisp clean taste of hops at the end. Great beer!
Pint at Tyler’s Apex. Real good aroma. Sweet. Fruity. Citrus and pine, berry streak. Reddish orange color good head and lace. Bittersweet flavor.medium body creamy oily mouthfeel. Bitter sweet finish
Darn nice pale ale border line ipa. Aroma and flavor are very good. Solid beer overall.