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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7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Can at home after finally getting kid to sleep. Hazy peachy orange pour. Nose is piney and tropical fruits. Tastes of pineapple, tangerine, piney, oats, some bread and herbal. Bitter and lighter bodied. Some fruity sugars on finish.
Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2017 at 22:37

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours a gold from a can, lemony aroma is more of a generic citrus in the mouth, nice round mouthfeel from the oats. Pretty good beer.
Tried from Can on 11 Mar 2017 at 21:31

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Nitro pour at Timothy’s. Dark brown with thick creamy head. Lighter roast grain aroma, a bit sweet, almost lacto. Smooth and silky.
Tried on 16 Feb 2017 at 18:55

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle from Total Wine, West Richmond. Pours golden with pulp, large off-white head. Aroma is juicy! Grapefruit, orange. Taste is also juicy: orange juice and pulp, citrus peel, pine, tropical fruit, and lightly floral. Pretty good.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2017 at 15:52

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
12th January 2017
T42 Bottleshare. Thanks to Leighton for the can. Light haze on this gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Smooth pale malts, mildly sweet. Good piney hops. Modest hop spice. A little citrus getting ripe. More pine, cooling. Nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2017 at 03:11

8/10
Tried on 12 Jan 2017 at 13:29

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can shared on Level 42 12/01/2016. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A light hazed bright yellow straw coloured pour with a a fine white head. Aroma is nice. Dank lemon, light straw, spicy grassy hop, petrol. Flavour is composed of tangy dank lemon, grassy, spicy hop, light straw, grassy. Palate is semi sweet, moderate carbonation, grainy, . Assertive slightly dirty grassy hop biterness. Decent.
Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2017 at 13:11

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Leighton at level 42. It pours lightly hazy yellow with a thick white head. The aroma is fresh, sticky, sweet, green, grassy, grapefruit, over - ripe nectarine and brioche. The taste is dry, bitter, sweet, sticky, peachy, nectarine, sugary, resin, grassy, danky and stinky onion with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Too much onion. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2017 at 13:11

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can split at Happy New Years L42 Shim Sham, thanks to Leighton, 12/01/17. Lightly hazed yellow golden with a decent off white covering. Nose is orange peel, tangerine, light peach, straw, toasted bread. Taste comprises light dank hop strokes, pine, tangerine, bready notes, grapefruit, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a juicy hop rinse. Decent well balanced IPA.
Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2017 at 13:09

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Can, as part of a trade with Leighton. Cheers! Pale gold. Soft haze. Skim of white head. Nose has chewy, fruity hop, in spades. Pineapple and grapefruit and candied citrus. Some sappy pine. Damp grain backdrop. Taste is crisp, citrusy bitter with a grainy sweetness. Oily mouthfeel. Maybe a bit flabby. Long, citrusy bitter finish. Lots of hops. Feels a little unbalanced, erring toward hop overload, overall.
Tried from Can on 09 Jan 2017 at 13:28