Fat Heads Duke of Lager Fest Bier

Brewed by Fat Head’s Brewery & Saloon
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
North Olmsted, Ohio USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Tap at Fat Heads. Clear lighter amber pour with a white head. Aroma is malty caramel, as is the taste. Pretty decent.

on Tap at Fat Heads CLE on 2/4/2012, Pour is a nice darker looking Marzen, taste is malty and smooth, easy to drink but my palate is not refined enough to appreciate the subtle nuances of the style, I would enjoy this beer on a hot day though.

Draft… Clear amber lager with a small, fizzy, white head. The nose is a malty mélange of toffee, caramel and tropical blossoms honey. Medium-bodied with lively carbonation. The flavor is malty, toasty and caramely. Fairly crisp, bittersweet finish.

On tap at brewpub. Amber with thin white head. No aroma. Flavor is toasted caramel. Very nice and smooth marzen.

Pours golden from draft with a thin white head. Not much on the nose. Clean crisp taste with lots of carbonation. Clean finisher. Solid example of style although it’s always very difficult to articulate what separates various Marzens.

Enjoyed on tap at Cleveland brewpub. A decent beer, though nothing exceptional for it or the style. Neutral aroma neutral taste,neutral apparance. A little creamy. Decent drinkability.

Tap sample. Poured clear copper color with an average frothy off-white head that mostly lasted with good lacing. Moderate toasted bread malt aroma. Medium body with a smooth texture and lively carbonation. Medium sweet flavor with a medium bittersweet finish of moderate duration. My expectations where met with my first FH beer.

Apr 25, tap @ Flatheads, North Olmsted. Pours clear copper with an off white head leaving smal lace. Aroma is malty, bready, hoppy. Crispy malty mouthfeel. Fruity, malty, bready, slightly roasted, a bit sweet flavor. Medium malty palate. Finishes malty and tart; very nice.

On tap at Fat Head’s. Pours a moderate copper color with a good white head with decent retention and some mild lacing as it goes down. The nose is slightly caramelized, though is comprised mostly of some doughy bread crust. A touch of grain as well. Some sweetness. The taste adds in a bit of continental European hops and some herbal and earthy qualities, though the baking aspects continue to man the fort. Mouthfeel is light to medium with good carbonation. Drinkability is pretty good, though nothing I would go out of my way to have again. Serving type: on-tap Reviewed on: 02-24-2011

I desperately try to never rate session beers over 3.5. Its just what I do. That said, this is a nicely rich and chewy Oktoberfest with a solid backbone. Goes down nice and smooth with a caramel & copper finish. I cannot comment on the nose very well having quite the headcold, regrettably.