Otter Summer Ale
Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Wheat Ale Summer Out of Production|
Score
5.48
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
12 ounce bottle courtesy of maniac. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Nutty caramel aroma with some bread and toasty notes. Taste is citrus, bread, caramel, light leafy hops in the finish. Medium bodied. Fairly decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jul 2009
at 03:50
5.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Location: 12 oz bottle from Gilly's, 5/28/09
Aroma: Light nose, mostly citrus, a little wheat and some spice
Appearance: Pours a slightly cloudy yellow color, almost no head
Flavor: Pretty classic summer wheat flavor here, citrusy, wheaty, a little spice, and a just a touch tart
Palate: Light body, really easy drinking, thin, a little watery
Overall Impression: It's basically what you would expect from a summer wheat ale. A nice outdoor summer beer, but not nothing more.
Aroma: Light nose, mostly citrus, a little wheat and some spice
Appearance: Pours a slightly cloudy yellow color, almost no head
Flavor: Pretty classic summer wheat flavor here, citrusy, wheaty, a little spice, and a just a touch tart
Palate: Light body, really easy drinking, thin, a little watery
Overall Impression: It's basically what you would expect from a summer wheat ale. A nice outdoor summer beer, but not nothing more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 May 2009
at 17:13
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a light orangey color ale with a light foamy head with light retention and some minimal lacing. Aroma of sweet wheat malt with more character then I would expect. Taste is a nice mix between some sweet malt but also the refreshing taste of wheat. I don’t know if the aging on this one has done something to the beer that other would have noticed but I thought this had a lot more character and complexity then I would have expected from a summer wheat ale.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2009
at 22:15
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a vibrant bright golden color with a small white head that faded quickly. The aroma was tangy and sour with a light musty cardboard undertone. The flavor was bitter, tangy and sour with just a hint of fruitiness. Tasted an awful lot like a typical industrial lager. Nothing interesting going on here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 May 2008
at 12:17
4.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Pass by this a few times cause I thought I already tasted it. At first I’d never think of this as an american wheat, it is way too much like a pale american lager. Aroma is a little yeasty and clean. It must be filtered, completely clear pale yellow. Taste comes on more like a mild pale ale, I sense some hops in there with that bitter bite. Good above average carbonation. I guess I do detect a slight hint of wheat beer. Mild bitter back of throat lasting and lingering finish, not what I like in a wheat.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2007
at 12:40
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
2005 bottle from Julio’s, consumed 5/28/2005 at OldGrowth’s BBQ. Barely hazy white-gold mixed with straw colored beer, with a bit of white head, that forms well and recedes quickly to cover. No lacing. Aroma of lightly sour/tart wheat, watered down orange juice, light yeast. Flavor is just lightly sour wheat, with a watery backdrop. Hints of lemon and astringent citrus are noticed on the end. No real sweetness, lightly grainy, but mostly just bland and watery. Not horribly thin, thanks to the wheat, but just kind of tastes like you are chewing on wheat and bland American ale yeast. Let’s get some more malt sweetness to combat the dryness/blandness. Light bodied, moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2005
at 09:39