Otter Creek Holy Otter

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Abbey Tripel
Middlebury, Vermont USA

Date: 04/05/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta

hazy dark yellow, wispy white head, streaks of lace, sweet honey aroma with a nice spicy character, big body, honey and spice flavor, nice sweetness, light bitterness from the spices,

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.3/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

(draft) Creamy white head atop a cloudy lemon yellow body. Aroma is medium sweet, lemon, clove, some wheat, cream, light orange. Taste is medium sweet, clove, lemon, light bubblegum, cream, seltzer. Light-medium body with some cream, some watery. As my description suggests, this tasted much more like a Wit than a Tripel.

(Draught) Pours a hazy yellow body with a moderate creamy white head. Aroma of orange peel, clove, coriander, and wheat. Flavor of orange peel, wheat, clove, and lemon.

22oz bottle shared courtesy of TomDecapolis. Poured a meidum and lightly hazy yellow color with a small sized white head. Aromas of apples, pears, light spices, and some breadiness. Tastes of the same fruitines and some spices. Lightly sweet and thin body.

22oz bottle-pours a dissipating white head and yellow color with effervescence. Aroma is grain-barny, yeast, dry. Taste is bready-light malt, pepper/spicy, dry. Secondary hops. Finishes thin and spicy.

****Re-rate*** Bottle... Mostly clear yellow ale with a small, fizzy, white head. The nose is a yeasty, fruity blend of red apple and bread dough. Almost no spicy phenols. Sweet, breadsy, alcoholic flavor. No bitterness; no semblance of balance. Full-bodied with an oily mouthfeel and lively carbonation. Sweet, breadsy finish. I enjoyed it much more from the bottle. ***Original Rating***2.6*** Draft... Hazy, straw-colored ale with a small, creamy, white head. Terrific retention. Fruity, breadsy aroma with notes of orange, coriander, grain and dough. The flavor is balanced nicely, but very thin with hints of tangy, fruity esters. Light to medium-bodied with a creamy mouthfeel and soft carbonation. Crisp, clean finish. Not really brewed to style... more like a wit than a tripel. What Argo0 said.

Pours a clear bright golden with thin ring of wispy white head. Slightly sweet buttery caramel malt and dry noble hoppy aroma. Body starts with a slightly sweet, fairly full biscuity maltiness with a bigger noble hoppy bitterness that dries out the finish. This really needs a more authentic Belgian yeasty profile and less bitterness for balance. They need to review their style guidelines. Even excepting the lack of adherance to style guidelines, this is not a very good beer.

Draught@The Brickskeller, Washington DC. Meant to be an tripel, but ended up tasting more like a witbier. Quite soapy/clovey, with some banana esters coming through, quite sweet.