Otter Creek Oktoberfest

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

If anyone is looking for a standard nothing special at all typical example of an oktoberfest/marzen, may I reccomend Otter Creek Oktoberfest. Very much to style, but very much boring.

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours amber with a small white head. Aroma of sweet malts and hops. The flavor is sweet malts and mildly bitter. Very thin body.

Bottle. Floral aroma and flavor that is unappealing. Some oatmeal? Maybe cinnamon? Weird and distasteful. Worst Oktoberfest I’ve had. Drain pour

12oz. Bottle: Aroma of floral hops, sweet malts, cinnamon oatmeal, and brown sugar. Poured copper in color with a small, rocky, tan head that diminished quickly. No lacing. Cloudy. Lightly sparkling. Flavor is malty and a little sweet. Also notes of bacteria. Kinda gross. Not bitter at all. Thin. Bad malty finish. Soft carbonation. More or less a drain pour.

Brown bottle, 12 ounces, trade with Ian, bottled on 08/8/06, purchased on August 26 2006; eye: amber with golden reflections, nice lasting white head made up of samll bubbles reminding of champagne, good effervescence, clear; nose: hops, green sour apple, boiled vegetables, malt (grain); mouth: hops, malt (grain), boiled vegetables; finale in malt where appears hops and then boiled vegetables, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, rather thin, fizzy; overall: quite ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 12 onces, échange avec Ian, embouteilé le 08/8/06, acheté le 26 août 2006; oeil : ambrée avec des reflets dorés, belle mousse blanche formée de petites bulles ressemblant à du champagne, bonne effervescence, claire; nez : houblon, pomme aigrelette, légumes bouilles, malt (grain); bouche : houblon, malt (grain), légumes bouillis, finale en malt où apparaît par la suite le houblon et une petite touche de légumes bouillis, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, texture plutôt mince, pétillante; en résumé : b’en ordinaire

Jan. 23rd 2008 re-rate <P> Light tea and toffee aroma. The body is a dull orange and holds a lifeless white head. Metallic fore, tea, malt, toasted grains and veggies. Pretty much as I remembered. Sort of a slap in the face to the style/ <P> Original rating was a 3 <P> Courtesy of kenb. Stale caramel malt aroma. Some muted stewed fruit/vegetable notes. Has a dark orange/brown color with a thin, foamy tan head. Vegetal notes in the fore followed by lightly sweet malt and some mild toasty notes. Finish is dry and crisp.

Bottle. Pours copper color with a medium head. Aromas of malts and hops. The flavor is a bit off, a touch too bitter and not enough malt or caramel flavors. I remember it to be better. The mouthfeel also leaves to be desired, it is too thin.

Bottle: Clear amber color with a small white head. Aroam caramel, floral notes, a little yeasty. Flavor, yeasty, caramel with a crisp lightly bitter finish.