Hop Session
Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Session Regular|
Score
6.34
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Almost pale, nearly IPA. A bouquet of hop varieties to a complementary rich blend of malts. Highly drinkable with a nice balance between the flavor of its malts and the distinctive aroma of its hops.
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4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a glossy, transparent/semi-hazy yellow to orange color with a quickly dissipating head. No lacing.
The smell had some sweet and bitter grassy hops. Light lemon. Light earthy/herbal.
The taste had a bitter to sweet imbalance to it. Dry bitter grassy hop aftertaste. Just a bitter finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with well, obviously a \"sessionable\" low carbonation and smooth feel to it.
Overall, well, its definitely a session beer, but session IPA, hmmmm...doesn’t seem to really show enough oomph in the aroma and flavor to tell me its got enough \"IPA\" qualities to it.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a glossy, transparent/semi-hazy yellow to orange color with a quickly dissipating head. No lacing.
The smell had some sweet and bitter grassy hops. Light lemon. Light earthy/herbal.
The taste had a bitter to sweet imbalance to it. Dry bitter grassy hop aftertaste. Just a bitter finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with well, obviously a \"sessionable\" low carbonation and smooth feel to it.
Overall, well, its definitely a session beer, but session IPA, hmmmm...doesn’t seem to really show enough oomph in the aroma and flavor to tell me its got enough \"IPA\" qualities to it.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2016
at 16:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is crisp fruity, light peachy. Smooth fruity, light watery. Bitter, fruity and crisp hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Oct 2015
at 15:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle poured into pint glass from Signal Variety, Plaistow NH. Aroma is earthy with dough and bread. Appearance is hazy golden orange with mild sparkle, no head to speak of and trace lacing. Taste is lightly sour beginning with nice floral sweetness balancing bitter in the middle. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with crisp texture and dry throughout. Lively carbonation. Overall, as advertised--highly drinkable and session-able. Doesn’t stand out but is competent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2015
at 19:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampler pack: pours golden with white head. Aroma is light pine and hints of citrus. Easy drinking of course. A little but bitter with a sugary tint to it methinks. Some light hoppy aftertaste. Not bad. Feels heavier than it is.
Tried
on 31 Dec 2014
at 21:34
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours a cloudy golden with a thin white head from a bottle. Aroma is a piney hoppiness with citrus elements. Flavor is a nice IPA, with plenty of resiny flavor balanced by a slight sweet maltiness and a slight bitter finish. Although flavor is balanced, palate is a little unbalanced, with mouthfeel coming off as thin and flavors not quite melding together. A fine beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2014
at 18:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Skunky rosehip and tangerine nose. Hazy amber, medium head, good lace. Lemongrass and orange flavor, ashy grassy finish. Light body, alcohol not noticeable. Well hopped, but somewhat stale. Good beer but get it early.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2014
at 12:31
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
A golden ale with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light grassy hops, ok. In mouth,a crisp malt with light grassy hops, mineral notes, ok. On tap at brewery.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jun 2014
at 15:08
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hop session non filtered pale orange. Sticky head. Nose is ginger root, corn and some other peppery spice. Creamy mouthfeel. Not much flavor until the finish which is a simcoe nugget mild finish
Tried
on 28 Jun 2014
at 21:38
5.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle from The Lazy Dog Crystal clear deep golden color and a fluffy frothy white head that slowly recedes before leaving stickies everywhere. Light bready malt with hints of soapy lemony hops make up most of the aroma. The flavor follows the aroma light malt, light earthy citrus hop and little else. Light body with a moderate level of carbonation and a slick almost watery mouthfeel. I don’t understand this beer. Sessionable I can see, its a lower alcohol easy to drink beer. But you used the word hop in the name and I have trouble finding any. I was hoping for something like All Day IPA or Go To IPA, but instead I got this mediocre beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2014
at 19:32
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught pint at the brewery, 2/7/14
Clear gold body topped by a small, moderately well-retained head.
I gotta say, these session IPAs are getting VERY hard to differentiate, the more I have. They almost always look the same, and they smell very similar with the better ones being "dry, hoppy, with an assertive bitterness, but not terribly acidic, low maltiness". Haha, I guess that’s the aim, anyways. This one was dry, more hop flavored than bitter (which I appreciate) though there was a touch too much malt sweetness and breadiness on the finish as it warmed. Session IPA, the most forgettable style? Quite possibly.
Clear gold body topped by a small, moderately well-retained head.
I gotta say, these session IPAs are getting VERY hard to differentiate, the more I have. They almost always look the same, and they smell very similar with the better ones being "dry, hoppy, with an assertive bitterness, but not terribly acidic, low maltiness". Haha, I guess that’s the aim, anyways. This one was dry, more hop flavored than bitter (which I appreciate) though there was a touch too much malt sweetness and breadiness on the finish as it warmed. Session IPA, the most forgettable style? Quite possibly.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2014
at 16:14