Otter Creek Pale Ale

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

Pour from bottle received from my Beer of the Month Club into a pint glass. Body of the ale is a clear dark golden amber with a quickly diminishing white head. Very nice hops aroma, flowery and delicate, with strong notes of wood and pine. Strong bitterness, with medium to light mouthfeel. This is a dry pale ale without much sweetness. I am pleased with the moderate level of hoppiness in this brew and feel it is not overpowering. This is quite fitting with the style, and was not disappointed.

This beer pours a light amber with a thin white head. the aroma is grass and hops. Lot’s of great hops in the flavor as well. Although there are a little too astringent , I really liked this brew. Cheers!

Bottle. Pours amber with an off white head. Sweet and fruity hop aroma. Medium body. Flavor is a decent balance of hops and sweet malt, with citrus fruit and caramel notes. Not bad.

Pours a frost-hazed, golden/amber with minimal carbonation under a low, creamy, non-lasting head. Pale malt aroma with low floral hopping and a grassiness that rings more of Saaz than Cascade. It’s through it’s flavor and body where this beer finally shines. Mid-bodied with a sharp, spicy lift. Rindy, peppery flavor with nice grapefruit edges. Long-lasting finish. Heavier PNW aroma-hopping and this would be golden.

<font size=-4>From a World Market sampler pack received at Christmas.</font>

BOTTLE: golen color with whitish head fastly dissipates, light hop aroma. Medium bitterness, medum body. Long aftertaste that doesn’t want to die and detracs from the flavor.

Bottle. Pours with a golden color. Nice aromas of hops and citrus and grapefrut. Pretty intense flavors for an APA. Very aggressively hopped,but very clean. Not flowery but rather very grapefruit like bitter. A good food beer though.

12oz bottle poured in a mug. OCPA pours dark bronze with a persistent small head. The nose is malt, malt and a touch or malt with some grapefruit hops. The body is brutal! It’s dry and hoppy and clinches your throat closed like a fistfull of sand. I give an extra point to the palate because of this. The flavor is basically what you’d expect from a hoppy APA.

Pours a slightly fogged amber gold. Nose is a very faint orange pine. Flavor is slight hops and a mild bitter edge that has some sugar sweet on it too. Feel is a bit gentle on the bubble and smooth on liquid. Fairly drinkable. Though the bitter tone could be taken down a bit I think. Decent enough.