An interesting concept. Odell's allows its employees to experiment in the brewery, coming up with their own recipes that are tweaked and refined. With Deconstruction, they took one of the "pilot beers", the first step in the experimentation process and aged it in wine barrels. They then blended the wine aged pilot ale with the final recipe for the final product. One of them, I'm not clear if it was the pilot or the finished product, was basically a Lambic, fermented with wild yeasts. The result was a tart, 10.5%, golden ale.
Deconstruction was the Joyce Family May Grill-Out "Special" Brew.
Decon poured a coppery-orange, with the aroma of ripe pears and apples. The wine barrel aging imparted an earthy foundation and a bit of black pepper-seasoned caramelized onion (not
too much though; let's not get crazy now!). There's an assertive presence of Belgian yeast for a Saison/Farmhouse thing happening. Very nice...oh yeah...very nice.
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