Otter Beautiful Daze

Otter is a brewery we have encountered before - on the 19 December in fact. Refer to the entry for that day for details of the brewery, or go to www.otterbrewery.com

Beautiful Daze has an interesting story behind it. It was first brewed for a music festival in 2003. The name was inspired by a song called 'Beautiful Day', written and performed by the Levellers (who in fact also run their own music festival called 'Beautiful Days) . The label references a website called www.beautifuldays.org, which seems to be all about music festivals, but the link to the Otter Brewery does not seem to be explained anywhere.

The beer itself is between gold and amber in colour though the illustration on the label seems to be suggesting that it is a golden ale. It is quite drinkable - the label calls it 'an outstanding session beer' which I feel is overstating the case. It is quite acceptable but nothing fantastic.

On the subject of ingredients, the label tells us that the water used comes from the head of the River Otter, together with selected hops and malted barley. It also warns that it may contain wheat oats rye and spelt, which seems worryingly non-specific. It is a bright beer, rather than bottle-conditioned, and the ABV is 3.6%