Gessner Original Festbier

Brewed by Privatbrauerei Gessner
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Sonneberg-Malmerz, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Bottle, thanks kappldav. Amber, creamy off-white head. Sweet fruity nose. Caramel, light spicy entry, looses it a bit on the centerpiece, a hint aromatic hops in the finish. Fine wellagered mouthfeel. Quick finish.

Swing-top by 16.11.12. Sweet nose with dusty caramel. Still orange with a fizzy beige head. Crisp to start but a very mellow, soft medium body overall, beautifully toasted malts with some caramel and Dunkel-like earth. Touch of acidity but it’s minor, and this one is a fantastic quaffer despite the lack of guile.

Pours golden yellow clear with frothy head, lacing. Aromas are sweet malts, hay, paper, floral hops. Palate is medium full-bodied, carbonation smooth mouthful. Taste sweet malts, caramel. Aftertaste malty and sweet, hints of dryness , hoppiness weak. Finish little dry , mostly sweet and malty. Quite ok, yet typical malty, not so special.

toast, bread, spruce, bubblegum, leaves, cheese, rotten eggs, amber, cloudy, rocky head, light sweetness, very bitter, heavily sour, medium body, sticky, average carbonation, bitter,

Swingtop bottle from toft vin. clear orange, small offwhite head. malty aroma with a faint citrussy or flowery touch, flavor is malty, sweetness like cereral, something resembling cardboard, A bit messy, esp. for a german beer.

Swing top bottle. Deep golden color. Apricot in the aroma. Malty sweetish flavor with pineapple, apricot and hints of grass. Notes of warming alcohol.

Süßlicher und vollmundig heller Malzantrunk. Dunkler werdend, der Alkohol ist durch die Süße durchgehend erkennbar. Die Süße wirkt dabeit schon fast penetrat, die Würze wirkt daher schon fast störend. Penetrant auch zum Ende, zu süß. 12/7/8/7/11/7

bottle from Bierzwerg. Clear deep golden, slightly brownsih colour, large white head. Malty nose. Full-bodied, malty, caramel, honey, spicy hops. A very nice beer.

Bottle. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light chocolate notes. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.

Bottled (from bierzwerg.de). Amber colour, big off-white fluffy head that leaves some lace. Aroma is wood, some maltyness as well as mild saltwatery and grassy notes. Flavour is salty, a bit toffeeish and bready malts along with some slight notes of toffee. Kind of salty and malty aftertaste.

Bottle. FRuit, malt and raisins in aroma. Golden amber colour with white head. Malt flavour with caramel. Low to moderate carbonation. A bit fruity aftertaste.