Otter Creek Pale Ale

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

As VENOM said, this has some IPA characteristics, namely stronger hoppiness than usual in an American Pale Ale. Very smooth, just a tiny bit of bite at the end, but not a lot on the nose or middle taste. Above average, very drinkable; worth getting on sale, but no Sierra Nevada (what is?)

This bottled brew poured a medium sized head of fine to large sized off-white colored mostly lasting bubbles that left behind a fair lacing. The body was a softly carbonated transparent orange light brown color. The aroma was a nice malty hoppy pale ale one. The mouth feel was initially tingly and hoppy then settled down into a more mild hop bite. A light bitterness in the mouth and a medium hop bite make this a good pale ale for those not wanting a brew that is too hoppy.

Decanting from the 12 oz. bottle reveals a golden, light amber body with a large off-white head; good lacing. A hefty and bold floral hop aroma also reveals some citrus. The initial smooth malty sweetness gives way to grapefruit and spice in the mid-palate, and is quickly followed by a drying but mild hop finish with a short-lived aftertaste. This is a medium-bodied ale with good carbonation.

Much better than the Oktoberfest. Like that one, it had somewhat of a rotten egg aroma, although not as pronounced. Finished clean, looked nice, and definitely had that oily Cascades bite. Went really well with my pizza.

Definite cascade hops are in the aroma, and the beer pours a light and clear copper. This beer is a bit too thin bodied, but the initial hops are tasty and pleasantly bitter with light piney fruitiness. There’s not much more than the hops however...This is a good beer, but its not so great for the style.

Bottle. Amber color with a small white head. Aroma of hops and citrus. Flavor is mostly hops, pine and grapefruit. Some sweet maltiness in the background.

Bottle. Poured dark amber with an average frothy white head that diminished slowly and produced fair lacing. Moderate hoppy citrus aroma. Medium body with a slick texture. Medium hoppy bitter flavor with a medium bitter finish of average duration. Good drinkable brew.

Medium honey body with a medium ring of bubbles and a thin patch film of bubbles. Nose-perfuney, cereal, stale hops. Taste-medium bitter, light hops, crisp, corn flakes, straw, smooth hops, and slightly metallic. Tastes like an IPA with some pale ale notes thrown in as an afetr thought. Not a bad beer, but not one I would go out of my way to find.