Baron Oktoberfest

Formerly brewed at Baron Brewing & Lunar Brewing
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Seattle, Washington USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein

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22 oz bottle from bottletrek.com. Pours a deep copper with a small wispy head. Mild German hop nose and sweet caramel. Sweet rich maltiness flavor, subtle fruitiness, with a smooth mouthfeel. Very easy drinking, very nice Marzen.

Bomber courtesy of 5000. Pours copper with a small white head. Smells of roses, caramel and very ESB like. Tastes of caramel, earth, roses, some bitter malt. Lots of tea and roses in this one. Overall, not very representative of the category.

8/31/07 On draught at the brewery. Aroma is sweet malt forward with caramel and a good roasted munich malt character. Appearance is clear amber with a low white head. Flavor is sweet, fruity, with light bready malt character and medium bittering. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with a medium/high carb feel.

Amber with a thin off white head. Aroma is light malty, mild hoppiness, caramel, faint chocolate note. Taste is caramel, malt, faint chocolate is there still, light hops.

Bottle: Fiery amber, fairly clear, moderate frothy light beige head, spotty lacing, light carbonation.   Very soft toasted malt nose, slight caramel, a little bit of straw and sweet grass.   Not too bad!   Sweetish Caramel and/or Vienna malts up front, grassy, a little bit funky on the backside but it remains very palatable.   Much heavier and sweeter than mainland examples.   Pretty darn clean, lingering sweet grass and Vienna malts after the finish.   Medium to full bodied, moderate mouthfeel.   One of the more flavorfull examples I have had in a long time.   Only slight minor biscuity twang after the finish, but its minor.   Remains sweet well after the finish.   Good stuff!   Well done Jeff and Mike!

Thanks to Skyview. Cloudy copper color with no head. Caramel aroma with plenty of Noble hop. A bit of sourness that carries to the flavor. More sweet caramel. Simple but good.

Caramel malts, nuts and a little butter in the aroma. Pours amber in color with almost no head. Flavor is sweet and malt accentuated with some nice nutty flavors and a little butterscotch. Finishes sweet with some lingering caramel notes. Pretty enjoyable!

Typical marzen coloring and aroma, though a bit more muted than some of the better versions. Decent enough taste and balance, again following the standard marzen.

(Draught) Sampled at the Great Canadian Beer Festival 2008 in Victoria, September 7. Pours a thin, dissipated yellow head with a clear copper body. Very bready and full. Above average.

On tap at the Parkway Tavern in Tacoma. Not a bad looking pint coming over the counter, reddish brown and a bit of foam over the edge. A little light and surprisingly dry at the front, and then a strong grassy flavor on the middle of the tongue. The finish was more like a typical marzen, but by then, I was left wondering whether I liked it. It’s a little different, drinkable and worth a try, but not my favorite fall brew.