3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draught at Bel Aire Pub: Aroma of malt, nuts, dried leafs, light toasting, slight must, and a hint of caramel. Poured deep amber in color, with a medium-sized, creamy, dense, beige head that lasted throughout. Clear. Sparkling. Flavor is medium sweet. Tastes of malt, nuts, dried leafs, vegetables, slight Earth, and a hint of caramel, Light to medium body. Thin texture. Average carbonation. Light to medium sweet, vegetal, malt, nuts, dried leaf, and slight caramel finish.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap. Pours clear amber with a small, fizzy white head, low retention with light lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, cookie, caramel, toasted, nutty), light hops (earthy, herbal), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of plum and dates. Flavor is heavy malt (bread, cookie, caramel, toasted), average hops (earthy, herbal), and average esters (apple/pear) with notes of dates; clean lager character. Medium body and carbonation, low warmth and creaminess with a sweet finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at the brewery in Belair. Pours a very darl amber, with a big creamy head. A nice beer, but it was more like a lighter version of their brown ale than an Oktoberfest. A bit less malt sweetness, and a bit more hops would be better to style.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tap at BWI. Clear chestnut color, scant head. Aroma of caramel. Taste is caramel and butterscotch. Very plain.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours a deep copper with a smaller off white head. Aroma and flavor was grassy with a grainy sweetness.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
4oz sample from a flight. Pour is reddish amber with a quarter inch of white head. Nose is a toasty, lightly spiced lager with a somewhat dry finish. This is an easy drinking Oktoberfest that I could easily drink a six pack of, but it is nothing mind blowing.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Deep amber (rust). Not much flavor or aroma... Little malty on both, but not much. Carboantion causes a little bite. Okay overall.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: SEP 24, 2010 20100923 tap at Bel Air. Fairly dark teak brown with quick tan head. Aroma is typically malty with decent pretzel and brine, but also a disappointing and persistent rusty metal smell. Actually a bit of work trying to get beyond that... the off, metallic notes continue right into the flavor. Some mild malts, at least it’s not sweet, but the carbonation is almost at the club soda level. In all, this one is a let down. Those metallic issues are something I’ve noticed recently in the porter, too. I wonder if there’s a problem somewhere?
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