Otter Creek Helsinki Gold
Otter Creek Helsinki Gold
Rated 3.325 by BeerPalsBrewed by Otter Creek Brewing Company
Middlebury, VT, United States
Style: Spiced Beer
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Otter Creek's fifth beer on the "OTTER CREEK WORLD TOUR," is a golden ale brewed with juniper and rye, inspired by the Finnish beer "sahti." In the “Sahti Belt,” just north of Helsinki, the Finnish beer sahti is still being brewed the same way that it was 400 years ago. According to tradition, bags of rye and barley are soaked in the rivers and lakes to germinate, and then malted in the family sauna. The Finnish brewers use juniper branches to filter the malt from the wort. The juniper berries add a gin-like bitterness to the brew and the rye imparts a malty creaminess. As they say in Finland, Kippis!
ID: 24643 Last updated 2 weeks ago Added to database 17 years agoKey Stats
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| Overall Rank | 9539 |
| Overall Percentile | 82.8 |
| Style Rank | 182 of 1281 |
| Style Percentile | 85.8 |
| Lowest Score | 3.0 |
| Highest Score | 4.1 |
| Average Score | 3.520 |
| Weighted Score | 3.325 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.497 |
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5 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9
This ale pours a medium orange gold color from a 22oz bottle. Medium sized white foamy head, with decent retention and nice lacing. Aroma is interesting, rye, juniper, a touch tart, kind of earthy and a little floral. A medium bodied ale. Malts are caramel and fruity, touch of biscuit. Lots of rye flavors and the juniper is very evident. Hops are earthy and floral. Lively carbonation. The juniper flavors make this beer a little sahti-like the fruitiness is quite similar. Surprisingly full in the mouth. It’s a lighter flavored, lower alcohol beer but still a sipper. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
My first attempt at a Sahti type beer. I was hopnig for more. Clean, straw like malt with a faint sprucey backing aroma. Not great, but very drinkable.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
No idea how this stacks up against a true sahti, but I really enjoyed this one. Poured a crystal clear bright golden yellow, lots of carbonation with a thick white head that fizzed down to a thin layer pretty quickly. Looks very much like a champagne. Aroma hits you with juniper immediately, some light spicy grassiness, and some graininess. Flavor starts with some mild sweet graininess, then the juniper really shines through. Strong juniper hits with some background grain, citrus, and grassiness. Fairly simple, but I like it as such. My favorite non-beer drink is a gin and tonic, and this seems to bridge the gap. I would love to find this as a year round six-pack sort of beer.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5
Poured a dark gold color with small head. Aroma was of mint and juniper. Flavor was of mint pin and the juniper was a lot not a huge fan of this very spiced.
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Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5
Ok, I only have limited sahti drinking experience (Lammin Kataja Olut IVB), and this was too spiced in comparison. But as a spiced beer, it was bearable. Aroma was lots of peppermint. Appearance was amber colored with a nice initial head, minor lacing. The flavor was mints, juniper, pine needles, some light caramel underneath, even a little ginger. Mouthfeel was moderate for the style. I wouldn't want to try this again, but within the not-so-favorite spiced category, not too bad.
