Otter Creek Oktoberfest

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Middlebury, Vermont USA

12 oz bottle, via goldtwins. Pours a clear dark gold body with a small fizzy light beige head, minimal lacing. The nose is husky toasted grains with a touch of sweet Munich malt. Minimal to no hops. There’s minimal to no sweetness to the flavor, just lots of dry toasted cereal grains with a very light bitterness on the finish. Mouthfeel is light bodied and dry with moderate fizzy prickly carbonation. Overall, a less than average O-fest.

Bottle. OCO has a nice orange body with a bit of a head, but nothing substantial. Aromas are pleasant and a stong point: fall-like spices, sweet, caramel malts and fallen leaves. Flavor is very similar... body is malty with an almost peppery bit to the hops that gives the beer a little zest that is all its own. A little bit thin for an Oktoberfest, but pleasant nonetheless. Much thanks to goldtwins for this one.

Clear amber color with an off-white head, decent retention. Strange aroma; I got smells of burnt leaves, paper bags, and a strange caramel aroma. Some decent malt taste in this, but there’s also some metallic flavors that come through, almost a slightly burnt or roasted finish and slightly vegetal. Medium carbonation and body, but a bit thin in the finish. I was hoping to like this one more, but I just didn’t care for it. Thanks to goldtwins for the sample.

Pours amber, with a white head. Aroma is caramel, malt, and citrus. Flavor is malt and some citrus. Just an OK beer.

Sept. 2007 - Beer pours deep orange amber with a little head and no lacing. Aroma smelled like wet burnt leaves...hey, at least it resembled autumn! Flavor was better...nice blend of toast, caramel and nuts with a little earthiness to it...an above average oktoberfest.

Pours a clear amber with a small creme head that falls fast. Definite leafy nose. Flavor profile gives the same. Nice earthy and leafy character with a slightly sweet and citrus edge on it. Nice and hearty and a good body too. Good stuff really. Feel has a decent bubble to it and the liquid is kind of sticky and thick. A good beer. A nice fall seasonal to try.

12 oz. bottle. I was rummaging through my beer fridge looking for something to drink and found this guy hiding in the back. Pours a hazy copper with a moderate linen white head that lasted through the entire glass and left partial lacing. Light but pleasant aroma of malt with just a hint of citrus detected as well. The flavor seemed a bit tired with some washed out malt with a bit of sweetness and some light drying hops bitterness at the finish. A middle-of-the-road octoberfest beer.

Bottle, courtesy goldtwins. Pours clear bright copper with a thick, fluffy, lacy white head. Lightly sweet aroma of toffee, fruit and some noble hops - pretty much as expected. Lightish body and carbonation. Initial sweetness, toast and fruit that give way to a bit of crisp pine. Gets a little watery at the end. A tiny trace of metal in the finish, and on the upper end of the hops for the style, but it seems a bit under-rated.