5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 6

Subtle tangerine and lemon zest nose. Clear amber, medium head, a few floaties, decent lace. Peppery lemon. Lemon zest finish. Light body, harsh, overly bitter for the style. Unique.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle from Harvest Market, Bedford NH. Aroma is citrusy, floral, herbs, grassy hops, with mild basement smell. Appearance is cloudy yellow with finger-width white fluffy head with fair retention and nice lacing. Minimal sparkle. Taste is citrusy balance of sweet and bitter. Palate is medium bodied with thick texture. Average carbonation with late mild zing to the tongue. Finish is dry and mildly bitter. Overall, a nice beer. Make sure to leave the last 10th in the bottle for a better appearance.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Refrigerated 12 oz. bottle from AirForceHops poured into a glass. Hazy golden with medium bright white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium body, medium carbonation, and some lacing. Taste is tropical fruit, some herbal hops, and pine hops.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pours hazy gold into a shaker. Bright white head with good retention recedes to skim surface. Grass and citrus aromas. Soft with sweet hay and caramel upfront turning to dry, sour pith in the lasting finish.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Keg at Whole Foods Fair Lakes, 4/7/15. Clear golden, thin fizzy off-white head, decent retention. Aroma of citrus hops and doughy malt. The taste is bitter citrus, tropical hops and pale malt. Medium bodied, mild lingering bitterness.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On draft at Lord Hobo in Cambridge. Pours a clear pale gold with a white head. Aroma of lemon and orange. Flavors of toast and bitter lemon. Bitter finish.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Good hops dose here. Pours orange amber with good head and lacing. Bitter finish. Good balance. Easy drinking. Tap at jackpot watching hockey.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Still yet another 12 oz’er picked up at 7/11, Kittery. Clear pale yellow color with a massive amount of carbonation bubbles all over the damn glass. As I was pouring I could smell the scallion/ onion and mild garlic nuances coming from the brew.

Honestly I’m not a huge fan of the "session" IPA (which is still more a marketing label, rather than a real style). Let’s face it the style gives you a "light" or watered down version of an IPA.
< br> Otter Creek does a much better job with this style than most other breweries. The flavor is a large amount of onion, scallion and grassy hop flavors. The bitterness is in the medium range with a very drying feeling on the palate. This brew is nicely made and I’m glad I bought more than one bottle because I went right to the fridge to pop open the other I had. Otter Creek delivers with this one.

5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Pours a somewhat cloudy lemon straw from a bottle. Aroma is a citrusy lemongrass. Taste is a slightly bitter citrus hoppiness. OK beer.

6

Nice session.