Odin Freya's Gold

Last week, i was fortunate enough to travel up to the Pacific Northwest to visit friends, attend the Bremerton Brewfest (more on that in a later post), and drink lots and lots of delicious beer.  We'll be writing about many of those brews over the next few weeks.  Seeing as we brought the Texas heat with us to the Puget Sound, i thought i would begin with my first beer of the week, an excellent summer style brew...Freya's Gold Kolsch-style beer from Odin Brewing Company.  The beer pours a beautiful, carbonated golden hue with foamy white head and crisp, clean aroma.  Smells of light fruit, malt, spice, and earth linger, and the taste is slightly sweet and refreshing.  This is a perfect beverage for a 90 degree day outside on a patio.

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Thor's Sunstone

Odin Brewing Company out in Washington state have a perfect track record with me so far, their latest offering that i've been luck enough to sample being Thor's Sunstone, an abbey Belgian-style tripel.  This tasty beer pours a dark and golden amber with a medium and quickly dissipating head.  A good mix of yeast and fruity aromas give way to an almost earthy flavor, possibly from the spelt (a kind of wheat) the beer is brewed with.  And it finishes with just a subtle hint of bananas.  As far as tripels go, the Sunstone is a little more bitter than i would have expected, but pretty damn tasty all the same.  I would recommend this as a pretty dinner beer.

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Odin's Gift

Odin's Gift amber ale is the second beer i've been fortunate enough to try from Odin Brewing Company out of Seattle, Washington (thanks John).  And it's a keeper.  The beer is darkish in color with reddish hues, a decent creamy head, and filled with roasty, malty goodness.  There are hints of caramel and cocoa, and the juniper berries the beer is brewed with kick in very lightly at the end.  Good bitterness all around with some sweet undertones, i believe the ale would pair well with just about any kind of dinner you could think of, but i'm feeling burgers on this bad boy.

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Thor's Equinox

First and foremost, the fact that there is a beer called Thor's Equinox from a company called Odin Brewery, it would be damn near impossible for me not to enjoy the hell out of their product.  And it's a great one at that.  A dark Belgian-style ale with a 9% ABV to get you where you need to be.  An elixir of the gods to be more exact.  The beer has an aroma of dark fruit and hops, and a taste to match, though there is an almost oak-like hint in the mix, along with malts and plenty of bitterness to go around.  For a Belgian, this brew is not quite as sweet as you might expect.  In some ways there is almost a stout-like feel in the bitter hops.  But it's damn tasty.  And it's called Thor's Equinox.  And that's awesome.  Unfortunately, this Washington brewer's wears are not available here in Texas, so much appreciation goes to my good friend John for smuggling it down here.

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