This isn’t going to be an actual review because it’s been a few days since I had this beer.  I am not nearly good enough at reviewing beers to do it without having the beer in front of me.

Earlier this month, we were up in New York City for a few days on business.   For my day job, I go to Toy Fair every year (loads of fun) and usually take my wife.  She used to work for me so she would go up with me as part of the job.  Now she just goes because it’s a lot of fun.   While we were up there, I stopped in a store that had an okay beer selection and picked up a bottle of Allagash Odyssey.   I picked it up for two reasons: I have only ever had one Allagash Beer (the White) and I really liked it and secondly, I have never had a beer that was barrel aged.    It was $14.99 for a 750 ml bottle but it was well worth it.

Allagash Odyssey is the second beer in their series of barrel aged beers.  The Odyssey is a dark wheat beer.  They aged half of the beer in stainless steel and half in oak barrels and then the blend the two together.   I had this beer when I got back home and it might be one of the best beers I have tasted during my year of beer so far.   Even though it was a bit pricey, I really wish I would have picked up more.  You could taste the oak but it wasn’t so strong that it overpowered the beer.  It was just delicious and I always find it depressing when I find a beer that I love only to find out that it’s limited and I won’t be able to get it for very long.