Otter Creek Brewing Backseat Berner IPA

Backseat Berner IPA

 

Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

  IPA Regular
Score
6.86
ABV: 7.0% IBU: 68 Ticks: 28
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5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Berner IPA: Pours orange with a thick white head. Heavy hop aroma. Taste is quite hoppy and resinous. Palate has woody and resinous notes. Ok beer.

Tried on 23 May 2019 at 01:12


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Forgot about this one in my fridge, from a trip in Vermont. Pours a hazy golden-orange colour with lots of sediments. Head is warm, a little on the creamy side with great stay and lacing. Fresh fruity hop aromas with a light Belgian ale yeast sweetness. Decent dryness and milder bitterness. More grassy, but still a little fruity in flavours. A pretty nice IPA.

Tried on 08 Jul 2018 at 06:26


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dégustée au printemps 2016 (De mes notes). .

Tried on 21 Aug 2017 at 23:05


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

12 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy yellow, small white head. Aroma is pine and slight herbal hoppy. Bitter, herbal. Dry. Toasted malty. Dry and slight herbal hoppy into the finish.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2017 at 20:48


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Got in a BIF from Roguer. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 2/9/2017. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, papaya, guava, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, light honey, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/fruity hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, papaya, guava, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, light honey, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/grassy/citrus peel/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, papaya, guava, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/fruity hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an outstanding IPA! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/fruity hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink from the modest bitterness. Very bright, juicy, and dank on hops; nice malt backbone, without feeling sweet. Fairly tame feeling bitterness at first from the malt balance, but dries out really nicely without being astringent. A highly enjoyable offering.

Tried from Can on 30 Mar 2017 at 19:04


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

On tap at Pony Bar 10th Ave, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma brings out tropical fruits and citrus hops. Flavour is along the same lines, with tropical fruits, piney hops and a lightly sweet cereal malt base. Lots of fruitiness on the finish, without being too sweet. Very nice.

Tried from Draft on 08 Oct 2016 at 11:22


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught. Slightly hazy pale yellow with small foamy off-white head, floral hops aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter floral hops taste with mango, thin body, long hoppy finish. Nice and flavorful.

Tried on 22 Sep 2016 at 14:25


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle on RBSG Bus. Pours a clear gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is tropical fruit and pine. Medium body, pine, citrus, resin finish, good.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2016 at 14:24


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle - Tropical fruit and citrus peel. Clear gold with particulates. Sweet and a touch of skunk with citrus.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2016 at 14:16