Otter Creek Otter Kilter
Otter Creek Otter Kilter
Rated 3.255 by BeerPals
Brewed by Otter Creek Brewing Company
Middlebury, VT, United States Style: Scottish Ale
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Otter Kilter, Otter Creek's sixth stop on the "OTTER CREEK WORLD TOUR", is a style modeled after the Scotch Wee Heavy ales. Wee Heavy is a traditional Scotch ale. The rich, malty character can be attributed to the native strain of barley known as Golden Promise. This barley is prized by both ale brewers and Scotch whiskey distillers. And it's not hard to see why once you've tried it. Wee Heavy ales feature a rich caramel flavor that is achieved by boiling the wort in the brew kettle for an extra long time. Hops only grow in the southern part of Britain in England, home of the "Sassenachs" the ancient enemy of the Scots. Needless to say hops are used sparingly in Scotch ales. As they say in Scotland, Slainte!
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| Overall Rank | 22251 |
| Overall Percentile | 79.5 |
| Style Rank | 319 of 1080 |
| Style Percentile | 70.5 |
| Lowest Score | 2.6 |
| Highest Score | 4.0 |
| Average Score | 3.383 |
| Weighted Score | 3.255 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.574 |
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6 Member Reviews
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9
Courtesy of DragonStout. Pours clear brown with tan head. The aroma is roasted malts, mild molasses, chocolate malts, earthiness and peat. Could have a bigger aroma. The flavor is fruity dates, caramel, prunes, earthiness and some mild peat just like in the aroma. It ends smooth and mildly roasty with a faint lingering peatiness.
Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7
Bottle: Poured a dark chalky brown with a beige color head. Aroma is sticky roasted malt with toasted barley. Taste is a mix of roasted malt, toasted barley, and some cooking chocolate. Finish is dry and malty.
Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8
This scotch ale pours a medium brown color from a 22oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. Aroma is brown sugar, molasses and maple. A medium bodied Scottish Ale. Malts are caramel, maple sugar, and toast. Hops are earthy and floral. Nice balance. Smooth taste. Just a hint of smoke. Nice beer. I really like this breweries “World Tour” beers. Wish I could get them on the West Coast. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is clean and smooth. Aftertaste is slightly sweet.
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5
Poured a brownish red color. Aroma was a little smokey caramel. Flavor was smoky and toffee which i often don't catch. Overall was lacking the earthiness that i expected for this style.
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5
Poured a brownish color, some red-like hues, a mediocre off-white head. The aroma was earthy, caramel, light smoke. The flavor was smoke, only light peat (could easily have been more), toasty notes, short of a char or anything like that, some toffee also there. An odd brew, some off-twist seeming flavors. Mouthfeel was moderately bodied, nothing special, average carbonation. Not a stellar example of the style, although certainly drinkable.
Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7
This isn't going to be confused with the best scottish ales. Decent smokey flavor but lacking a little earthiness to it. Easy drinking beer, but not great.
