Epic Fest Devious Märzen

Brewed by Epic Brewing Co.
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Salt Lake City, Utah USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

send corrections   |   shelftag   |   edit barcodes   |   add pic

Release 6. Nice soft head. Soft body. Beer is full and OK. Nice autumn bread and grain flavour. Soft hoppiness. Best if looking for a Marzen rather than special seasonal perhaps.

From a bottle poured a brown color with a fair amount of head. Light spicy malty flavor with a quick finish.

Pours a clear orange and amber with a moderately sized near-white head. The nose is grassy with an earthy hop character combined with a touch of caramel malt. The taste starts with quite a bit of toasted and caramel malt with a bit of vanilla sweetness. Next comes some sharp, grassy hops. Finishes slightly earthy. Overall, this is a classic, very drinkable Oktoberfest.

Bomber from Hayduke. Almost clear and honey colored. A nicetgick golden head sits firmly in place. A thin but wide lacing pattern. Not a big nose but malts and a whiff of spice. The first sip has ginger and european hops. Nice soft fruit is pleasant. The hops here are well mixed resulting in a soft but effective profile. That also is true with the malt base. This beer is nicely understated. Not quite your standard Oktoberfest but a nice one.

Thanks to bmanning for sharing this bottle. Reviewed from notes. Pours a moderate golden-amber color bordering on copper with a thin off-white head and not much in the way of a head or lacing. The nose brings some light bread and faint earth hops. A bit of toast. Light-medium body underneath plenty of bread and light hops. Decent, but pretty boring.

UPDATED: JAN 5, 2012 From a 22-oz bottle purchased in McCall, Idaho from Paul’s Grocery. Release #6. Poured an rich amber color with a medium sized off-white head and moderate lacing. Nose of lightly roasted malts. Medium and body and with a smooth mouthfeel. The flavor is rich and malty. There is some spice in the finish. Richer than many of this style it make for enjoyable drinking as I sat inside looking at the snow after a day skiing. .

Location: 22 oz bottle from Buy Rite, 12/4/11

Aroma: The nose has some caramel and earth, with hints of fruit and spice as well
Appearance: It pours a slightly hazy dark orange-brown color with a small off-white head
Flavor: The taste is medium sweet, caramel and fruit, balanced by the earth and spice hops
Palate: The body is light-medium, it has an average carbonation, and an apple juice-like mouthfeel
Overall Impression: I thought this was a fairly solid offering. It had a little bit more going on then your typical Fest Beer. It drinks pretty nicely. I solid offering that does nothing to offend. I’d drink this one again.

22 oz. bottle- Pours hazy orange with a thin soapy white head, aroma is caramel malt and wort. The taste is caramel malt followed by dry bitterness, it tastes like it still has some fermenting to do, similar to how beer tastes before it becomes beer, in other words, wort. It’s not bad though, decent. Carbonation is low. Weird beer, not sure what to think, they should let the yeast devour some more of the sugar, I have definitely had worse, they definitely have some work to do on this one.

Light copper coloured body with a ruby glow and a thinnish tan head. Aroma of light earth, metal, apricots and a bit of fruit. Light-bodied; Sharp nutty and earthy flavour with a lot of depth, some caramel and sweet notes, but a strong malty flavour that really persists. Aftertaste shows mostly a malty and metallic flavour with some sweetness, but not too much. Overall, a decent marzen, not too complex, but a decent beer for the style - don’t expect too much here. I sampled this 65 cL bottle purchased from Total Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 09-October-2011 for US$4.49 sampled on the Eastern Shore of Virginia on 11-November-2011.

22oz bottle. Poured an amber-orange color with a medium sized white head. Aroma was malty notes, with a touch of spice, grains. Caramel, malts, grains, and a touch of spice come out in the flavor. A pretty enjoyable Fall beer.