Berghoff OktoberFest Beer

Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Monroe, Wisconsin USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Medium dark amber, minimal head, malty with minor spice notes. Kinda bland and thin for my taste.

Kind of one dimensional octoberfest. Very malty but also has a pleasant taste. Definitely a sesh beer, I could drink 8 of these and I have before. Mixes well with guinness too by the way.

12 ounce bottle. Pours copper/orange with a decent chunky biege head. Aroma of malt and caramel. Taste is sweet malt, caramel, fruit, and a bit of hops. A bit thin and a bit bitter. A little odd.

12oz bottle.. it’s Berghoff, I wasn’t about to pour it. Pretty malty and had a very bland taste. Poor offering for an Oktoberfest beer.

This beer is really pretty decent, but still nothing much to it. I like some more complexity.

12oz bottle. Pours a clear, golden-orange colored body with a finger-width, fizzy, off-white head that dissipates quickly and leaves a light lacing. Aroma is sweeter caramels with a light bread, some buttered toast, and a decent amount of floral fruits. Flavor is similar. Sweeter, bready caramels with a light toast. Floral fruits and a hint of earth before this finishes sweet with a very light bitterness. Medium length aftertaste following a smooth, medium body and moderate carbonation. Overall, a decent Oktoberfest. Fairly sweet and led by the bready caramels, but it did have a hint of bitterness and toast to balance. Not bad.

Another American Oktoberfest. With a different label than the one shown. No date on bottle but I know it is fresh. Pours a dark amber, darker than the German offerings but still looks nice, the head is a full 3 fingers. The aroma is soft, hint of rootbeer in there, but mostly malt with a kiss of hops. The beer has nits of adjunct, slight cooked vegetables, but also some nutty malts and bitter hops. Nice sweetness and light body. Again, traces of rootbeer int he flavor. It is better than SA or Leinenkugel’s despite the macro nature of it however. It is a unique flavor though that has Oktoberfest characteristics, but a few other additional flavors. The mouthfeel isn’t bad, it has good carbonation and the flavors are delivered in a reasonable fashion as they are able to permeate the tongue. Overall it’s taste could be better but the rest of this beer isn’t bad, not the first thing I would grab during the Oktoberfest season though. It is a unique take on an Oktoberfest

Sampled at Berghoff brewery on Adams St. downtown Chicago. Smelled of carmel, light vanilla, roasted nuts. Not very good for an oktoberfest. Carbonated and no clean aftertaste. Medium hops with little malt character. Still no comparison to Samuel Adams or Dundee..

UPDATED: OCT 25, 2010 amazing aroma, smells so great. Looks alright. Tastes pretty good. Aftertaste is real good. Overall I say hurray.

Pours a medium amber-copper with a 1-2 finger off white head that fades to a thick skim fairly quickly and holds. Aroma is toast, cereal grain, caramel, straw and a hint of buttery toffee. Flavor is sweet grain, dry grass, caramel, toast and a little limestone. Palate is lightish bodied with a somewhat oily feel throughout and moderate carbonation. Not a bad octoberfest.

12oz bottle from sampler pack. Pours hazy copper with small off-white head. Aromas of malts, caramel, and some metallic notes. Flavors of toasted malts, caramel, and a bit of a metallic note. More flavorful than I expected but still not that great.