Avery The Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest

Brewed by Avery Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Boulder, Colorado USA

22oz bottle from the Pizza Port bottle shop. Poured a very clear golden amber with reddish tint. Head was off white and small, great lacing left on the glass. Doubleo was right about the sweet potatoes. Also picked up hints of clove spice, caramel malt and light hops. Mostly malt on the palate, very sweet and smooth.

Pours an amber with a decently full head. The nose is of strawberries, citrus, and sweet malts. The palate was malty, acidic, orange, strawberry, and some hops. The alcohol was not well hidden in this one.

Pours a clearish light brown color. Much lighter than I was expecting. Thin white head. Smells sugary sweet, like sweet potatoes or something. Tastes of brown sugar, malt, and just a touch of hops. Thin, but it coats the mouth, sugary. Not one of my favorites.

Bomber 2007 version. Pours clear, dark amber with a small head. Nose of malts, sweetish, very "Octoberish". Tastes of malts, sweetness almost to the point of cloying. Body is thick and lucious. Very alcoholic. Nice beer but a bomber is more than enough of this beer.

Pours translucent amber into the glass, with a nice creamy head that diminishes to a ring, leaving soapy lace behind. Pumpkin, spices and grains to the nose. The flavors are of bold malt, with pumpkin seeds, raisins, dough, sour grains, and a touch of alcohol to finish out the pull. Hops are well-integrated, and lend a nice "spice" to any diacetyl notes. Full-bodied with a rich mouthfeel, this leaves a nice sour grain aftereffect, lending further complexity to the brew. Well done, and a nice offering.

Pint bottle poured into lager glass- poured transparent light amber brown, small carbonation, white bubbly head formed and stayed foamy. Aroma of rustic malt, with small notes of honey and alcohol. Hits the mouth with a medium body, sweet malt throughout, finish stops quickly with a brief alcohol finish and a very small touch of hops. Nice.

Sampled via 22-oz bomber at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits and shared by joebrew. Pours a clear orange amber brew with a creamy and thick off-white head that slowly dissipates with good lacing and retention. Aroma of bread dough, some caramel malt, some raisin and a touch of toffee. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with flavors of semi-sweet caramel malt, toffee and a touch of honey. Finish is smooth, creamy, thick and a semi-sweet caramel malt aftertaste flavor.

Bottle. Heavy malt aromas of roasted , caramel, cereal and chocolate milk, moderate hop note of perfume, yeast of dough, and toffee, alcohol and honey in the background. Head is small, creamy/bubbly and white, with fair lacing and is mostly diminishing. Color is hazy copper. Flavor is moderately sweet and lightly acidic to start, then finishes lightly acidic and bitter. Palate is medium, creamy with a lively carbonation. It finishes dry, astringent and alcoholic. A nice Octoberfest with bold aromas.