Clipper City Heavy Seas Prosit!

Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Co.
Style: European Strong Lager
Baltimore, Maryland USA

Bottle thanks to blutt59. Clear orange pour with an off white head. Aroma is caramel, brown sugar. Flavor is hoppy, caramel, malty, bitter and a nice astringency.

Bomber. Amber body. Frothy, off-white head, mostly diminishing. Aroma of sweet malts, caramel, grass, herbs, toasted grain. Hint of spiciness. the flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium to full body, smooth texture, moderate carbonation. Floral taste at the end combined with alcohol warming. Expected this to be sweet because it is described by Clipper City as an imperial Oktoberfest. But the malts could be tamed a little better. Easy enough drinker, though.

THOUGHTS: I never really was much of a fan of Oktoberfests or marzens, but I had hopes for this one because it is considered a European Strong Lager. I did like the marzen aspects of this beer and didn’t think this was very much like a strong lager. It was very, very malty, but nicely balanced. I just love Vienna Malt. There was just enough hops to keep it from being cloying. Hid alcohol very well. This made me want to try more Oktoberfests. In a way it was like a premium European malt liquor. It did get a little cloying toward the end. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a clear, light bronzy amber with a small, off-white head that mostly diminished and left just about no lacing. The aroma was moderate to heavy dark bread, molasses and caramel, lighter milk chocolate, prune, apple and a little fruitiness. The initial flavor was sweet, lightly acidic and slightly bitter; while the finish was rather sweet, slightly sour and bitter with and average to long duration. There was caramel malt, molasses, dark breads, rye, a little prune, a little apple, a little spice, hops and slight alcohol. The medium to medium to full body was a bit syrupy and juicy with fizzy carbonation and a juicy finish that was also lightly alcoholic when warmer.

Bottle courtesy of blutt59. Clear orange pour. Light aroma. Smells of light citrus. Easy. Taste has soft hops with sharp bitterness following behind. Not my bag baby.

Poured a slightly hazy dark amber with a tall creamy light tan head. The initial scent of the aroma was of a mild citrus hops followed by some sweet malt bread. The texture of the beer was lightly creamy and had a good amount of alcohol in the flavor as well as some malt bread flavor and a bit less of a caramel flavor. The warmth of the alcohol built towards the finish and there was a nice light bitterness that came along through the drinking too

bottle,by trade with beachbum25, amber brown with no foam, malty spice and popcorn aroma, nutty spicy marzen flavors

Bottle thanks to blutt59. Pours with no head and a minimal ring of foam over a clear amber body. Aroma of caramel, popcorn and alcohol. Taste is strong on alcohol, with caramel and bread notes and a hint of celery. Lots of alcohol on this one.

Very enjoyable for a full powered "fest". Hard to believe it comes in at 9%, although there is a slight burn from the lacohol. It comes through the waves of sweet, bready malt as they slide into a pleasant bitterness. Quite a mouthful. Couldn’t imagine downing a liter, but might want to give it a go.