Otter Creek Russian Imperial Stout - Otter Creek Brewing / Wolaver's

hreb

Washington

4.6/5  rDev +15.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 5

Liberated this bottle from my collection today, after several months of waiting. Cold 22oz bomber poured into tapered pint glass. Beer pours black, like motor oil, with a thick, ice-cream-float-like mahogany head, which grows as it rests. Rich hazelnut-coffee aroma. Toasty.

Initial sip has a creamy mouthfeel with a mouth-coating roasted coffee flavor. The beer would do well to warm up a bit. Carbonation and hops are appropriately distant. Doesn't betray even a hint of alcohol. Lots of thick brown lacing already coat the glass.

As the beer warms it gets even more mellow. It also becomes even more apparent that the aroma, initial flavor, and aftertaste are pure roasted barley, while the middle of the palate uses hops to subtly take the edge of the sweetness of the brown sugar. Fantastic. And in no way does it reveal the over 10% ABV.

Serving type: bottle

01-16-2010 20:33:38 | More by hreb

hosehead83

Ohio

4.16/5  rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12oz. bottle into a wine goblet.
Pitch-black in color, with a moderate cap of dark, tan foam.
Aroma-Black patent malt,coffee, dark chocolate.
Taste-Dark roasted coffee, dark roasted malt, baker's chocolate, hop leaf and tobacco notes. Warming alcohol comes to the forefront in a rather bitter finish.

Serving type: bottle

05-23-2013 21:10:19 | More by hosehead83

surprenant1138

Connecticut

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

05-21-2013 20:57:47 | More by surprenant1138

hphilip456

Massachusetts

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

05-21-2013 14:51:10 | More by hphilip456

Honus1

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

05-19-2013 02:30:19 | More by Honus1

mattsucks

Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

05-18-2013 14:24:49 | More by mattsucks

DWolf

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

05-17-2013 00:00:08 | More by DWolf

twenty5

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

05-15-2013 16:55:50 | More by twenty5

Odysseyalien

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -5.8%

05-12-2013 15:02:48 | More by Odysseyalien

BlurryVisi0n

New York

4.21/5  rDev +5.8%
look: 5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Served in a snifter.

Appearance: Opaque black. Pours thick with a head that looks equally as good as the body rising to about 1/2" dark tan.

Smell: strong malt, has hints of pure vanilla and feel of chocolate at the same time. Pretty appetizing.

Taste: A strong dark chocolate with caramel features offset with a marly bitterness. It is a notch sweet, not to the point where it is anything like milk stout but just enough to keep drawing you.

Mouth: Smooth finish, takes at least two sips to adjust then goes down perfect.

Overall: Best Otter Creek beer I have had and ridiculously good Russian imperial stout. If its still by my shop ill be filling another growler without hesitation. Salud!

Serving type: growler

05-10-2013 22:11:15 | More by BlurryVisi0n

saburky

Ohio

2.75/5  rDev -30.9%

05-09-2013 14:02:02 | More by saburky

hopoilcrazy

Tennessee

4.06/5  rDev +2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25

Thanks to Mew for this extra!

A - Absolutely great...almost perfect look. Totally pitch black with a dark tan head that does not go away for awhile.

S - Milk chocolate and caramel malt. A little boozy. Bready almost yeasty tang. Puffed wheat.

T - Big, huge, enormous malt. It is a great malt profile: peaty, cocoa powder, kettle corn, biscuity. And at the end when the hops should balance, they don't but the beer doesn't suffer. Faint hop oil, but indeterminable.

M - Luscious coating and tingly booze. Soothing.

Overall, this beer is pretty great and I'm sure that it is a great value. I would drink this a lot if I could get it

Serving type: bottle

05-08-2013 03:55:45 | More by hopoilcrazy

lupercmda

North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

05-08-2013 02:56:42 | More by lupercmda

mklisz

New Hampshire

4/5  rDev +0.5%

05-07-2013 20:02:40 | More by mklisz

ZEB89

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +0.5%

05-06-2013 18:39:24 | More by ZEB89

schaffer9252

New York

4.25/5  rDev +6.8%

05-04-2013 14:36:31 | More by schaffer9252

blknikon

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

04-30-2013 19:37:48 | More by blknikon

GRG1313

California

4/5  rDev +0.5%

04-28-2013 00:13:32 | More by GRG1313

ItsBeer4Me

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +0.5%

04-26-2013 21:16:24 | More by ItsBeer4Me

cfinch2

Virginia

4/5  rDev +0.5%

04-26-2013 14:41:21 | More by cfinch2

LockeSD

New York

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

04-26-2013 00:35:30 | More by LockeSD

CardiacNP

Louisiana

4.45/5  rDev +11.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Draft from Fox & Hound in Ohio

A nice imperial stout with 10%abv but you do not Taste it.

Dark black in color with a tight 1 finger creamy brown head. Decent lacing.

Malty chocolate , coffee stout.

Lightly carbonated. Smooth creamy mouth feel.
Surprisingly so for such a high alcohol beer.

Overall a solid Russian imperial stout. Recommend trying

Serving type: on-tap

04-24-2013 02:04:57 | More by CardiacNP

riy3rd

Massachusetts

4.5/5  rDev +13.1%

04-23-2013 13:47:29 | More by riy3rd

Rifugium

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Not sure where I first had this, but I think it was at TJ's, Paoli.

Opaque black pour with a rocky tan head that sank to a ringlet, leaving a bit of lacing on the glass. Aroma was dark malts, dark chocolate, hints of dark dried fruit. Definitely a tasty stout here, dark malts, dark chocolate, a little espresso, burnt marshmallow, notes of plum, and some mild earthy hops coming through. Body was on the fuller side of medium, robust and smooth, tremendously easy drinker for a 10% brew. Very nice overall.

Serving type: on-tap

04-22-2013 01:43:18 | More by Rifugium

civicm87

New York

4/5  rDev +0.5%

04-20-2013 15:26:41 | More by civicm87