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Otter Creek Winter Ale
Otter Creek Brewing
- From:
- Otter Creek Brewing
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- 81
- Avg:
- 3.52 | pDev: 14.2%
- Reviews:
- 99
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2014
- Added:
- Nov 06, 2007
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
No description / notes.
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Ratings by Newkie:
Reviewed by Newkie from Maryland
3.6/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
3.6/5 rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3
A: Dark brown with ruby tints along the edges. Head fades quickly. Small bubbles do stick around.
S: Chocolate covered cherries. I like the nose quite a bit. Some dark fruits. Very candy like.
T: Medium bodied. On the sweeter side. Some cocoa flavors. Gives way to a candy flavor that thins out rather quickly.
M: A rather slick mouthfeel. Goes down rather smooth. Carbonation is about right, if a little bit low.
D: You could drink quite a few of these, but the candied flavors will catch up to you quickly.
Jan 13, 2010S: Chocolate covered cherries. I like the nose quite a bit. Some dark fruits. Very candy like.
T: Medium bodied. On the sweeter side. Some cocoa flavors. Gives way to a candy flavor that thins out rather quickly.
M: A rather slick mouthfeel. Goes down rather smooth. Carbonation is about right, if a little bit low.
D: You could drink quite a few of these, but the candied flavors will catch up to you quickly.
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Thorpe429 from Illinois
3.4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.4/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
Thanks to drabmuh for opening this bottle during the Outback Bowl.
Pours a reddish-brown color with a thin off-white head without much in the way of lacing or retention. The nose is pretty light with a mild malty sweetness, a bit of caramel, and a faint hint of the raspberry from the label. This comes out a bit more in the taste. Really faint though. Other than that, some sweet caramel malt. Feel is light to medium with sweetness pervading. Nothing really all that good about this beer, though nothing is offensive either. I do like the touch of raspberry.
Jan 04, 2011Pours a reddish-brown color with a thin off-white head without much in the way of lacing or retention. The nose is pretty light with a mild malty sweetness, a bit of caramel, and a faint hint of the raspberry from the label. This comes out a bit more in the taste. Really faint though. Other than that, some sweet caramel malt. Feel is light to medium with sweetness pervading. Nothing really all that good about this beer, though nothing is offensive either. I do like the touch of raspberry.
Reviewed by drabmuh from Maryland
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Random single picked up at the local bottle shop. Beer is brown / red and clear with a thin head of off white bubbles, leaves a little lacing on the glass, carbonation moderate.
Aroma is nice and sweet with subtle hints of spice.
Well I don't know where I was getting spice in the nose, there is no spice on the palate. It's mostly a bready, malty, sweet beer with a little candy flavors. The beer is relatively pleasant and overall pretty drinkable. I like it, I don't know if I'd have it again because basically it's a sweet brown ale...
Jan 03, 2011Aroma is nice and sweet with subtle hints of spice.
Well I don't know where I was getting spice in the nose, there is no spice on the palate. It's mostly a bready, malty, sweet beer with a little candy flavors. The beer is relatively pleasant and overall pretty drinkable. I like it, I don't know if I'd have it again because basically it's a sweet brown ale...
Reviewed by BB1313 from Ohio
3.82/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev +8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.75
This was an interesting one. Pours a transparent brown with little head and lacing. Smells like raspberries, bread, malt, caramel. Those flavors really come through in the taste; slightly tart. Very unique, these are flavors I'm not used to finding in a brown ale. The raspberry really shines through, well done. Mouthfeel is a little too thin for my taste. Drinkability is alright; this beer is close to being cloyingly sweet, but it's all good.
This is an enjoyable brown, very unique. I love the use of raspberries! I wouldn't mind seeing more raspberry brown ales on the market!
Jan 01, 2011This is an enjoyable brown, very unique. I love the use of raspberries! I wouldn't mind seeing more raspberry brown ales on the market!
Reviewed by claspada from New Jersey
3.67/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev +4.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
The aromas are mainly rich yet lightly toasted malt with some notes of raspberries.
The main flavors are sweet, lightly roasted malts with light breadiness and raspberry that adds a little tartness, really well done. This is one of those beers which was a well made beer that has accents of fruit that do not dominate and steal the show. Hop are very light and understated, which is appropriate for this style in my opinion. It has a solid medium body and its carbonation is light on the tongue with a smooth almost creamy feel. Overall I really did not expect much from this beer but it delivered quite impressively, drank the whole 6 in a sitting, yum.
Oct 25, 2010The main flavors are sweet, lightly roasted malts with light breadiness and raspberry that adds a little tartness, really well done. This is one of those beers which was a well made beer that has accents of fruit that do not dominate and steal the show. Hop are very light and understated, which is appropriate for this style in my opinion. It has a solid medium body and its carbonation is light on the tongue with a smooth almost creamy feel. Overall I really did not expect much from this beer but it delivered quite impressively, drank the whole 6 in a sitting, yum.
Otter Creek Winter Ale from Otter Creek Brewing
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
114 ratings
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