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Otter Creek Spring Ale German-Style Kolsch


 Percentile 
30
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A Kölsch brewed by
Otter Creek Brewing

Middlebury, Vermont USA

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272.81/5.02.81/5.00.43Spring-44 Kölsch/Altbier P  Stats

Commercial Description:
Spring Ale Special Release is a German-style Kölsch: a bright golden ale originating in Cologne. Craft brewed with 2-row malt and malted wheat, and hopped with Tettnang and Liberty hops, this beer is crisp and refreshing with a dry finish.
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 Ibrew2or3 (1438), Safety Harbor, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
May 8, 2008  
Courtesy of Quake1028. Pours clear gold with white head. The aroma is sweet with malts and a vague fruity and also earthy hop notes. The taste has a sugar sweetness cut by a bitter hop spice note. The hops build to a tepid level into the finish with a moment or two of malty sweetness and spotty malt graininess.


 AdamSkillin (334), High Bridge, New Jersey, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
May 3, 2008  
I loved this beer, but I didn’t really think it was a kolsch. It was like a mild, golden colored English ale. The kolsches I’ve had lack the noticeable flavor and aroma hops that this beer had.


 nick76 (1810), Tampa, Florida, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/511/20
Apr 29, 2008  
The aroma is weak but what is there is caramel, toffee, cereal, malts, dry grains, and grassy hops. The appearance is light brown with a small head. The flavor is exactly like the aroma but is not weak. The bitterness however is astringent. The palate is thin but OK. Overall this is surprisingly good.


 fishingnet (557), Brandon, Florida, USA
2.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/102/58/20
Apr 27, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma of spicy hops and pale malt. Taste is the same as aroma. Thin mouthfeel with a mild amount of bitterness. Not bad.


 patrick767 (1312), fort wayne, Indiana, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Apr 25, 2008  
bottle - Pours clear gold with a one finger white head. It has a light pale malt aroma with a touch of hops. The taste is of sweet bready malts and some nice mild, crisp hops. It’s light and refreshing with a mildly dry finish. Pretty good.




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