Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter
Otter Creek Brewing
- From:
- Otter Creek Brewing
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American Porter
Ranked #330 - ABV:
- 4.5%
- Score:
- 86
Ranked #26,190 - Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 12.83%
- Reviews:
- 503
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 29, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 17, 2001
- Wants:
- 21
- Gots:
- 31
SCORE
86
Very Good
86
Very Good
28 IBU
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Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
2023-07-28
16oz can served in a big snifter. Canned 10/17/22. @jonphisher sent it to me because he's a nice guy.
Pours a dark coffee brown with a small head, settles to a thick uneven ring and a light dusting across the surface. Smell is roasted nuts and chocolate. A whiff of bready yeast.
Taste is roasty bitterness with a lot of nutty sweetness and a bit more coffee, nothing overwhelming, nicely balanced nice flavors.
Mouthfeel is on the thin side, almost watery. Overall, very pleasing beer right now.
Jul 29, 202316oz can served in a big snifter. Canned 10/17/22. @jonphisher sent it to me because he's a nice guy.
Pours a dark coffee brown with a small head, settles to a thick uneven ring and a light dusting across the surface. Smell is roasted nuts and chocolate. A whiff of bready yeast.
Taste is roasty bitterness with a lot of nutty sweetness and a bit more coffee, nothing overwhelming, nicely balanced nice flavors.
Mouthfeel is on the thin side, almost watery. Overall, very pleasing beer right now.
Reviewed by jonphisher from New Jersey
4.16/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.16/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Very dark brown in color, backlighting yields amazing clarity, head is light brown; nice solid cold remains as it’s drank down.
Nose is chalky and cocoa like with some very nice roasted bitterness.
Taste is a mix of both roasted malts and cocoa powder like chocolate, finish has a nice touch of bitter coffee and hop presence.
Light in body, but far from watery it has a fullness to it, it is soft on the palate and very smooth; it finishes clean with a very too the point medium bitterness that lingers.
Jun 27, 2023Nose is chalky and cocoa like with some very nice roasted bitterness.
Taste is a mix of both roasted malts and cocoa powder like chocolate, finish has a nice touch of bitter coffee and hop presence.
Light in body, but far from watery it has a fullness to it, it is soft on the palate and very smooth; it finishes clean with a very too the point medium bitterness that lingers.
Reviewed by bobv from Vermont
4.25/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +11.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Welcome back OC Stovepipe Porter!
16 ounce can packaged 11/17/22.
Moderate pour yields a 3/4 inch tan head over a black body with lacing.
Nose of very roasty malts, very faint smoke, slight bitter chocolate, and wet leaves.
Taste mirrors nose closely with a bitter finish of hops, bitter chocolate, and unsweetened chocolate.
Very nice feel, and overall I'm glad they brought this one back after at least 6 years!!
Cheers!!!
Dec 15, 202216 ounce can packaged 11/17/22.
Moderate pour yields a 3/4 inch tan head over a black body with lacing.
Nose of very roasty malts, very faint smoke, slight bitter chocolate, and wet leaves.
Taste mirrors nose closely with a bitter finish of hops, bitter chocolate, and unsweetened chocolate.
Very nice feel, and overall I'm glad they brought this one back after at least 6 years!!
Cheers!!!
Reviewed by q33jeff from New Jersey
3.21/5 rDev -16%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
3.21/5 rDev -16%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3
**
09/30/12
AROMA: Mostly Coffee Nose
LOOK: dark brown color.decent head
TASTE: Hickory, Chocolate. A bit of unpleasantness, almost vinegar-like, but decent flavor overall.
FEEL: Solid carbonation for a porter.
**
Dec 31, 201609/30/12
AROMA: Mostly Coffee Nose
LOOK: dark brown color.decent head
TASTE: Hickory, Chocolate. A bit of unpleasantness, almost vinegar-like, but decent flavor overall.
FEEL: Solid carbonation for a porter.
**
Reviewed by tekstr1der from New Hampshire
4.87/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.87/5 rDev +27.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
First experienced on tap at Mad Mountain Tavern, this porter convinced me, in a good way, that there was soot in the recipe. One of my all-time favorite porters, it's with great sadness that I learn it is no longer being produced. For that matter, MMT is closed as well. So goes the impermanence of life I suppose.
Nov 27, 2014
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