 argo0 (6230), Washington DC, USA
Mar 4, 2007 (22oz bottle) Clear copper body topped by medium beige head that diminishes rapidly. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, smoke, light berry. Taste is moderately sweet, caramel, smoky, some cherry, light blueberry. Medium body, some stickiness.
kp (6200), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
Sep 1, 2007 Name: Otter Kilter
Date: 05/02/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
clear dark brown, scant head, light smokey caramel malt aroma with earthy hops, rich chocolate and caramel flavor, well balanced with lots of earthy hops and smokey peat, the chocolate just keeps getting richer,
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Name: Otter Kilter
Date: 06/12/2007
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
ditto
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.7/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***/4
CaptainCougar (4664), Rockville, Maryland, USA
May 2, 2007 Bottle thanks to ElJefe: Pours a clear bright copper amber with a thin, frothy tan head. Aroma of really earthy, muddy, peaty character without much smoke and some toasted pale malt. Body starts with a fuller caramel malty sweetness with some light fruity complexity and more earthy flavor. NIcely balanced and fairly authentic.
hopscotch (4588), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Oct 18, 2007 Bottle... Clear amber ale with a small, fizzy, off-white head. The aroma is rich and vinous with notes of caramel, toffee, port... everything malty and sweet. A touch of buttery diacetyl to boot. Sweet, malty, slightly vinous flavor. Chocolaty and hardly bittered... just enough. Full-bodied and oily with moderate carbonation.. Sweet-mocha finish.
muzzlehatch (4424), Burlington, Vermont, USA
May 23, 2007 22 ounce bottle from City Market, Burlington VT (020207) consumed at cellar temperature from a Unibroue glass. Pours a clear dark maple with a moderate diminishing fluffy off-white head and a fair bit of thin lacing…..faint sugary (caramel, brown sugar) aroma, very little else, perhaps a faint herbal presence and some soapiness and mineral salts….very lightly smoky, molasses-caramel flavor, slightly burnt at the finish, touch of earthiness, somewhat sticky; at the finish it grows extremely dry, charred and astringent, to the point of real unpleasantness….mouthfeel is throughout watery-sugary, highly filtered and palate-dulling. Big disappointment, I actually had some hopes for this one. Judging by the other reviews, I may have had a bad bottle or off night....but then again, I find myself being fairly harsh on my favorite style, and I’m still not really a fan of this brewery. Whatever.
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