Alpine Oktoberfest

Brewed by Alpine Brewing Company (WA)
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Oroville, Washington USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Alpine Brewing Company Alpine Oktoberfest Amber Lager 2006 Release--22 oz. Bottle--6.50% ABV--20 IBU’s? (4.0 / 5.0) Oktoberfest--No head. Thin lace. Clear thin bright rich amber color. Mild hop front. Smooth mellow mild sweet fruit caramel clean tasty flat malt body. Clean fresh mild hop end. No tang but smooth and tasty Fest. Sampled 9/17/2006. 2007 Release--22 oz. Bottle--6.50% ABV--25 IBU’s? (4.25 / 5.0) Oktoberfest--$3.39 Each. Mild lacy head. Clear thin bright amber color. Crisp malt mild hop fruit front. Crisp clean dry sweet mild caramel fruit malt body. Crisp smooth mild hop spice clean lingering malt end. Nice Fest! Sampled 9/7/2007.

Bottle. Amber color with a caramel-like malty aroma. Flavor is malty but not too heavy or lingering. A little sweet and less hoppy. This is a fantastic Oktoberfestbier.

Bomber. Pours clear copper with a thick and lacy pale orange head. Aroma of biscuit, brown sugar and malt; you know the stuff inside malted milk balls? That’s it. Medium body and carbonation. Lightly sweet taste of bread, caramel, filberts. Fairly crisp and just vaguely hoppy finish. I can see why it wouldn’t be too hard to sit around in lederhosen, and watch barmaids showing a ton of cleavage while you pound a bunch of this beer. Damn. I finished the bomber while writing this. I guess I need to learn to type faster.

22 oz Bottle - Sweet, caramelly biscuit malt body - slight toffee presence with a floral light hop finish with a muted citrus essence - almost CreamSickle citrusy-smooth. Medium bodied, smooth, enjoyable, extremely well balanced drink. I thought this was a fantastic drink- well done.

At the Enumclaw Oktoberfest 2009. Of all the Oktoberfest beers at the festival, this was the best. Just like the commercial description. Isn’t fall a great time for beer!

UPDATED: OCT 7, 2010 Pours a translucent brown amber with a white head. Aroma is bready malt, spicy hops. Richly malty with bread and nutty notes, crisp earthy, herbal hops. Quite nice.

UPDATED: SEP 14, 2007 Orangey-amber colour. Complex toasty, bready aroma. Moderate caramel body. Toasty finish. The flavour lets down a bit after the great aroma but I suppose that’s the smoothness making its statement. Another quality lager from Alpine. 8-4-6-3-13=3.4

Re-rate at GCBF ’07 pulled more malt flavours of a sweet, biscuity variety, a fresh breadcrust aroma and a higher score of 4-8-8-4-17=4.1 Score listed is an amalgam.

This was a good one. This is not generally a favorite style of mine, but this was a fantastic brew. Nice sweet caramel malt aroma. Poured amber with a small white head. The malt flavor was nice and sweet, but not overly sweet like alot of Fest beers. It was pretty smooth and finished very crisp. I will look for this again during next season.

Biscuit malt mixes nicely with moderate caramel and brown sugar. More than your-average-Oktoberfest’s hop finish, but still on with the style. Very solid and enjoyable.

Amber with small beige head. Candy floss nose.Light smooth sweet malt profile, lightly blended hops