Otter Creek Raspberry Brown Winter Ale

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Fruit Beer
Middlebury, Vermont USA

Name: Raspberry Brown
Date: 02/23/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear dark brown, fine beige head, drops of lace,
Aroma: big sweet raspberry and chocolate aroma,
Flavor: rich chocolate flavor, nice raspberry character balances the chocolate instead of taking over, nice fruity tartness in the finish,
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Date: 03/15/2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting

Aroma: aroma is a bit drier with a hint of tartness,
Flavor: flavor is still rich but the dryness has mellowed it out, chocolate and raspberry is a good combination

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.4/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

12 oz Bottle. Pours a dark red with a thin light brown head. The aroma of berries, roasted malt, and chocolate. The flavor is somewhat sweet and hoppy with the hint of berry. Heavier then most fruit beers which make it drinkable.

Hazy ruby brown body with a small beige head, fading. The nose is sweet with brown sugar, light berry and light roast. The flavor is lightly sweet with watery raspberries, some cola and metals. Medium/light body is thin and watery with moderate carbonation. Kinda gross.

Bottle. Holds it’s tan head long enough to get some of the chocolate and raspberry aroma. The first thing you get is the raspberry, then an aluminum can thing, then some of the roasty malts. The body is way too thin and the raspberry tastes way too fake.

Bottle: Dark chestnut brown pour with a smaller beige head. Malty and earthy aroma with light chocolate tones and just a faint hint of fruity sweetness. Bready and earthy malts up front with raspberry coming through towards the tail. Again, bits of chocolate. Finishes a little bitter and metallic. Thanks beerbill for sending this as a bonus brew!

Pours a nice brown color with a with a white head. Aroma is roasty, nutty. fruity, caramel, and some earthy hops. Flavor is malty, fruity, nutty, and a bitter finish.

Pours a transparent dark copper ruby with a thin ring of wispy off-white head. Aroma of lightly sweet and toasted caramel malts and decent fruity raspberry notes. Body starts about average with some lightly sweet toasty malts and raspberry balance. Finishes lightly bittersweet and pretty smooth. A decent fruit beer.

Bottle shared by mmtmatrix. Poured a transparent brown color with a thin light tan head that diminished to a ring. Aroma of chocolate and raspberry. Smelled promising, a bit like a poor-mans Frambozen. The taste was sort of a let down, though. A thin chocolate maltiness leads into a artificial raspberry flavor with a slight hoppiness on the finish. Overall it was watery and the flavor was lacking.