Otter Creek Quercus Vitis Humulus

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Barley Wine
Middlebury, Vermont USA

Serve in Snifter

Aroma is quick and sweet. Pours a mutt led hazy brown...whiteer head than expected? Full bodies. Has a over ripe fruit quality. Sweet and a slight tartness. I like it even tho it’s not "normal" for a BW. Crisp. I enjoyed it.

22oz bottle. Pours slightly hazy copper with off-white head. Aroma is malty and floral hops with some white wine notes. Taste is caramel, toasted malt, sugar, and alcohol. Somewhat sweet taste with minimal hops/bitterness. Medium body and carbonation. A good barleywine.

Bottle. Pours clear copper with a medium, frothy off-white head, short retention with good lacing. Aroma is straw and cookie malt with grapes, oak, candi sugar, and spicy alcohol. Flavor is medium malt, spicy alcohol, pear and grapes, low hops and bitterness with a dry finish. Full body, high warmth, medium-high carbonation.

Bottle 22fl.oz.

Clear medium orange amber colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass. Flavour is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, burnt sugar - caramel, sweet caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111031]

Bottle at Papsø’s - Thanks. Cloudy deep red/amber - white head. Herbal, light pxidation, old hops, raisins, barley, nutty, walnuts, roasted, citrus, grape fruits, light oakey.

Bottled. Dark amber coloured. Dense beige head. aRoma of ripe fruits, sweetness, alcohol, spice and some herbs. Flavour of sweetness, frutis, spice, caramel, wood, alcohol and marcipan. Medium to full bodied. Ends on a fruity and alcoholdense note.

22oz bottle
Appearance: Cloudy golden with a small white head and some lacing
Aroma: Caramel, grapes and spices
Taste: Sweet caramel, grapes with a sweet dry finish
Decent, not sure about being a BW though.

A: The beer pours amber in color with a couple fingers of white head. S: The wine/grape aroma really stands out on this. It’s fairly sweet with some oak and vanilla notes coming through. Some citrus aromas as well as an almost Sauvignon blanc sort of scent. Also a hint of peaches. Really complex. T: The flavor, however, does not quite match up. The grape is still there, as is the oak. But there is a definite oxidation to the flavor. A bit of booze along with brown sugar, bread, and toffee to round things out. M: Medium in body with medium carbonation. O: The aroma on this was fantastic, unfortunately the flavor did not even come close.