I love the otter wearing a Santa hat on the label of Otter Claus, a winter ale from Otter Brewery in Devon; as soon as I saw it, I knew I had to grab a couple of bottles. Of course, it's what's inside the bottle that counts and this ale is a beautiful deep ruby colour with a very loose, rapidly vanishing cream coloured head. This definitely looks like my kind of beer!
The aroma is malt, dark fruits, biscuit and toffee with a hint of spiciness and a slight metallic bitterness. Flavour is malt, toffee, dark fruits and hops followed by a warming spice and a slight bitter finish that builds up as you drink. As the flavour develops, it's like a liquid Christmas cake as the taste of raisins and warming spice become more noticeable.
It's medium bodied with soft carbonation that gives it a rather flat appearance when the head vanishes, however, it feels very smooth in the mouth and is so easy to drink that it goes down far too quickly.
A lovely winter ale and an absolute steal at a current price of only £2.63 per 500ml bottle direct from Otter Brewery's Online Shop. I'd be more than happy to drink Otter Claus all year round and Ale definitely Be Seeing You again.
5% ABV
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