You Otter Have Another Nut Brown Ale
Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub & Guesthouse
- From:
- Spinnakers Gastro Brewpub & Guesthouse
- British Columbia, Canada
- Style:
- English Brown Ale
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.63 | pDev: 9.09%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 11
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Jul 26, 2017
- Added:
- Feb 07, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Our version of this old English style is a mild deep amber coloured ale with a pleasant "nutty" light biscuit and roasted malt flavour and a light flowery hop aroma with a non bitter finish from the use of Saaz hops. This is a light bodied beer that appeals to both dark and light beer drinkers alike.
16 IBU
16 IBU
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Rated by Josievan from Iowa
4/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +10.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Had Sunday, 07/17/16
Jul 26, 2016
Reviewed by HipCzech from California
3.8/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.8/5 rDev +4.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Serving: 650 mL bottle (stamped "1115"), poured into a small tasting glass.
Appearance: Hazy chestnut brown with a foamy head of tan bubbles and good lace.
Smell: Lightly toasted malt, caramel, and hints of floral hops.
Taste: Good malt body with toasty malt, caramel and cracked nut notes. Lightly fruity yeast. Dry, earthy hop finish; very faint bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium, silky body and low to medium carbonation.
Overall: Pleasantly malty and drinkable.
Dec 20, 2015Appearance: Hazy chestnut brown with a foamy head of tan bubbles and good lace.
Smell: Lightly toasted malt, caramel, and hints of floral hops.
Taste: Good malt body with toasty malt, caramel and cracked nut notes. Lightly fruity yeast. Dry, earthy hop finish; very faint bitterness.
Mouthfeel: Medium, silky body and low to medium carbonation.
Overall: Pleasantly malty and drinkable.
Reviewed by LampertLand from Canada (BC)
3.38/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Spinnakers 'You Otter Have Another' Nut Brown Ale"@5.2% , served from a 650 ml bottle purchased for $5.35
A-pour is amber from the bottle to a true dark nut brown in the glass with hints of red , a small beige head , lacing rimming the glass
S-roasted nuts , hints of fruits , some coffee bitterness ,
T-somewhat smooth hazelnut start , toasted malts almost burnt , dry bitter finish
dominates
MF-low mild carbonation , bit thin , light medium body
Ov-still not a good beer , ok name change and new look label , not enough of a reason to seek this beer
prost LampertLand
Nov 08, 2014A-pour is amber from the bottle to a true dark nut brown in the glass with hints of red , a small beige head , lacing rimming the glass
S-roasted nuts , hints of fruits , some coffee bitterness ,
T-somewhat smooth hazelnut start , toasted malts almost burnt , dry bitter finish
dominates
MF-low mild carbonation , bit thin , light medium body
Ov-still not a good beer , ok name change and new look label , not enough of a reason to seek this beer
prost LampertLand
Reviewed by CalgaryFMC from Canada (AB)
3.49/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.49/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Sampled 12 oz. at the Victoria BC airport (I guess its technically in North Saanich), the last brew of a rather solid "beercation" to this west coast city. I avoided Spinnaker's up until this point, mostly due to limited time and a desire to scout out other breweries on this occasion; Spinnaker's probably isn't going anywhere and I will hit them up next time in more detail. Their nut brown ale is a clear reddish brown with minimal white head, with a very subdued aroma of bready malts and milk chocolate, perhaps a whiff of nutty yeast. Palate is superior to the aroma, with a pleasant lingering nuttiness from front to back, light hazelnut and walnut notes perhaps, buttered bread, faint fruity esters (grape?), and floral hops at the back. Thin-bodied. This style is supposed to be low carbonation but they took the English pub ale "flat" stereotype wayyy to heart and I'd prefer just a few more bubbles. Unassuming, drinkable, non-offensive ... Alas, takes these qualities too far and becomes pedestrian.
Apr 26, 2014
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