Otter Creek Cerveza Cacao

Formerly brewed at Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Middlebury, Vermont USA

Date: 04/20/2006
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

hazy amber, thin fine white head that quickly disapates, sweet spiced brown sugar aroma, sugary flavor without being very sweet, nice spices to balance, lots of complex unidentifable flavors,
-------- /> Date: 12/12/2006
Mode: bottle

the flavor has dried out quite a bit from both the aroma and flavor leaving a lightly spiced ale, was better and more complex when it was younger

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Pours brown with a thin tan head. Smells of chocolate and caramel. Tastes earthy with a tea like finish and a hint of caramel.

Robe orangée aux reflets dorés surmontée d’une mousse blanche épaisse en dentelle qui s’estompe. Arômes de pain et de malt. Saveurs de malt caramélisé, de miel, d’épices et de piment.

This is a bit of a disappointment for a beer. Pours a hazy brown with a small head. The aroma is a bit of caramel and nutmeg. The cocoa doesn’t really come through as much as I expected. The flavor doesn’t really suggest German-style wheat in any way. Drinkable, but not what I was hoping for. Maybe a touch of heat from chile, but maybe I’m just expecting it because it’s based on a drink that combines cocoa and chiles.

22 oz. bottle. A clear copper pour with a virtually nonexistent off-white head. Chocolate, cocoa powder, vanilla beans and hints of cinnamon in the subtle aroma. A sweet malty base made even sweeter by the presence of chocolate and cocoa. Vanilla and cocoa are present in the finish. Low carbonation and lack of body give it a slightly watered-down impression. Not horrible, but it seems like a good idea and obviously could be much better.

22oz bottle: Pours to a clear amber-tinted gold with a small eggshell head that dies down fairly quickly but does hold a rather large ring around the glass with wisps of head on top. The aroma smells very much like a bad mexican lager, maybe even showing hints of vegitable. However if you are careful and take your time with it, you’ll see that it’s actually notes of pale malt, sweet corn, and some spicy cocoa, vanilla, acorn, a hint of fruity pepper, cinnamon and a touch of grass. The taste is mild pale malts and a bit of bread, with extra flavors and spices adding highlights rather than taking over the flavor which I really like. Spicy chocolate, dry vanilla, peppered tree root, cinnamon and a hint of very mild anise. Light bodied, medium carbonated, finishes clean and crisp with a bit of bitterness and vanilla towards the end.

Aroma:chocolate cocoa,light grassy hops... Appearance:Clear copper,small lacing white head.... Flavor:light malt and cocoa flavor,small citrus bitterness...

Copper pour, with some caramel malt in the aroma and flavor, plus some slight cacao, spices, and hopcit in aroma and flavor. Not balanced well, and although I applaud the originality, this one doesn’t work well for me.