Is there a difference between Otter Creek ALPINE Black IPA & ...... http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/119/62050 Otter Creek Black IPA http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/119/77274 Just picked up a 6pack of the latter and the 6 pack holder says "Now Year Round" Any help is appreciated. BTW, had this on draft in Maine and it's really excellent.
No difference. Alpine Black IPA was the winter seasonal, but became year-round and shortened to just Black IPA due to its popularity.
Yeah it is a pretty awesome beer. I would GUESS that it's the same and like you mentioned maybe just different packaging because of the "now year round" thing.
The Alpine is listed as a American Black while the new Black is listed as a standard IPA. Wonder if both should remain listed or if the Alpine should now become an Alias for the Black IPA.... Enjoying one now. (from the bottle) Really love this one. Anyone now Otter Creek's bottle codes? 3132110211 Let me know if you have a clue. Tastes very fresh.
not familiar with that exact julian coding, but I would venture to guess the the first 3 numbers represent day it was brewed. 313 would have been wed nov. 9th 2011. i could be wrong. but nothing else in that sequence would lead me to believe otherwise.
Could also be Could also be XXXXMMDDYY, which would put a bottling date of 11/02/11, with bottle code 3132, whatever that means. FreshBeerOnly doesn't say anything about a Julian date.
Speaking of Otter Creek, I saw an ad in one of the brewspapers that their spring beer is a golden bock with marketing speak promising a heavy handed hop profile. Anyone see/try this one yet? Does anyone know if this was brewed with lager yeast, or their house ale yeast? I used to like their VT Lager and would love to have a replacement for Glissade to drink this spring.
Maybe it's a reincarnation of their World Tour Cuckoo Bock: It looks like the new beer is simply called "Spring Bock." Here's the label:
