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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.
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.
22/02/2011. GARRICKS HEAD, 7-8 St. John's Place, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 16 Jan 2023
at 12:34
30/09/1991. BRIDGE INN, Bridge Hill, TOPSHAM, Devon, England (FREE HOUSE) and many subsequent times and places
Tried
on 16 Jan 2023
at 12:26
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Jan 2023
at 11:47
29/05/1998. WHITEFRIARS, 127 Priory Road, HASTINGS, East Sussex, England (FREE HOUSE)
Tried
on 10 Jan 2023
at 10:28
7/10
Bottle online from The Otter Brewery. Pours a murky light chestnut colour with one finger thick creamy off-white head. Aroma is very malty with lots of toffee and caramel and doughy bread. Taste is again very malty, lots more toffee and caramel, toasty bread, some biscuity notes, a touch of honey and a very light earthy hop on the otherwise malty finish. Medium to full body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Very good Beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2023
at 21:14
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Bottle. Appearance is dark amber, with a small foamy beige head. Aroma is raisiny dark fruit, malty bread, caramel, Christmas cake. Taste is fruitcake, malt, caramel biscuit, hedgerow/hop hints, raisin, some marzipan sweetness. Quite a lingering sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2023
at 19:45
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at The Bankers Draft, Eltham. Copper coloured pour with a beige head. Raisin, cloves, caramel and dried fruit aromas. Bitter chocolate, raisin, dried fruit and light sweet spice taste. Spicy bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Dec 2022
at 13:55
7/10
Bottle online from the Otter Brewery. Pours a clear chestnut colour with a thin white head. Aromas of fruit cake, toffee, caramel and spice. Taste has more of the same notes, fruity with lots of caramel, an added touch of tobacco and also a little brown sugar. Good balance between the sweetness and a gentle earthy bitterness. Medium body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily and sticky mouthfeel. Very Christmasy beer. I liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2022
at 20:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
From cask at the Jolly Farmers, Oxford, ASM on Inspector Morse Pub Crawl, except that this is not one of them. Hazy dark golden. Dense and persistent off-white head. Aroma and tare of pale malt, succade and so on. Low bitterness. Not bad. M
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2022
at 22:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Hand-pulled half-pint at Bickleigh Mill, Devon on 19th October 2022. What a lovely beer, what a pity I was driving, otherwise I'd have had a lot more. Deep amber body, thin white topping. Malty front with a decent hop bill, no citrus fruits were hurt in the brew, always a good thing in my opinion, OK they might be a slight orange flavour towards the finish.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2022
at 10:46