Sigmund (14587) reviewed Head from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500 ml brown bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 5.8%. Reddish amber to brown colour, low off-white head. Minimal carbonation, nearly flat. Moderate but nice aroma of caramel, toffee, berries and dried fruits, with some oak in the background. Flavour has plenty of caramel, and a substantial bitterness in the finish and aftertaste, and a sweetish reminder of the relatively high ABV, but little else than that. Not an easy-drinking ale this one, and not particularly interesting either. Still better than many run-of-the-mill ales.
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Bright from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500 ml bottle, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 4.3%. Pale golden colour (probably the palest British ale I’ve ever seen), slightly hazy. Moderate white head. Moderate fruity aroma. Flavour has some some citrussy notes and fairly decent hops, light bodied, dry bitter finish. In a blind test I might have guessed that this was a kölsch, or even a well-hopped pils. The lager malt used may explain that. An okay beer for a hot summer’s day, but I wouldn’t mind having some noticeable malts around, to balance the Fuggles hops. Additional notes, cask conditioned at The Three Judges, Glasgow: Pale golden colour, lagerish aroma and flavour, moderate hops. Even less impressive than from the bottle, so I keep the old rating.
Sigmund (14587) reviewed Claus from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500 ml brown bottle, Christmas 2006, as Otter Claus, courtesy of Cardinal pub, Stavanger. ABV is 5.0%. Reddish amber colour, moderate head. OK but moderate aroma of bakery and earthy hops. Flavour is nicely balanced between the malts and hops, and makes this a very drinkable premium bitter, but there is nothing that really "stands out" and makes the beer "something special" for Christmas. Might as well be an all-year beer. Okay, but is probably better from a well kept cask.
Earlier Rating: 2/28/2005 Total Score: 3.6
Cask conditioned at Ye Olde Dolphin Inne, Derby, as Otter MacOtter (Heavyweight Beer Festival, February 2005). Gravity dispense. Brown to ruby colour, some natural carbonation, no head. Malty aroma and flavour like expected from a "Scottish" style ale, but this one also has a tolerable hoppy bitterness. Hints of dark bitter chocolate. Not a bad try from the Otter Brewery.
Fin (18365) reviewed Bitter from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Nags Head, Lyme Regis, Dorset, 13-11-06 Labelled as Otter Sark Lark but I understand that this is the standard bitter now a rebadge, note the pub used to have a beer called Sark Lark which was brewed by Dorset Brewey, Weymouth. Found this to be a good beer little bit nutty nice bitterness, tasty. A6 A3 T7 P4 Ov14 3.4 Had this again On cask at The Brittania, Nailsworth, Glos, 29.05.11 Pours light amber, its fruity with a light/mid bitterness and some soft maltiness, lightly tangy with a little apple peelings, its fine. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
fonefan (84534) reviewed Otter Ale from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ The White Horse Inn. Dark amber colour with small head. Aroma is a bit sweet and malty, but a fine bitterness is also to be found. Flavor has a nice bitterness.
Fin (18365) reviewed Otter Ale from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Ship Inn, Langton Matravers. Dorset 20-06-06. A mid brown beer, that has a good bitterness some fruitiness once you probe away at it a bit. but on the whole just a fairly ordinary but decent enough bitter. Cask again at the Harbour Inn Lyme Regis, Dorset 15-11-06 better than I remembered 3.2 this time.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Otter Ale from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
(On tap) Slightly hazy dark amber with the tiniest, rough, off-white head. Lightly nutty aroma. Floral flavours, some caramel atop a somewhat thinnish body. Discreet hoppiness in the finish. Very pleasant and easy drinking. 160406
Fin (18365) reviewed Claus from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
500ml Bottle from Sainsbury’s Nov 05, reddish brown with small white head, some maltiness and dried fruits and chocolate tastes kicking around in there, pretty good beer but could have been so much better.
Anders37 (30296) reviewed Bitter from Otter Brewery 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. Slightly hazy copper colour with a small off-white head. Fruity hoppy aroma. Fruity flavor with hints of strawberries. Fruity bitter aftertaste.
Harrisoni (26233) reviewed Claus from Otter Brewery 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
500ml bottle from Sainsburys. Chestnut colour with thin beige head Nice choc malts and some raisin fruit. Roasted griny malt flavour and texture in mouth with more choc/coffee andraisins and heavy hops on end giving it balance and dryness. Could do with being a live beer