Otter Creek Brewing Spring Ale

Spring Ale

 

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

  Kölsch Spring Out of Production
Score
5.83
ABV: 4.85% IBU: - Ticks: 17
Spring Ale Special Release is a German-style Kölsch: a bright golden ale originating in Cologne.

Craft brewed with 2-row malt and malted wheat, and hopped with Tettnang and Liberty hops, this beer is crisp and refreshing with a dry finish.
 

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6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle-pours a thin white head that laces and yellow color. Aroma is light/medium malt-bready, secondary spice/herbal-hops, some yeast. Taste is light/medium malt-bready, spice/herbal-hops, some yeast. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for picking this out.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jun 2008 at 16:45

5.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Nice golden coloured body with a soapy white head. Aroma of yeast, malt, light hops, and a bit of honey. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong bready malt taste along with a light floral taste coupled with some sugar and a tiny bit of nuts. Aftertaste is just malty - nice light malts ,but nothing else. Overall, a nice kolsch - good to try and would recommend as a lighter summer beer for others. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased on 03-May-2008, during the Champion’s League Final on 21-May-2008.
Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2008 at 20:05

5.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Very clear golden body with a medium frothy white head. Honey, corn and light grain aroma, with some light cheerios hints. More cheerios in the flavor with some honey following through. Medium light body with moderate carbonation.
Tried on 31 May 2008 at 13:55

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Rated May 2008. Courtesy of Quake1028. Pours clear gold with white head. The aroma is sweet with malts and a vague fruity and also earthy hop notes. The taste has a sugar sweetness cut by a bitter hop spice note. The hops build to a tepid level into the finish with a moment or two of malty sweetness and spotty malt graininess.
Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2008 at 18:22

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
bottle - Pours clear gold with a one finger white head. It has a light pale malt aroma with a touch of hops. The taste is of sweet bready malts and some nice mild, crisp hops. It’s light and refreshing with a mildly dry finish. Pretty good.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Apr 2008 at 20:28

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 8
12oz bottle. Clear yellow-gold color. Sweet, fresh aroma. This beer is a really nice, straight-forward, low alcohol beer...pretty much sentencing it to low ratings on Ratebeer. I think this is an injustice, as this beer is pretty good. Fruity, sweet finish. Crisp hop balance. I wouldn’t say it completely captures a true Koln Kolsch, but it is a really nice beer..
Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2008 at 20:02

4/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 5
12 oz bottle. pale yellow color and appearance. Smells like old blast furnace slag. Fairly bitter on the initial palate impact, somewhat like many pilsners I’ve had. Flavor is clean and clear. Finish has a bit of bitter linger.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Feb 2008 at 17:56