Ottos Spring Creek Lager

Brewed by Ottos Pub & Brewery
Style: Amber Lager/Vienna
State College, Pennsylvania USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Shaker

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Did not care much for this beer. Very plain. Nothing really special going on with the malts, hops, or any spices. Boring. No need to ever have again.

Draft. Pours clear amber with thin, frothy off-white head; short retention and minimal lacing. Aroma is caramel and toasted malts, spice, and light floral hops. Flavor is dry, bread malt, minimal fruit esters, and no noticeable hops. Light body, medium carbonation, and low warmth.

Tap. Pours clear amber with a medium, fizzy white head, short retention with light lacing. Aroma is light cookie and caramel malt, spicy hops and a clean lager character. Flavor is malt forward with medium hops and bitterness and a sweet finish. Medium body, warmth and carbonation.

Sample at the brewpub. Clear gold pour with a thin white head. Pale malt nose with a bit of hop. Noble hop flavor with a bit of malt before a crisp finish.

Draft at Otto’s. Pours an amber body with a white head. Dry lagered notes, nutty with light fruitiness. Mildly chewy and enjoyable.

Draught at the brewpub. Pours deep brownish amber with thin beige head. the aroma is mild and fruity with melon, an odd crystal malt touch, and some cotton candy. The flavor is herbal hops, light caramel sweetness, and a touch of grainy sourness. Leafy sweetness comes out for the finish. Not really my thing, but it’s definitely smooth drinkin.

Draft @ Otto’s. Pours a clear, orange-amber color; light tan head with fine-bubbled lacing. A bit of caramelized sugar in the aroma. Medium mouthfeel: chewy candy sugar and dried red fruits; the slightest amount of weight in the mouth; fruity malt-forwardness and very drinkable. Medium, sugar and dried fruit in the finish.

On tap at the brewpub. Aroma is a pale glow of lemony sugars and dusty grains. Pours a clear amber, with a thin rim of off-white. Flavor is a middle dense sugar, with edges of caramel, tanginess and palpable grain husk bitterness. Esters and astringency. I appreciate the malt body, but it gets cut by off bitterness, a curt dry note, and not really any balancing hops. Floorlike. Not digging this.

On tap at the brewpub on 4/9/07: Pours a transparent orange bronze with a thin, frothy covering of white head. Aroma of slightly toasty and sweet Vienna malt with a touch of Hallertau hops. Sweet, caramely malty body has a nice touch of toasted grain toward a thinner, bittersweet finish. A pretty nice Vienna.

UPDATED: APR 1, 2009 Draft at the brewpub, Jan 2007 version. Golden fire color, clear. Nose of apples, cranberries and honey. Palate is noticeably thin, and flavor is more faint than expected, but still has a solid biscuit malt, honey and apple flavor. Fairly good, but not exactly what I like in Vienna lager.