Franconia Oktoberfest

Brewed by Franconia Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
McKinney, Texas USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein

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One of the best oktoberfest beers that I have had this season. On tap at Mongoose versus Cobra in Houston. Very tasty fall beer with caramel and toffee notes ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Muddy amber color. Smell is malt, earth, and a little old grain. Medium body. Taste is toasted malt, woody, caramel, and copper. Finish is clean and smooth. A decent fall brew from my local brewery.

Tasted in 2009. Deep amber with a decent sized off-white head. Aroma is of bread dough, caramel and grain. Taste is sweet with malts, caramel and dough.

On tap. Amber orange pour with a decent white head. Aromas of grain and toffee - flavor is more toffee with some caramel and grassy hops.

On tap at the Idle Rich pub in Dallas in a 1/2 liter mug (Spaten) First off, I like slightly sweet October beers. This one was served with a nice 1 inch head (space in the mug for 1/2 liter beer and 1 inch of head) very amber with golden hints from the sunlight. The aroma is strong with spicy malt and fruit. Lots of malt, richness and sweetness layered in with a roasted caramel flavor to the tongue. Medium to full body with a touch of lingering sweetness and hint of carbonation. Very Drinkable. Notice I used sweet frequently, it is not a sugary beer, but balanced and likely to be considered more of a desert beer by most drinkers. I like the overall presentation and drinkablility. Will miss it once the kegs are gone and look forward to next year.

On tap at the Plano Gingerman. The beer pours a reddish-amber color with a white head. The aroma is strong on the toffee notes. The flavor is a mix of toffee and caramel. I also get a little bit of grape character in the flavor. Medium mouthfeel and medium carbonation. Not the best Oktoberfest out there, but a very nice example of the style.

[Tap] Pours a light amber color with a small amount of white head. Fair lacing. Aromas of caramel, toffee and grains. Similar notes in the taste. Also includes some grass, light mulled spices and hazelnut. Creamy mouthfeel with an average level of carbonation. This is definitely one of the better Octoberfest beers I have had so far this season.

Amber and good head. Aroma is dark malty. Taste is very malty - I might describe it as soft. It could use a bit more hops and bitterness to it as it’s almost too malty.

draught served in a normal glass. faint aroma. I almost had to inhale the beer through my nostrils, I enjoyed what I did smell though. It had a yeasty malty sort of scent. The color was a pretty red but there was almost no head at all. Taste was good grainy and a tad sweet with a very mellow round finish perhaps even a mellow sourness. I liked this feature of the beer a lot. which made up for some of its shortcomings

Weak barley aroma. Pours a reddish clear malty brown with no head so to speak of. Flavor reminds me of rich grain feeds. A little molasses and grass. Medium to full body. Very malty.finish has a lingering bite, and thick aftertaste.