Flying Dog Dogtoberfest

Brewed by Flying Dog Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Frederick, Maryland USA

Enjoyed from a 12oz bottle in a pub glass. The beer pours a deep amber color with a just off-white head that is moderate in size and duration. The nose carries strong and complex malt characters, with special nods seeming to go to Munich and perhaps Vienna. The palate is also malty, giving a depth not seen in many other examples of the style, even from such benchmarks as Spaten. There is also a crisp and somewhat floral hop presence toward the finish, but not enough to call the beer balanced. Overall, very nicely done and highly underrated.

Bottled, 355ml from Bellingers Garage, Grove, Oxon. Red brown with slight white head. A syrupy caramel is the first flavour through, which tends to dominate the rest of the beer, there is a richness to the malts with a toffee biscuit type flavour. The overall effect is of a thickish sweet beer, not fully maturated.

On tap- Flying Saucer Cordova Pours a nice caramel amber. Malty of course, flavor not as rich as expected. Good sweet finish.

Poured an amber color with the typical Marzen aroma of caramel and malt. Taste is also pretty typical but not overbearing - malt, caramel, sugar, and biscuit. This one is pretty light on the aroma and taste for an Oktoberfest - which while okay with me as many in this style when in full aroma/taste come off skunky to me - a true Marzen lover might not think so much of this offering.

Bottle. Pours dark amber with a large white head. Aroma and flavour of caramel malt, toffee and fruity hops. Medium bodied. Extremely sweet and cloying finish. One glass was more than enough.

Dark yellow pour with a white head. Aroma is very sweet with alcohol, malt and caramel. Flavor is slight caramel and roasted malt with slight alcohol presence. Finishes rich and slightly dry.

It poured a dark golden-caramell liquid with a small dirty white foam. It had a smell of caramell and sweet malt. It had a taste of sweet malt, caramell, tea and sugar. Fairly smooth with no bad tastes. Felt like a slightly above average lager.

Clear brown with a small beige head formed. Sweet caramel aroma with something like licorice going on. Flavor is similar with more graininess, a bit of floral hops, and a sweet caramel finish. Pretty light body.