Double or Nothing
Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Lawson's Finest LiquidsBarley Wine - Barley Regular
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Score
7.11
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a reddish brown color with a medium sized foamy orange tan head that left great lacing. The aroma was sweet and tangy with notes of honey, maple, ripe fruits and pineapple. The flavor was amazingly sweet with notes of sugar, honey, molasses, maple, ripe fruits, pine, pineapple, tobacco and a fairly strong boozy presence that worked well. Wonderfully complex. Extremely long finish of molasses, maple, honey and dark fruits. Thick and full body. Outstanding!
cheap (9607) reviewed Double or Nothing from Otter Creek Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 2.5
Thick resinous looking muddy brown pour. Strong smooth thick feel as well. Volatile all round. Medicinal, but it hides alky well. You know for sure fromthe start to the end this is simply a big raw fresh barley wine. Terribly on neoamerican style. They should have a separate style for ruff american BWs.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Double or Nothing from Otter Creek Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Churchkey. Clearish brown color, tan head. Aroma of toasted brown bread, raisins, plums. Taste has brown sugar, dark fruit, maple syrup. Very tasty.
GenDV138 (9261) reviewed Double or Nothing from Otter Creek Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Clear dark amber with light beige head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, butterscotch, maple syrup. Tastes of caramel, maple syrup, cocoa, toffee, light oak. Medium body with a dry finish.
CLW (17000) reviewed Double or Nothing from Otter Creek Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
12 oz. bottle purchased at 7 Eleven, Kittery, ME. Deep mahogany color with ruby highlights when held to the light. No head retention. Aroma is strong sweet maple notes, caramelized sugar, English Toffee. Dear god, a shit ton of sugar notes.
Maybe letting this sit will help it. But perhaps not. The flavor is dominated by sugar. Maple, toffee, caramelized sugar, and some bready malts. I get no hops at all and this could only be improved with some type of bitterness to offset the maple and sugar. Mouthfeel is in the medium body range with a sticky texture. I knew this would be sweet but it really rides the line of cloying.
nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Double or Nothing from Otter Creek Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
12oz bottle pours a hazy amber, that settles like a Guinness into a deep amber with plenty of frothy, cream colored head. Nose is really more like a dopplebock in that there’s lots of raisins and sugar and that’s probably due to the maple, dried cherry, turbinado sugar, marzipan, some macaroon, hints of wet dog. Flavor is all sweetness, raisin, cherry, brown sugar, marzipan, macaroon, some cocoa nib. Full, boozy finish. Call me crazy, but this is just too sweet. This reads more dopplebock than barleywine.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours dark mahogany into a snifter. Tan head with little retention recedes to mottle surface. Hot maple and oak aromas. Thick with hot syrup and caramel upfront turning to oak and toasted nuts in the lasting hot finish.
jtclockwork (20063) reviewed Double or Nothing from Otter Creek Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle - pours brown tan head - nose/taste of maple, wood, toasted bread, caramel and brown sugar - medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from Bert’s Mostly clear deep copper with garnet highlights and a small but long lasting bubbly off white head. Sweet caramel sugary maltiness with just a hint of molasses and maple. Light fruity and earthy notes with just a hint of ash. Definitely sweet with a hint of warming alcohol. Nice sipper.
Garrold (11502) reviewed Double or Nothing from Otter Creek Brewing 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Village Market, Waterbury VT. Dark copper colour. Light haze. Slim halo of off white head. Nose is sweet and fruity, along the lines of a caramelised pear. Some syrupy berry fruits. Definitely maple syrup in there. Taste is mostly sweet, with some dryness. Light, woody bitterness. Rich, smooth mouthfeel. Drinks under the ABV. Long, fruity sweet finish. Touch of bitterness on the close.