kramer (1888), sunbury, Pennsylvania, USA Mar 11, 2006 12 oz bottle, via Indiana_Red. Pours a clear light copper with a fizzy off-white head. Nice toffee malt aroma with some toasted notes. Pretty clean aroma. Flavor follows aroma in step. Finish is moderately bitter and again, very clean. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with moderate fine bubbled carbonation. A decent American Oktoberfest. It could use a little more thickness in the body, but it’s quite drinkable. Indiana_Red (1470), Boise, Idaho, USA Jan 31, 2006 Bottle Pours a slightly hazy light brown with a light, off white head. This quickly dissipates and only spotty lacing remains. Dark woody malt aromas and a fruity sweet hint as well. Wody flavors and easy on the hops. About what I expected for the style. Thin feel though and not as robust or heacy as I hoped. Wierd bitter twang at the end. Softly carbonated.
DarkElf (2681), La Jolla, California, USA Dec 26, 2005 (12 oz bottle: Obtained in trade with Larry Pitonka, thanks André!) An odd hybrid, this fruity and woodsy beer definitely doesn’t taste like an Oktoberfest to me, and I’m sure the ale yeast has something to do with this. The beer was shockingly fruity on my first few sips, mostly because I didn’t expect it to be fruity in the least, but in reality it is only mildly fruity. The malt is minimally sweet, earthy, woodsy, lightly roasty. Hops is mildly bitter. I’m just not enjoying this much at all. The nose is fruity, actually very much like unripe canteloupe, woodsy, dusty. Medium bodied with good carbonation and a very dry mouthfeel. Medium amber in color, quite clear, capped by a tiny off-white head that soon dissipates without leaving any lace on the glass. Dick’s really misled me by saying that this is an Octoberfest style beer on their web site. It doesn’t come close in my opinion, and I don’t really even like this beer either. jah noth (941), Rochester, New York, USA Sep 23, 2005 Nice brew! Limited aroma - hoppy out of the bottle, but sweet malts dominate the pint glass. Lighter golden in color with minimal head. Fruity malts with some toasted grain, honey soaked, mild hoppiness makes it not too sweet. Enjoyable for sure. Thanks André! Hab40oz (242), Grants Pass, Oregon, USA Oct 21, 2004 not bad at all, this tastes like Dicks answer to Fat Tire. sweet malty nose, amber color with thin head and lacing. Wheaty grain taste, maybe a hint of brown sugar for extra alcohol. Good balance with the hops, not overpowering.
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