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RATINGS: 552   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.82   SEASONAL: Autumn   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
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This seasonal specialty is brewed in limited quantities. Beck’s brewmasters create the distinctive, malty-sweet, amber-colored brew so people throughout the world can celebrate the season popularly known in Germany as Oktoberfest.


3
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Aggy360 (115) - Anchorage/ Vista,CA, USA - SEP 23, 2009
Pours a really clear copper color with a full off white head. Strong malt nose with what smells like wheat. Taste is clean and crisp malty, and light hop bitterness. Seems good for my first Oktoberfest beer, really displays a true lager taste. Might have to rate it again once I try more beers in this style.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
demmbonz (82) - Wisconsin, USA - APR 20, 2012
Tastes much better than you might expect. I’m an oktoberfest collector and I was pleasantly surprised.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
jimmay (735) - Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA - APR 8, 2012
12 oz bottle. Pours on the copper side of amber in colour, with moderate frothy off white head. Aroma and taste are right on style, nice sweet malt. Good stuff.

2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
dfinney23 (510) - Houston, Texas, USA - MAR 1, 2012
Maybe should’ve pulled this one out of the fridge a bit earlier... Pours clear amber with a big foamy tan head. Aroma is sour and funky with some grainy notes. Saved somewhat by a nice bittersweet flavor but not an Oktoberfest I’d turn to again.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Billicus (258) - Paulsboro, New Jersey, USA - MAR 1, 2012
aroma, roasty, caramel, bread, color, deep amber, white to tan head taste, tinge of hoppiness, mosty just cereal malt esters overall, not as good as I thought it would be, would not buy again, tasted no Iam good.

3.1
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
UDBeernut (461) - Saugerties, New York, USA - FEB 25, 2012
UPDATED: MAR 14, 2012 a: rich copper color slight carbonation off white head that reduces to light lacing s: roasted malts, nut t: caramel, malts and a hint of nut,

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
DeputyAndy (465) - Ambler, Pennsylvania, USA - FEB 17, 2012
Bottle. Pours a nice amber color with a nice head. Aroma is thin. Taste is a round caramel. there’s a definite astringent after taste that mixes with a coppery flavor. bum bum ba bum.

2.5
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 9/20
blutt59 (4926) - Dallas, Texas, USA - DEC 21, 2011
bottled, orange color with big tan foam, aroma is carrots and some skunk forming, sweet malty caramel and carrot juice flavor, easy finish

3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
rougeau13 (1216) - Texas, USA - NOV 28, 2011
Clear amber with a medium, frothy, beige head. Aroma of toast, cinnamon, and caramel. Taste is semi-sweet malt, some toasty flavors and a mild bitterness. Light bodied and a little thin, but all in all, a decent brew.

2.7
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
kidmartinek (1843) - austin, Texas, USA - NOV 27, 2011
Brown lager. Malty nutty nose. Good spotty lace. Small bubbles. Flavor is 66% malt and the rest hops... this beer’s saving grace. The first.Fishing and body ate full, satisfying, and beer. Yes beer. A dark one. Enjoy it.

2.9
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
markwise (2912) - North of Tampa, Florida, USA - OCT 27, 2011
12oz bottle from a recent beer event. Pours a mostly clear caramel amber with an off-white head. Nose is caramel, slight bicuity malt, some bread, and some grains. Flavor is caramel, biscuity malt, bread, and grain. Finish is somewhat dry for a marzen- malt flavors don’t stick around, the yeast comes through and dries it out. For a macro marzen, this one is not half bad.


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