5 Seasons North Oktoberfest Lager (2008 - )

Brewed by 5 Seasons North
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Alpharetta, Georgia USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Pours a clear orange color with sticky lacing. Musky aroma. Great marzen palate and a fine example of what an Octoberfest should be.

Sample at brewpub. Comes clear light amber with an average white head. Aroma of malt and yeast with a bit of hops. Taste is bread, caramel and some hops. A bit sweet. Very nice.

Orange amber, whitish cover. Sweet aroma, toasted malt, caramel. Taste is toasty, caramel, clean solid marzen. Rating at 5 Seasons Westside. Golden orange, whitish head. Husky, grainy, toast, caramel aroma. Taste is spicy, caramel, grainy, sweet finish. Original rating: 7:3:7:3:14

Appearance: Served up a clear, coppery-amber body with a half inch of whitish foam. Smell: Displays a modestly toasted breadiness with an extremely subtle, restrained Noble hop aroma. Taste: The flavor is dominated by the sweet bready character of the German malts and complimented by a touch of mild spicy Noble hops and bitterness. Faint blip of yeastiness. A few more flourishes of sweetened bread crusts, a crisp finish, and you’re out. Mouthfeel: Medium-light body. Medium-light carbonation. Drinkability: As is the case with any well-crafted Oktoberfest brew, it excels in overall drinkability.

On tap. this is a cloudy copper beer with a particularly good looking head.The aroma is sharp, though smooth with no vegetation or corn. It’s just slightly zesty with bread, biscuits, and paper. The palate is slick with a well balanced flavor. Something about this is slightly different from the usual Oktoberfest. It is smoother, yet does not lack flavor. Less wooden notes and less lager esters are apparent. More citrus and biscuits are detected in the flavor. This is a nice sessionable lager. Quite a surprise.

On tap, during the 5SN Oktoberfest Party. Lots of dancing, lots of great food, lots of beer. Liters at a time. Appearance was very hazy, light orange-tan. Very bready aroma. Nice sweet malt, flavor finishes very bready. Strong too! ouch

UPDATED: NOV 20, 2011
Name: Oktoberfest
Date: September 20, 2008
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Vintage: 2008
Appearance: hazy burnt orange, fine off white head
Aroma: sweet malty aroma , nice bready character, caramel sweetness
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of sweet bready character, light balancing earthyness

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **+ /4

Name: Oktoberfest
Date: October 03, 2009
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Vintage: 2009
Appearance: clear dark copper, fine beige head
Aroma: big bready malt aroma, touch of caramel sweetness, balancing earthyness
Flavor: lots of rich sweet and bready malt flavor, light earthyness keeps it balanced

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: ** /4

Name: Oktoberfest
Date: September 25, 2010
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Vintage: 2010
Appearance: clear copper, thick frothy beige head, sticky lace
Aroma: big bready aroma, touch of sweetness enrichs the breadyness of the malt, light earthyness
Flavor: rich bready flavor, just the right amount of caramel sweetness, light earthyness
Overall: best year yet

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: *** /4

Name: Oktoberfest
Date: October 01, 2011
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub
Vintage: 2011
Appearance: hazy orange, fine off white head, heavy icy lace
Aroma: huge sweet bready aroma, light earthyness
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, lots of breadyness, well balanced earthyness
Overall: almost as good as last year but missing the extra caramel sweetness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4