Foothills Oktoberfest

Brewed by Foothills Brewing
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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UPDATED: FEB 24, 2008 Date: 09/22/2006
Mode: Draft
Source: Mellow Mushroom, Asheville

Appearance: clear dark amber, whispy beige head,
Aroma: rich sweet carmel malt aroma,
Flavor: mostly sweet caramel malt flavor, just a touch of bitterness in the finish to add balance, a bit of smokey peat,
Overall: the definitive octoberfest
-------- /> Date: 09/21/2007
Mode: draft
Score: 2.9 to 3.1
Words: Barley’s NC

Aroma: rich dark caramel and munic malt aroma with a light smokey peat character,
Flavor: rich malt flavor, lots of bready munich malt with a touch of caramel sweetness, good earthy character keeps it balanced and adds a light smokey peat,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 13/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: **+/4

Draught at GABF 2008. Clear amber - offwhite head. Berries, malty, sweetness, grassy, honey, sulfor, flowery. Nice.

(Brewgrass08) Clear amber body topped by off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, bread, orange. Taste is medium sweet, orange, bread, light earthy. Light-medium body, light crispness.

Barrel Draught from the jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 01/10/2005 Amber coloured and strong in alcohol with fruit and floral aromas. Bitter lasting finish.

A reddish copper marzen with a thin off white head. In aroma, a nice nutty caramel malt with light grassy notes. In mouth, a nutty and grassy malt, mineral and irony notes, medium bodied. On tap at the brewpub, August 13, 2011.

Served on tap at The Federal in Durham, NC. Clear reddish color with a small head. Toasted malt aroma with leafy and vegetal notes. Taste is caramel with tart roasted grain notes. Medium bodied.

GABF 2010. pretty straightforward 0fest. Pours a medium clear amber with a thinning head some lace. Aroma is nutty, earth, moderate caramel, vienna breadiness and some toffee munich malts as well with light grass and hops. Flavor is toast, biscuit, some slight sharp caramel, moderate sweetness, and a clean finish. Nothing too crazy but pretty well made. Slight fruitiness as it warms.

Growler from Green’s in Columbia. Caramel malt and metallic hops aroma. Dark amber with nice big head. Light caramel malt and hops but with a fairly strong metallic flavor as well. Mild carbonation - decent drinkable festbier.

GABF 2006. Bronze body. Small off-white head. Nose is malty and spicy with a nice hop bite to it. Taste is much the same with caramel, sweet maltiness and spicy hops. Rather tasty! Body is medium with mild carbonation. More malts and spicy hops round this out. I need to get to Foothills Brewing!

Clear copper, nice off-white head. Aroma is spicy with some sweet notes - vaguely fruity. Flavor is sweet at first, the a surprisingly crisp ever-so-slightly bitter finish. Nicely quaffable. Sampled at Asheville Brewgrass 2007.