Otter Creek White Sail

Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing
Style: Belgian White (Witbier)
Middlebury, Vermont USA

This was a good beer. Sometimes I think people are getting a bit rediculously snobby with thiere ratings. Or maybe I just like beer to much. If it has flavor and isn’t watery it is good in my book. And this was good. And it wasn’t even in my book. So take that as an atomic face bending rating for your ass.

Very good belgian white brewed in Vermont. I haven’t had a better Belgian brewed in America. Hazy white color due to the unfiltered state. White undiminishing head with great aroma. Very smooth and balanced with perfect amount of citrus.

Yeasty aroma, slightly sour, a little citrus but not as much as i would expect in the aroma. Pours yellow with no head. Overwhelming corriander, way too much, slightly sour and sweet. There’s hardly any carbonation.

Smells of wheat, very doughy and yeasty. Pours a hazy yellow. Taste is zesty, kind of like lemon. A tasty refreshing beer.

Bottle sampled. Pours a hazy pale yellow with a nice white head. Aroma of coriander, malted grain, and light citrus. Flavor of citrus, wheat, and some spices with a sweet and crisp finish.

(Bottle) A large number of people were raving about this beer, but when I finally tried it, I was let down. It is certainly atypical for its style, but I’m not sure if I can say that it’s in a good way. Very sweet, spicy, light. The spice jumps out at you more than in beers of this style, and the lightness makes the spice dominate. Tastes weird. There are hops present and noticeable, and again, the lightness makes them jump out, but they don’t blend well with the other flavors. This one tastes odd and wrong. I think people like it because of its very light character, which is perhaps even amazing...but...the rest of this brew is a jumble of odd qualities which come together to make something that, in my opinion, just doesn’t work at all.

(draft @ The Old Toad - Rochester, NY) Hazy pale white color with a fizzy white head. Aroma is dry and grainy with the lightest hint of citrus and yeast. Slight orange zest. Flavor is weak and watery, with some slight flavors of wheat, the lightest touch of citrus, and a weak and bitter finish.

Bottle: Poured the expected hazy yellow-orange with the thinnest veil of a light foamy head. The flavor is mildly yeasty with a hint of orange zest. Gristy. Moderately refreshing, but a bit too wheaty to replace your favorite lemon soda. (#3074, 9/4/2007)