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
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.
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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Meridian Pint. Pours clear gold with a white head. Citrus, pine, resin. Good stuff.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Jul 2019
at 16:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours hazy golden with a thick white head. Aroma of fruity hops. Taste of mosaic, dry fruit notes. Palate has slight resin, alcohol notes and grassy notes. Interesting.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2019
at 00:20
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Berner IPA: Pours orange with a thick white head. Heavy hop aroma. Taste is quite hoppy and resinous. Palate has woody and resinous notes. Ok beer.
Tried
on 23 May 2019
at 01:12
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can pour into pub glass from Andover Classic Wines. Appearance is clear, pretty amber with decent sparkle at the edges of the glass, finger-plus width fizzy off-white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is dominant wet cardboard, hint of pilsner malt and fruit. Taste is mix of pilsner cracker and caramel sweet malt, fruit, mild nuts. Palate is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, soft-to-average carbonation and finish as taste. Overall, nice complexity in the taste, though the flavor/aroma profile is not my favorite. Surprisingly dark hue for a pale lager. Strong pale lager.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2019
at 03:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Easter 2019 weekend in Vermont. Can that pours a slightly unfiltered yellow colour with a big white cap, good retention and full bubbly-foamy and creamy lacing. Herbal hop nose with some nicely balanced citrus notes. Fresh hops in the taste as well with the grassiness adding some nice bitterness. Not overly dry but getting there. Quite nice all-around for citrus-grass hoppy IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Apr 2019
at 22:29
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Easter 2019 weekend in Vermont. Pours a clean amber colour with a warm off-white cap, average stay and some decent lacing. Cereal grain full aromas with some sweetness. The taste shows this sweetness but a little less. Hints of honey. The cereal notes are fully there. Just enough hops to keep the brew to linger too much. A decent amber lager.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2019
at 21:59
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Sampled on draft a the Thirsty Scholar this beer poured a yellow gold color with a medium size foamy yellow-white head that left excellent lacing. The aroma was citric, dry and perfumey. The flavor was dryish, citric, perfumey, lightly bitter and a touch grainy. Medium length finish. Light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Apr 2019
at 17:07
7.5/10
The Trap, East Greenwich RI
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2019
at 18:00
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tangerine nose. Hazy amber, thin head. Tangerine, lemongrass. Medium to full body, soft carbonation. Great flavor and alcohol is well concealed, but I'm not getting the brut moniker.
Tried
on 17 Jan 2019
at 21:53
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Small off-white rim; fully muddy reddish brown beer. Sweetish nose, X-mas cake, portwine/madeira/raisins, maple syrup, vineleaves. Bit of oak galls suggested. Drier than the nose suggested, but also less distinctive. Again oakgalls, waffle syrup, x-mas cake, portwine. Very slick, alcoholwarming, bit chilli-like heat. Quite good, if sweet. Thanks to whomever brought it along!
Tried
on 13 Jan 2019
at 09:53