Otter Creek Otter Mon

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Foreign Stout
Middlebury, Vermont USA

Name: Otter Mon
Date: 12/15/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

dark brown, wispy beige head, bits of lace, sweet chocolate aroma with a touch of roasted, dry chocolate flavor, lots of roasted for balance, lasting roasted and hop bitter finish,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 10/20
Rating: 2.6/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: *4

Second take on a Jamaican stout I’ve had from New England. Near black head with a thin head. Light coffee with a hint of nuttiness. The body has some thinness and some creaminess. It’s basically chocolatey with only a slight fruitiness. OK - almost like a light Baltic with its restrained fruitiness and slight saltiness. It’s got the lightness of a Jamaican stout though.

(22oz bottle) Medium brown head atop black body with brown edging. Aroma is moderately sweet, bittersweet chocolate, roast. Taste is medium sweet, roast, dark chocolate, light smoke. Medium body, low carbonation, fairly smooth.

22oz bottle-pours a foamy light brown head and black color. Aroma is sweet dark malt-chocolate/molasses, some earthy hops. Taste is sweet dark malt-chocolate/molasses, ashy, secondary earthy/acidic hops. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for sharing.

Pours a barely transparent dark mahogany brown with a dense, frothy tan head. Aroma of lightly sweet earthy dark malts and a touch of doughy yeast. Starts semi-sweet and fairly rich with an earthy dark chocolate and caramel maltiness. A pretty true to style and enjoyable stout.

Pours dark brown with a soapy tan head. Smells of sweet caramel, spice, chocolate, earthy. Tastes sweet with some caramel and sugar cane at the forefront. Finishes sugary. Average.

22oz bottle. Nose of toasty bread crust, malted milk balls and some light char and smoke, very nice smelling overall, but unfortunately it doesn’t taste anything like it smells. Instead it tastes weak, almost watery, with some stale coffee and confused black malts and a motor oil flavored oatmeal note.

Bottle from River’s Bend. Poured dark brown color with an average frothy brown head that mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate roasted coffee, nuts and dark chocolate aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture. Medium burnt sweet flavor with a medium dark chocolate bittersweet finish of average duration.