Otter Creek Otter Summer Ale

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Wheat Ale
Middlebury, Vermont USA

Orange Park, Fl - Broudy’s Liquors - 12 oz bottle. Murky medium golden pour with a clingy white head. Aroma of lemon and fresh lake water. Buttery flavor with a bit of a lemon zest and a hint of a hoppy bite to it in the finish. good carbonation. Refreshing on a 100 degree day on weekend trip to Jacksonville.

On tap at the Beechtree. Pours a clear light yellow with a thin white head. Starts off smelling rather dead, but as it warms it ends up smelling like plastic and vinyl, caramel popcorn, and a touch of citrus. Light, with a touch of corn and grain. One of the sole redeeming characteristics of this was the carbonation, which was rather nice. Finishes a touch bitter, and tasting of burnt corn. Not tasty at all. I couldn’t finish this and left about 9 out of 12 ounces in my glass. Gross.

Old 2006 bottle. Pours a clear golden amber with minimal ring of near white head. Nose and flavor of sweet wheat, honey, and vanilla. Medium smooth body with extremely low carbonation, nearly flat, but somehow, enjoyable. Not bad despite three years of age!

(bottle - 12 oz) Slightly cloudy golden color with a fizzy white head. Aroma is mostly dry wheat mixed with some stale grass and very light citrus. Flavor has a bitter wheat bite at the beginning. The spices aren’t apparent at all. Mainly the dryness of the wheat. Finishes very watery and grainy with a light sour note.

Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly’s, 5/28/09

Aroma: Light nose, mostly citrus, a little wheat and some spice
Appearance: Pours a slightly cloudy yellow color, almost no head
Flavor: Pretty classic summer wheat flavor here, citrusy, wheaty, a little spice, and a just a touch tart
Palate: Light body, really easy drinking, thin, a little watery
Overall Impression: It’s basically what you would expect from a summer wheat ale. A nice outdoor summer beer, but not nothing more.

Bottle. Mild musty malt aroma. Pale yellow body, small white head. Mild wheat flavor, a bit spicy. Not bad.

Bottle. Cloudy golden with a small head. Aroma is light wheat with mild spice. Taste is similar with some citrus and wheat and some mellow bitterness to balance out the sweetness.

faint sweet aroma, light golden color, thin white head. Devoid of distinction with the exception of a faint tart given through a slightly syrupy texture. Lighter than I expected, but I enjoyed it quite a bit at the time.