Otter Creek Otteroo

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Golden Ale/Blond Ale
Middlebury, Vermont USA

hard, but easy to explain. such a sweet beer, very thirst quenching, and an awesome finish.

This was an awsome brew. very dynamic. I wish our president was as dynamic as this beer. Crisp and full. I really enjoyed.

22 oz. bottle and sampled at the brewery. Pours a hazy straw colored, small head. Good taste, mildly hoppy. Good level of effervescence.

Pours a one-finger white head that fades slowly to a thin layer leaving some lace. Cloudy pale amber color. Fresh grass nose. Medium (with a name of sparkling ale expecting a bunch) carbonation and light-medium bodied. Flavor is earthy, sweet grass and smooth; slight hoppy finish that lingers. 22oz bottle $3.99 from Capitol Convenience Concord, NH.

17-Jul-08 (22-oz bottle: Obtained 11-Jan-08 in trade with jjpm74, thanks John!) Expecting a typical pale-colored and easy drinking beer, Otteroo is unexpectedly malty, toasty, earthy and fruity with mild hop flavor and bitterness plus a touch of butteriness. The almost chocolaty earthiness suggests accelerated aging has occurred -- very tasty! The nose is earthy, toasty and somewhat chocolaty, but offers no hop aroma. Again, the impression of a wonderfully cellared beer. Medium-bodied, soft carbonation, smooth and silky on the palate. Golden-amber and slightly hazy with the half-inch of off-white head settling back to a wide ring. Not sure how this beer tasted when fresh, but after six months of personal cellaring, it in no way comes across like an Aussie Sparkling Ale. Very enjoyable.

22oz bottle poured into Melbourne Bros glass. Pours a clear orange/amber color with a small head. The clear body shows off a nice sparkling, carbonation-visible body. Aroma is aged malt, been sitting on the selves for probably about 5 months but smells like a few years, but that maube for the best. Its fruity cardboard, lightly Belgian-y dough and lightly sweet. Taste is a bit less aged but still there. Otherwise, a mix of Belgian dough with a light easy drinking pale ale-ish feel. rather fine stuff, no alcohol heft to it at all. I am surprised at the low score. Gets very murky and thick looking with further bottle pours.

Bottle. pale amber beer with a slight cloudiness. Aroma is very fruity with lots of apple, pear and berry fruitiness. The smell is very reminiscent of Cooper’s sparkling, which I gather is the point. A bit of apricot. Light pale malt, soft minerally bitterness. Very fruity and lightly herbal. Vermont Brewers Fest ’07. Pale golden beer, thin head. Very faint fruity aroma up front with a cherry/berry yeastiness. Lean pale malts. Low hop aroma and flavour. A bit straight-forward and really unlike anything I had in Australia. No Pride of Ringwood (which I’m definitely not complaining about). 5 3 6 2 11

Bottle. Pours golden orange with a beige head. Sweet aroma, with caremel, floral hops, and grass. Medium body. Flavor has caramel/honey and grassy/floral hops. Actually pretty good.