Otter Creek Pale Ale

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

Poured a caramel brown with orange highlights that leave a clear body with a frothy tan head. The smell is sweet a delicious caramel, malted milk, hop citrus, fruity raisins, and plums. The taste is dry, crisp, slightly watery. When a nose is so malty upfront I expect a sweeter beer but that is not the case here. Overall this is a solid pale ale very session worthy. I paired this beer with a rotisserie jerk chicken which really brought out the spiciness in the beer.

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours amber with an off white head. aroma of fruit and citrus. Flavor is smooth, citrus, and thin.

Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a dark copper color with a medium sized white head. The aroma is sweet grapefruit and light pine. The flavor is tangy and has fairly strong grapefruit and pine elements. There is a dry malty finish. A solid if fairly basic pale ale.

12 oz bottle. Amber beer, thick white head. Malty, pale ale malt, light earthy notes, a bit of caramel sweetness. Some definite hop aroma, both grapefruit and woody. Might be cascades, might be something else. Flavour is decent, with sweet caramel malt balanced by sweet citrusy hops. A bit sugary though. OK, but not spectacular.

Delicious! One of the better pale ales. It’s hoppy, yet smooth. A good balance. Nothing overpowering. Delicious.

This is a solid pale ale. Nothing spectacular about the hops, nothing awful either. Very drinkable. Wayyyy better than the Wolaver’s organic version. (I didn’t realize Otter Creek brewed Wolaver’s beers too.)

A goor tasting pale ale in the mid quality category. Refreshing, and lite. Not one of Vermont’s best, but much better than the big brewers.

The pale ale pours a light amber color with a small, fizzy white head. Hazy body with fair lacing. Aroma is of lemony hops, as well as peach and alcohol. Initial taste is lightly sweet and bitter, finishing moderately bitter. Light and dry on the mouth with fizzy carbonation. Chalky and alcoholic feel afterwards. Not the best pale ale we’ve had, but certainly not the worst. Very drinkable. Bottled on 10/3/05, so shelf life probably had another month or so.