Otter Creek Brewing

Client Brewer in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Barrel One Collective
Associated Venue: Otter Creek Brewing - Out of business

Established in 1991

Contact
793 Exchange St, Middlebury, VT, 05753, United States
Description
OCB has been hitting, hopping and dosing brews with creativity since acid-washed jeans were hip — throwing a bit of kind into the kettle whenever possible. Look for our hop-soaked ales and delicious lagers around New England and the mid-Atlantic.

Acquired by Long Trail in 2010 with the brewing facility eventually sold to Whistle Pig. Currently operating as a brand owned and marketed by Harpoon.

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7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours clear, dark brown. Small to no white head. Smell is sweet, nutty, brown malts. Taste is full, sweet, nutty, maple syrup is very hidden. Decent for sure. Perhaps a bit grainy, boozy in the finish.
Tried on 12 Jan 2019 at 15:55

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can, from City Hops. Pours faintly cloudy dark orange with foamy off-white head, malty aroma with faint grassy hops, high carbonation, mildly bitter malty taste with light caramel, thin body, medium finish. A bit weak in taste.
Tried from Can on 04 Dec 2018 at 17:58

5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 4
Tap & crowler at JRs. Pours like thicker coffee, a little viscous on a really dark brown brew. Thin skummy head. No real noticeable nose when really cold. Taste is all about black coffee with a tad of beer alky in it. In the middle it has an almost perceivable tartness int here? Taste it? Well, maybe not, it was just a passing thought. Ends like it starts, big strong cold black coffee with a mildly alky kick. Good cutting co2 to the end. Co2 makes its personality a little more acceptable considering how strong the coffee effect.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2018 at 17:08

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Deep hazy orange and light amber coloured body with a thick three centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of dank and robust grassy and citrus hops with a ton of resinous and high alpha acid scents throughout. Medium to Full-bodied; Strong dank and bittered hop flavour at first with a lot of malt backbone behind with a ton of depth and pungency throughout, also showing some sugar from honey and pure syrup with a dash of pineapple and some tropical fruits from the hops as well, especially towards the end. Aftertaste is deep with a great balance, some lighter and softer fruit and sweetness, but the astringent alcohol, dank and bittered hop flavors dominate, as well as the alcohol and pungency from the finish. Overall, a surprisingly nice Imperial IPA that shows well throughout, and has a strong complexity, but still goes down quite easily. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Liquor Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 22-September-2018 for US$3.99 sampled in my hotel room here in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19-October-2018.
Tried from Can on 20 Oct 2018 at 11:23

Tried on 13 Oct 2018 at 12:21

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
7 week old can A: Poured lightly hazed medium gold with 1/2" of bubbly head. Fair retention and patchy lace. S: Heavy tangerine and citrus pith with a bit of wood. T: Very bitter pith and some juicy tropical fruit with noticeable malt sweetness to balance. A hint of alcohol and wood at the finish. M: Medium body with low to average carbonation. Clean finish. O: Pretty good though not much there to distinguish it from several others.
Tried from Can on 23 Sep 2018 at 19:16

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can split at L6, thanks to Leighton, 05/09/18. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white cap. Nose is light pine, citric tinged straw, bitter orange, grapefruit. Taste comprises orange pith, pine, grassy bite, toasted malts, grapefruit, bitter citric shreds, light mineral notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced hop bitterness. Ok old skool leaning DIPA.
Tried from Can on 12 Sep 2018 at 12:33

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can shared at a Columbus tasting 05/09/2018. Many thanks! A translucent yellow straw coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet, juicy tropical manfgo, tangerien. Flavour is composed of creamy vanilla, zippy, lemon, . Palate si semi sweet, sticky, moderate carbosantion, sticky. Flavour is composeed of semi sweet, tangerine, woody , little waxy fruit, . Palate si semi sweet, moderate carboantion. Nice.
Tried from Can on 11 Sep 2018 at 22:08

7/10
Tried on 05 Sep 2018 at 19:39

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can shared in London - picked up in VT. pours hazy gold with a creamy white head. Medium sweet, some ripe citrus, a little vanilla, melon, pear, mild bitterness. Medium to full bodied, oily, with fine carbonation. Sweet finish, lightly resinous and warming, more ripe citrus. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 05 Sep 2018 at 19:38