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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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Saintmatty (11592) reviewed
Otter Ale from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask (Railway Arms,Whitchurch) - Copper brown in colour.Malty aroma with some fruity and slightly roasted notes. Bitter and fruity taste with raisins and some spicy malt notes.
Tried from Cask on 27 Aug 2008 at 19:21
jcwattsrugger (14885) reviewed
Hoppy Otter IPA (Bottle) from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
6.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
16.9oz bottle-pours a thin white head and amber color. Aroma is pine hops, sweet medium malt. Taste is sweet medium malt-caramel, herbal/earthy/slight pine hops-slightly bitter. Thanks to Joe-jwc215 for picking this out.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2008 at 07:18
radagast83 (13844) reviewed
Hoppy Otter IPA (Bottle) from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle brought from Georgia by a friend. Pours a deep dark orange color with a frothy, white head. Aroma is citrus, floral, and almost sweet malt. Flavor is rich, hop bitterness, with a lasting finish. Great beer.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2008 at 13:13
notalush (7406) reviewed
Head from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cloudy amber beer, with a very small, fizzy lace - quite a yeasty and bready aroma, with a lot of caramel, toffee, and nutty character, and a soft underlying earthiness - the flavor starts off with moderate fuggles bitterness and strong herbal, tea-like qualities - this quickly makes way for brown sugar, toffee, and hazelnut - some subtle notes of citrus and fruit pulp - yeasty near the finish - there is a nice earthiness to this one throughout, which lends a nice dimension, and makes the beer stand out - very bready at the end - different and interesting.
Tried on 31 Jul 2008 at 20:11
notalush (7406) reviewed
Hoppy Otter IPA (Bottle) from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
You gotta love the symmetry of this beer’s name - anyway, this is a pretty interesting ale - looks like your standard british IPA or bitter, but it’s anything but - according to the label, this is also brewed with wheat, oats, rye, and spelt, which explains to interesting eccentricities - the oats are quite apparent in the aroma, along with some earth marris otter character, and a bit of nuttiness - grassy american hops hit the tongue first, but after that the british ale yeast and malts take over, and serve as a base for the added ingredients - rye is most noticeable, and the oats add their presence a bit - some caramel sweetness and nutty character arrive late - interesting herbal, almost tea-like notes in places - a unique and tasty brew - now I need to try some of their other offerings.
Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2008 at 20:39
fonefan (86114) reviewed
Claus from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle 50cl.Clear medium amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lancing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, berry, raisin, vinous. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (170508)
Tried from Bottle on 06 Jul 2008 at 03:59
KimLundJohansen (10466) reviewed
Claus from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Hazy amber with tiny off white head. Aroma has hoppy and caramel notes. Sweet fruity flavor with caramel, malty and hoppy notes. ENds mild bitter.
Tried on 01 Jun 2008 at 10:28
Finn (18625) reviewed
Otter Ale from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
5.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at The Globe, Baker St 28 Apr 08. Dark golden brown colored. A creamy tanned head. Sweet fruity aroma. Caramellish flavor. Sweet bitter aftertaste. A bit too far on the sweet side.
Tried from Cask on 12 May 2008 at 15:03
Downender (11273) reviewed
Claus from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask-conditioned at the Rising Sun, Frampton Cotterell, S Gloucs 3/5/08. This was called "St George’s Ale" but, according to the brewery’s website, all its seasonal ales are rebadges of the same base beer. Deep reddish-brown in colour with next to no head and an aroma of toffee and red fruit. The flavour was sweet too, with plenty of malt and some earthy hops in the finish. Good.
Tried from Cask on 04 May 2008 at 04:32
patrick767 (7344) reviewed
Head from Otter Brewery
18 years ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml bottle - Pours hazy light brown with almost no head and very little carbonation. It has a mild aroma of caramel malt. The flavor is led by toasty toffee malt and has some mild hops. It has a medium body and a light, bitter finish. This beer is pretty average. I really should stop paying the high prices for the many mediocre to average English bitters that seem to be so common now.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Apr 2008 at 22:28