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Otter Creek Spring Ale German-Style Kolsch


 Percentile 
32
overall
Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Kölsch

Middlebury, Vermont USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Regional Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
512.88/5.02.86/5.0Spring-47.2Kölsch/Altbier
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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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 DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 14, 2009  
Bottle. Very mild grassy aroma. Clear light golden body, small head. Flavor is malty, earthy, with some interesting spiciness. Satisfying malty finish. Quite well done.


 esjaygee (1467), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/56/103/511/20
Sep 19, 2008  
Golden yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of grains, sweet malt and mild lemon. Taste of lemon, caramel and mostly malt. Crisp body with a dry finish.


 beerbill (1920), Laurel, New York, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Sep 2, 2008  
12 oz. bottle. Now that I am back from vacation, its time to raid my fridge. First beer out is this Spring Ale from Otter Creek. Pours a hazy dull gold with a thin linen white head that lasted through the first qiarter of the glass and left very little lace. Very, very light aroma of malt. The flavor is again very mild malt with some light hops at the finish. A very dull and boring beer.


 puboflyons (590), New Hampshire, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/102/512/20
Jul 31, 2008  
From a 12 fl. oz. bottle, 2008 series. Pours golden-orange with little to no head. Slow carbonation but continual. Aroma of malts, grass, hops, and citrus. Decent mouth feel. It is a challenge to describe the taste. Defintely malts and light hops, but there is something else there like muffins. Dry finish. Despite my difficulty identifying the flavors, it really wasn’t too bad.


 Nuffield (2718), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Jul 30, 2008  
Pretty average drinker. Yellow. Some bright fruit hints but generally plain grain profile. Light palate, with a curious finish, not exactly hops but something odd going on. Bottle in Maryland.


 BustedFlat (552), Edina, Minnesota, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/511/20
Jul 29, 2008  
Poured cloudy yellow. Aroma - Grain, lemon and citrus. Taste - light and grainy with some malt. Bready. Slightly bitter. Better than average.


 darn1207 (529), Tallahassee, Florida, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/55/102/59/20
Jul 15, 2008  
12oz bottle. pale gold pour with thin white head. interesting aroma of spice, caramel, grass and cereal. taste of bready malt and mild hops. also some honey. thin mouthfeel. doesn’t seem like kolsch to me.


bennylava (83), California, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/512/20
Jul 3, 2008  
12 oz bottle. Pours pale yellow color with an abundant frothy white head. Most prominent note in the aroma is from the malt. Very tasty beer, light but not lacking flavor. Not as crisp as a pils and I would call the finish a little sweet, not dry.



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