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Gilded Otter Back Porch Summer Lager


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A Fruit Beer brewed by
Gilded Otter Brewing Company

New Paltz, New York USA

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93.11/5.03.06/5.0Summer3.9%76.7Flute P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Our famous Blueberry lager is back!!

 PilsnerPeter (1471), Flushing, New York, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/102/54/103/59/20
Aug 11, 2008  
Sample at the brewpub: Pours an odd purple color (looks like melted grape ices) Aroma is perfumy blueberry notes. Not very natural, rather, chemical-like. The flavor is the same. Perfumy blueberry presence with the base beer masked completely. Doesn’t have a natural fruit character.


 SuzyGreenberg (1028), Seattle, Washington, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/103/514/20
Jul 30, 2008  
sampler @ brewery - left this strange looking one for last; dark brown with long lasting thin white head; decorated by a swirl of purple frosting that i’d have to assume now to be blueberry syrup; aromas are very fruit, some dry malts and cloves; drinks very smooth and yummy with unique fruity flavors and strong cloves; i thought cloves were in the bottom, but they were in fact blueberries; overall, a little on the strong side, but a A for effort


 hopdog (4645), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/103/511/20
Jul 17, 2008  
Growler from yobdoog (thanks!). This was one strange pour and took me by surprise. Poured a medium grape color with a smaller sized grape tinged head. Looks like grape kool-aid. I went to take my first sip and a blueberry hit my lips. Aromas were very hard to pick up. Some blueberries. Maybe some graininess. I’m just thinking grape soda (must be the color). Tastes of pretty much the same. Some grains or wheatiness.


 beastiefan2k (1120), Lawrence (formely NYC), Kansas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/515/20
Jul 26, 2007  
Pit sop on the way back from BCTC. So a weird thing happened with this beer. First of all it was listed all the way at the bottom of the beer list, weird for a summer lager. I did not even think about it twice. But my girlfriend found it interested when she read about the blueberries. Heck, I didn’t even get that far in reading the description. So when it comes to the table, it’s a big surprise, well it’s dark, not just dark but black. Now a few things are starting to fall into place. More surprises, it comes with actual blueberries in the glass. Not that you could see them through this dark black with navy tints colored beer. A small white head but I could swear it has a blue hue to it. Aroma is of course full of blueberries and it’s hard to distinguish what’s coming from the berries and what’s coming from the beer. A slight earthy feel to it and fortunately nothing artifical or corny (usual suspects in fruit summer lagers). Taste is surprisingly (another one) not sweet and very, well, beer-y. Good clean lager maltiness, refreshing and crisp. A light bitterness with light fruit acidity. Leaves a slightly bitter aftertaste.


 beerbuzzmontreal (2736), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/103/53/103/56/20
Oct 10, 2006  
Clear golden color with blueberries in it (!). Horrible, artificial aroma and flavor of blueberries, yuck.




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