Otter Brewery

Microbrewery in Honiton, Devon, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 1990

Contact
Mathayes Farm, Luppitt, Honiton, EX14 4SA, England
Description
Established in 1990, Otter Brewery began brewing its beer from a farmhouse location in the heart of Devon’s Blackdown Hills. Since then, the whole family has been involved in developing our award-winning range of beers and our widely recognised Otter brand.

With over five generations of brewers in the family, the building of Otter Brewery was, and still is, without a doubt, a labour of love. We believe this is why our beer tastes so great and why more and more people are drinking it. Our product offering is constantly evolving to suit the needs of both traditional and modern ‘craft’ drinkers. A range that provides something for everyone.

By 2003, we realised that we were rapidly outgrowing our original production facilities and we took the plunge to invest in a fantastic new, state of the art, brewery and cellar – both of which are award-winning in their own right. The business still occupies the same rural site and now the old brewery barns are used to feed the troops rather than brew beer. In 2007 we built the underground cellar which was certainly the first of its scale in Devon.

Most importantly, all our growth has been organic and we remain proud to be family run.

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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Akkurat. Amber with a small creamy head. Mild fruit, some malt and light hay. A soft one.
Tried from Cask on 26 Jul 2022 at 15:48

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Cask (Bishops Arms, Uppsala) - Amber in colour. Earthy and fruity aroma with notes of dried apricot and sultanas. Slightly fruity taste with notes of sultanas and biscuity malt.
Tried from Cask on 21 Jul 2022 at 18:25

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a pale straw with a small white head. Some vague floral hops in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet and watery. Corn malts hit the taste buts first, but after a while some continental hops show through plus traces of oranges and peppers. There’s a slight bitterness in the finish. This is OK, but a bit nondescript.
Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2022 at 22:22

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Tap at the Sidmouth Jazz Festival 2022. Poured a clear golden colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, big yeast. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a crisp, malt, toffee, herbal, light floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 02 Jun 2022 at 18:03

6.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the Marine, Sidmouth. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, yeast and light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, malt, light floral, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 28 May 2022 at 20:12

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Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2022. Golden in colour, with a thin, white, head. Perfumed floral hops, rich tea malts, some stone fruits, leading to a moderately bitter finish. Ok.
Tried from Cask on 26 Apr 2022 at 13:10

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
# 2845; 4/2022. Malty, earthy and herbal. Clear amber body, persistant white head. Malty, earthy and zesty. Average bitter. Pint, hand-pulled, pub (Ritz), Lincoln (Lincolnshire, England).
Tried on 09 Apr 2022 at 16:51

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Cask: Poured a golden copper with a whispery white head. Aroma is malty. Taste is light fruit mostly malts, not very lively.
Tried from Cask on 09 Apr 2022 at 12:29

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Third of a pint, hand-pulled in The Butler's Bell, Stafford on 8th April 2022. It didn't pull up any trees for me, but it was a pleasant enough copper/bronze coloured beer with a lasting white crown on top. Light piney nose and taste, mild fruity feel.
Tried on 09 Apr 2022 at 05:51

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours golden yellow with a small frothy white head and good lacing. There’s some floral hops in the nose. In the mouth there are bitter (traditional) hops to start, which soon switch to sweet malts before finally reverting back to hops. Some autumn fruits too and a base of caramel. Not bad at all this one.
Tried from Cask on 05 Apr 2022 at 21:08