Free Flow
Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.16
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A hazy American IPA brewed with oats and finished with Falconer's Flight, Citra and Galaxy Hops.
Hazy in color, smooth by nature and free flowing by choice.
Hazy in color, smooth by nature and free flowing by choice.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Can, courtesy of Brian
Cloudy yellow color. The aroma is a bit dank, musky. The malt is crisp, light; the hopping is strong, powerful resins, but also too much pithy bitterness in the final.
Cloudy yellow color. The aroma is a bit dank, musky. The malt is crisp, light; the hopping is strong, powerful resins, but also too much pithy bitterness in the final.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2017
at 16:33
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
7 week old can > stange A: Mostly clear very frothy pour of medium gold color. Excellent retention of the tight rocky head. Sticky lace left. S: Tart orange pulp and pith with subtle sweet hints of spruce and caramel. T: Bracing bitterness with grapefruit pith dominating. A pronounced malt note of sweet bread or wood to balance. Slightly boozy. M: Medium body and average carbonation. Slighlty resinous finish. O: Pretty good but not exceptional. The flavor doesn’t quite live up to the great look and smell. Likely not a repeat purchase.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Aug 2017
at 16:45
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft Taproom 6/1/17. Pale gold. Very floral and citrus aroma. Flavor is also very lovely floral hops right up front, followed by citrus and cardboard. Very tasty until the cardboard hits.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jun 2017
at 05:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Draft: Dank daffodil, dandelion, and pineapple bouquet, grapefruit also. Hazy golden, medium head. Lillies, daffodil, grapefruit, and lemon zest. Medium body, moderate carbonation. Dank, floral and fruity.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 May 2017
at 15:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Part of their Mixed Bag 12-pack. Hazy golden colour with a soapy off-white and lacing. Citrus juice aromas of oranges and grapefruits. The mouthfeel is not as dry as expected, as quite hoppy overall. Grapefruit taste with again, oranges. Really well-blended IPA with both fruits being balanced.
Tried
on 18 May 2017
at 01:12
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy pale. No head. There’s a bit of mangoish fruit a touch of that Galaxy gooseberry...vague citrus as well, but overall a nice aroma. This has a lot of galaxy hop note, nice clean pale malts, gets a bit dank in the end, too.
Tried
on 11 May 2017
at 23:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 oz. bottle, pours a cloudy blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out lightly dank hops, some pine, some tropical fruits and biscuity malt. Flavour is very fresh, with a lovely dank hop character, some piney notes, light weed, and biscuity malt. Fresh, green and very well-balanced. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2017
at 23:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Draught at Brendan Behan’s, 2/24/17.
Mostly clear, tangerine-honey colored beer with a medium-sized white head atop showing moderate retention.
The nose is quite vibrantly full of strong pineapple, white grapefruit and spicy, leafy, dank and woody greenery. Light biscuit and sourdough in the background as the malts gently balance. No alcohol or flaw but it’s a bit on the resinous side, it would seem.
And the flavor confirms and then some...damn, this is some bitter shit. Way too much pine, grapefruit and lime with dry pineapple, and fairly "hard" malt notes not doing much to soften the blow. Peppery carbonation doesn’t help either with fatiguing bitterness, sweat and cracker over-drying the palate.
Mostly clear, tangerine-honey colored beer with a medium-sized white head atop showing moderate retention.
The nose is quite vibrantly full of strong pineapple, white grapefruit and spicy, leafy, dank and woody greenery. Light biscuit and sourdough in the background as the malts gently balance. No alcohol or flaw but it’s a bit on the resinous side, it would seem.
And the flavor confirms and then some...damn, this is some bitter shit. Way too much pine, grapefruit and lime with dry pineapple, and fairly "hard" malt notes not doing much to soften the blow. Peppery carbonation doesn’t help either with fatiguing bitterness, sweat and cracker over-drying the palate.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2017
at 16:59
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can at home after finally getting kid to sleep. Hazy peachy orange pour. Nose is piney and tropical fruits. Tastes of pineapple, tangerine, piney, oats, some bread and herbal. Bitter and lighter bodied. Some fruity sugars on finish.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Mar 2017
at 22:37