Otter Creek Brewing Copper Ale

Copper Ale

 

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

  Altbier Regular
Score
6.20
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 25 Ticks: 44
Our award-winning flagship brew inspired by the beers of Northern Germany. Copper Ale is a complex amber ale handcrafted with six malts, three hops and the spirit of the Green Mountains.
 

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Nice copper pour in the glass. Decent head. Nice malts and caramel in the nose and palate. Missing a little something. Rated 11/24/2000
Tried on 11 May 2010 at 22:33

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottled at Monk’s Café Wallingatan, Stokholm. Clear amber, small airy head. Buttery earthy nose. Sweet and fruity, medium bodied with rounded mouthfeel. Salty ashy finish. A well rounded mid-intensity beer, perhaps not the most complex there is though.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Mar 2010 at 12:37

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pours a copper color, with an off-white head and lacing that is left all over the place. Aroma is not very impressive, but you can figure out some things from it then will thereafter be related in the taste: caramel malts. We then get some caramel malts all up in the taste. A lingering finish that gives a few different tastes all over the place. Some bitterness becomes apparent also. There is one more taste that I can’t put my finger on and neither did the last ten reviewers. Not great, but a good session.
Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2009 at 15:47

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Overall Impression: I've had this a few times before, but not for a while, always thought this was a pretty decent beer.
Tried on 28 May 2009 at 17:19

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
22oz bottle as part of the "World Tour" pack. Pours with a slightly hazed copper body and a rocky, off-white head that leaves decent lace. Aroma is metallic and bready with some honey, spice and hop bitterness. Taste is bitter up front with some spiced bread dough and a metallic finish. Lively carbonation and a dryish finish.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Apr 2009 at 13:00

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
bottle - Pours copper with a medium sized head. The aroma is kind of fruity with a touch of caramel malt. The flavor is sweet and lightly roasted malt with some unfortunate sourness that has me wondering if there’s a little infection here. It smells better than it tastes.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Mar 2009 at 16:11

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
12 ounce bottle from Vintage Cellar in Blacksburg VA. Pours a light amber color with a small head. Poor head retention and lacing. Aroma is earthy hops, nuts, peach and pear. Taste is earthy hops and chocolate. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Mar 2009 at 23:17

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
This ale poured a nice rich copper colour with a quick lived white rocky head. To the nose there is scents of malt, bread, hopps (slightly piney) and a little citrus. First taste was smooth with a good bout of hoppy bitterness and a little caramel. Palate is nothing but bitter hopps, but not overbearing.
Tried on 08 May 2008 at 20:45

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draught Copper colour indeed, with a rim of yellow for head. Ambrée malts, bit sweet-caramelly smelling. Bitterish with a spicy overlay over the maltsweetness, that remains nearly hidden. Bit burning MF, a little slick and medium body. OK ale, nothing adventurous.
Tried on 22 Apr 2008 at 10:15

4.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 2 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Pour is copper with a white head. Aroma is non-existant with a very slight and i mean slight burnt malt. Flavor is a tad better with some more burnt malts and a sticky toffee. Not real good.
Tried on 22 Jan 2008 at 19:51