Blue & Gray Baron von Steuben Oktoberfest

Brewed by Blue & Gray Brewing Co.
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Fredericksburg, Virginia USA

Enjoyed this one from 7.5 gallon keg purchased at the brewery in Fredericksburg, VA. Pours to a beautiful, bright, deep chestnut color, with a thick, and creamy off white head, and a soft to moderate amount of carbonation. The nose on this beer is very inviting ,with lots of good toasty and nutty malt aromas paired with good herbal/grassy hop aroma. The palate is very polished and clean with excellent, deep malty flavors of toast, nuts, light hints of caramel. This beer finishes with more great malty, toasty/nutty flavors, then ends with a nice grassy hop bite that balances the malt sweetness of this beer. So fresh and flavorful from the draught, we drained a keg of this beer in record time. So flavorful yet, so, so drinkiable. This beer is an excellent local example of Oktoberfestbier/marzen that was the perfect match for bratwurst hot of the grill.

Nice deep amber coloured body with ruby highlights and tints of orange. Aroma of malt, a bit of hops and a good amount of mild spices. Medium-bodied; Large malt backbone with a good yeastie and fresh hop flavour going strong. Aftertaste shows some caramel, a bit of coriander seed and a fair amount of floral hops. Overall, a good beer - not amazing, but definitely nice for the style and to try in general. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Whole Foods in Clarendon, Virginia on 18-September-2008, sampled on 26-November-2008.

22 oz. bottle from Whole Foods in Richmond, VA. Pours a reddish brown with a thin white head. Grainy taste with caramel and corn notes. Very big taste of butterscotch, breadiness and caramel. Medium bodied.

Clear dark amber body with a small off-white head. Sweet malty aroma. Slight hints of fruit punch. Sweet malty flavor with light breadiness and some toastiness.

Courtesy of maniac who dropped by with this and a couple of other "beers" for an impromptu tasting. Darmk amber, reddish highlights, slight head. Aroma faintly malty with a slight odd twang of cheddar. Sort of full, slightly burnt malt, but thin at the same time. Better than I’m making it sound, this wasn’t bad. But not great.

From a 25 oz bottle ... poured with a big poofy head over an amber brew. Light malty aroma. The beer drinks with the smoothness of milk, with a big bready maltiness with a sharp cheesy bitter twist at the end. Quite good.