Otter Creek Otter Summer Ale

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

Serve in Shaker, Weizen

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Bottle. This is a really thin wheat that tastes almost dusty. Not a beer worth trying.

Medium gold and a little cloudy. Light, yet flavorful. Tart & citrusy, complemented by a fair amount of hop aroma and bitterness. Drinkable, but not in a watered-down way.

Overall a pretty good summer for me. Light yet crisp flavor. Didn’t taste overdone with wheat. Slight hop bite but not much bitterness lingering. Spritzey lemon.

Appearance is a medium white head with mostly clear amber. Aroma is a pretty bland malt. Taste has some wheat, but pretty light. Overall not the best summer beer out there.

Enjoying this one in Brooklyn. Pours an average golden colour with a small white cap and not much lace. The last pour creates a haziness. Cereal malt scent with a little hop. Same for taste. Grainy with hints of hop, but not much bitterness. Does the job for what it is suppose to do - refresh for summer.

12 oz bottle. Pours a clear pale yellow body with a small fizzy white head that faded pretty quickly to a thin ring. The nose is slightly grassy with some light floral hops, a touch of light soapiness as well. The flavor is pretty light, on the drier side with just a bit of hoppiness. Finishes with a bit of doughy malt with some hay like notes from the wheat. Mouthfeel is light bodied with fizzy carbonation, fairly short finish. Not a bad beer, but not one I’d buy more than a single of.

12oz Bottle, poured at Real Ales for Hope - Providence, RI. Aroma was a kind of skanky, wet wheat sugar. Flavors didn’t fare much better, with a mediocre, doggy under-fermented wheat palate. Sprizty, soggy, and unexciting.

Originally reviewed: 12/8/11. Picked up a 6-pack of this near the end of the season for $3.99. Can’t pass that up. Poured the final bottle into a pint glass for review. From notes. Pours an unsurprising pale gold with a 2-finger bone-white head. This dies down quickly to nothing but a thin sheet. Zesty fruity nose. A bit of lemon-cleaner in there as well. The mouth is popping an bubbly, to a fault. Hinders drinkability a bit. Lots of lemon in the flavor, faint white pepper bite on the back end. Mild grainy quality. Wheat character is not pronounced. This was mildly refreshing, but not something I would get at ’full-price.’

Bottle at Shop-N-Save event, 4/21/12. The weakest of the offerings from this brewer IMO. Just a weak scented summer brew with an equally weak taste. Tasted more like a grain fronted pilsener than a wheat ale. Bleh.

A very light wheat aroma. Taste is quite light as well. Very watery and fades quickly. Kinda like chewing on a sponge.