Otter Creek Brewing Backseat Berner IPA

Backseat Berner IPA

 

Otter Creek Brewing in Middlebury, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

IPA Regular
Score
7.00
ABV: - IBU: - Ticks: 7
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6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Dégustée au printemps 2016 (De mes notes). .

Tried on 21 Aug 2017 at 23:05


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Got in a BIF from Roguer. 16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 2/9/2017. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, papaya, guava, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, light honey, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of citrus/tropical/fruity hops and moderate bready malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, papaya, guava, lemon/orange zest, light pepper/pine, light honey, toasted bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine/grassy/citrus peel/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, peach, apricot, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, melon, papaya, guava, lemon/orange peel, pepper, pine, toasted bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/fruity hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and minimal lingering hop astringency after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from lingering bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately bready/grainy/sticky, and lightly resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 7%. Overall this is an outstanding IPA! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/tropical/fruity hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink from the modest bitterness. Very bright, juicy, and dank on hops; nice malt backbone, without feeling sweet. Fairly tame feeling bitterness at first from the malt balance, but dries out really nicely without being astringent. A highly enjoyable offering.

Tried from Can on 30 Mar 2017 at 19:04


7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught. Slightly hazy pale yellow with small foamy off-white head, floral hops aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter floral hops taste with mango, thin body, long hoppy finish. Nice and flavorful.

Tried on 22 Sep 2016 at 14:25


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle on RBSG Bus. Pours a clear gold with small white head that lasts. The aroma is tropical fruit and pine. Medium body, pine, citrus, resin finish, good.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2016 at 14:24


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle - Tropical fruit and citrus peel. Clear gold with particulates. Sweet and a touch of skunk with citrus.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2016 at 14:16


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pale yellow appearance. 1 finger head. Smells like a faint sweet clementine but not in a big way. Very decent sharp mouthfeel. Good orange peel. Some pine needle but not overwhelming.

Tried on 22 May 2015 at 08:56


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Three ounce "beer shot" courtesy of staff at Smoke and Barrel, thanks! Really fruity, mild bitterness, full body, easy drinking!

Tried on 24 Apr 2015 at 17:13