Odell Woodcut No. 4: Oak Aged Lager.
"Our first lager offering in the Woodcut Series, Woodcut No. 4 boasts a refined malt base with a delicate spicy finish. Aged in virgin American oak barrels, this burnished copper colored double marzen-style lager emphasizes toasted cedar, new oak, vanilla, and almond in the bouquet. Each woodcut offering is a truly limited-edition beer with a unique flavor that comes from select hops, fine malted barley and our brewers' careful aged process. Enjoy." Bottle No. 0940, May, 2010.
ALC by VOL, 11%. (Yikes.)
Burnt copper coloring, under a thin, off-white layer of foam.
Rich malty aromatics, oak, vanilla, and cherries. Sweetness heightened by alcohol presence.
Taste: All that and more on the palate. Cherry turns to brandy, cognac, leather, dark rum. Getting rougher and tougher, feeling more like a barley-wine lager. Oak-aged double oktoberfest, huh? Genius. Big and beefy, but also lovely and luscious.
Hot liquor roars along the palate and coats the throat, getting hotter as we go. Becomes a big, malty bruiser, keeps company in the mouth, sets a spell, rests luxuriously…and then it comes…boom, boom, boom, boom. This is one bomber that should be split three ways, at least. But I can't write these notes while being properly sociable, so I take one for the team. Team Bitter Nib, going all the way to document the total beer experience.
Perhaps I should have saved this for a moment or two, it's just not cold enough for a brew this hot. In a few weeks to a month, this would really come in handy. Says the guy who just decided to open up an Imperial Stout next...
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