Otter Creek Otter Summer Ale

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Enjoying this one in Brooklyn. Pours an average golden colour with a small white cap and not much lace. The last pour creates a haziness. Cereal malt scent with a little hop. Same for taste. Grainy with hints of hop, but not much bitterness. Does the job for what it is suppose to do - refresh for summer.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Sampled on 6/17/2010. This wheat ale pours a very light gold color from a 12oz bottle. Small sized white foamy head. The aroma is cereal and grainy with a touch of floral hops. A light bodied wheat beer. The malts are cereal and grainy with a touch of sweetness. The hops are floral. A fairly light bodied wheat beer, with a touch of hoppiness. Nice carbonation. Mouthfeel is full and round. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is slightly bitter.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

A pretty good summer ale. It was what I expected it to be. Golden color light wheat aroma and a mild taste that needs a bit of lemon or lime. I normally wouldn't say that but the lemon or lime in wheat ales has grown on me.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Bottle: Poured a light orangey color ale with a light foamy head with light retention and some minimal lacing. Aroma of sweet wheat malt with more character then I would expect. Taste is a nice mix between some sweet malt but also the refreshing taste of wheat. I don't know if the aging on this one has done something to the beer that other would have noticed but I thought this had a lot more character and complexity then I would have expected from a summer wheat ale.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

I am a pretty big fan of most of the Otter Creek brews. Unfortunately, this one is not a favorite of mine. The beer pours a nice golden color with a slight head, and a decent amount of carbonation. A slight hint of citrus is apparent in the aroma. Although it drinks like an average summer wheat, there is nothing great though. This might be a better beer when served with a lemon wedge. I'll have to try it that way next time.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This one pours a clear gold with a quickly fading head. The aroma is a light bit of lemon. The flavor is pretty boring and comes across as slightly papery.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

This beer really hit the spot for my grilling experience. Pour was really brilliant yellow, minimal head, lacing. Crisp refreshing wheat taste with citric tart and a bit of sweetness. Great for a hot summer day.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

This is not a great wheat beer. The server that suggested it as "the best wheat beer in the place" was wrong, because we were at the Brickskeller in D.C., and there had to have been better ones available. Thin and citrus-y bread flavor to this one. Aroma not great, appearance was decent enough, but not great enough to order it again. Overall a lackluster performance.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Sampled at a local pub. This is a very ordinary Summer Ale. Pours a very light yellow color with a small head. Faint lemon aroma. Very light-bodied with a touch of lemon zing and a mild dry hop flavor. In the hot sun you could do a lot worse but I also think there are better options out there as well. Average.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 4

This is a plain looking pale beer with little head or lacing. The aroma is slightly sweet with sour notes, hints of lemon and a touch of bitterness. The flavor is rather weird. I can't expain all the weirdness, but I did notice bitter and woody notes, with wheaty accents. It's light on the palate and slightly dry. I'm not a huge fan of wheat beers but this one is really not to my liking. I won't be looking for this beer ever again.