This coming Saturday, April 19, Odell Brewing (Fort Collins, Colorado) will celebrate the return of its Footprint RegionAle, the latest in its Cellar Series, made with ingredients sourced from each state in the brewery’s distribution footprint.
"We added a new state to our footprint this year, so we had to add a new ingredient,” said pilot brewing and barrel aging manager, Brent Cordle. “Texas grapefruit was a scrumptious addition to this year’s beer.”
First brewed in 2012, Footprint is a medley of regional flavors from each of the eleven states in which Odell Brewing distributes blended together to make a unique beer. The indigenous ingredients include hops and barley from Colorado and Idaho, Arizona prickly pear juice, wheat from Kansas and Wyoming, Minnesota wild rice, Nebraska corn, New Mexico green chiles, South Dakota honey, oak staves from Missouri, and—new this year—Texas grapefruit. The final blend boasts a floral citrus nose with bright grapefruit up front on the palate and just a hint of green chile and fruit from the prickly pear in the finish.