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Grand Teton Fest Bier

Grand Teton Fest Bier

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An Oktoberfest/Märzen brewed by
Grand Teton Brewing Co.

Victor, Idaho USA

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423.03/5.03.02/5.0Special7%53.1Lager glass P  Stats

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In the days before refrigeration, brewing was difficult or impossible in the warm summer months, and March was the time a big brew was made as a supply for summer. This March or marzen beer was brewed to a fairly high gravity for protection against spoilage as it was stored away in cool cellars or caves. At the end of the summer, when the new brewing season began, any beer left in storage was ceremoniously consumed. The pouring of this special marzen coincided with the fall harvest festival, making for one big party. The traditional German marzen is a medium-strong, reddish amber lager, with a malty body and aroma, which has been lagered, or conditioned, an unusually long time. Our Fest Bier is offered in honor of the old ways. We brewed it in early January with German Pilsner and Vienna malts, hopped it with German Hallertaus, and fermented it at low temperatures with lager yeast from a monastery brewery near Munich. It fermented for weeks in our "cellar," then, in March, it was bottle-conditioned and moved to cold storage for further aging, until its release in late summer. The reddish Vienna malts in this beer provide a spicy sweetness and some caramel notes that perfectly complement roast or grilled chicken, pizza, or pasta with red sauce. 7 % alcohol by volume.

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 Hildigöltur (5056), København Ø, Denmark
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/101/55/103/510/20

Mar 11, 2008  
Bottled. Hazy dark amber coloured. with some strange and unpleasant black floaties. Malty caramel aroma. Sweetish bready malt and caramel flavour. Some fruity notes. Medium bodied. Not clean enough to be really good.

 scooter_bub (198), Lander, Wyoming, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 7, 2008  
1 quart & 1.8 oz bottle. Pours a cloudy amber-brown color with a nice, clingy, beige head that lasts for a while. Taste is of malt, hops, caramel and is on the sweet side. I am surprised that this is at 7% abv, because it hides it very well. I thought it would be around 5%. Very smooth and almost too easy to drink. Has a very nice mouthfeel, that is kind of sticky and the flavors tend to linger. The aroma is the same as the taste, but is fairly pleasant and quite noticeable. I’ll have to revisit this one later, but this is a pleasant beer that should be tried as it is a very enjoyable and drinkable brew.


 The_Beer_God (2859), Newport News, Virginia, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/512/20
Jun 7, 2008  
Bottle from the Michael Jackson Rare Beer Club. Swing-top with red wax seal. Pours a still amber with only spotty large bubble. Nose is caramel, buttery biscuit, light spicy hops and fruit notes. taste is sweet and spicy. Spicy, earthy hops, sweet malts, caramel, hints of toffee and fruit. Body is light-medium and slick. Alcohol begins to show towards the end. The finish results in more sweet malty flavors, chewy caramel, spicy hops, ripe fruits, light toffee and some bready notes.


 redlight (1055), Winter Park, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/516/20
May 10, 2008  
Good malty caramel nose, hints of grassy and light fruits. Pours a reddish amber with nice white head. Carmel malts, buttery, with a lot of grassy hops, caramelized apples, sweet with a dry bitter finish. Not bad for a marzen.


 Thomas_E (5065), Copenhagen, Denmark
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
May 7, 2008  
Hazy orange, amber colour with a small off white head. Sweet malty, light fruity aroma with a grassy note. Sweet fruity and vague hoppy flavor


 pint_size (1004), Austin, Texas, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/510/20
Apr 8, 2008  
3-21-08 shared at tasting
Average ruby pour with no head at all really. Chunky sediment pour. Yeasty lemon smell. A hint on the watery side in the flavor. Smell and flavor don’t really match. Highly carbonated.



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