Great Lakes Oktoberfest

Brewed by Great Lakes Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Cleveland, Ohio USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

Poured from a 12 oz. bottle into a pint glass Pours a crystal clear copper color with about 1 inch worth of creamy off white head. Not much in the way of head retention, but there is a tremendous amount of sticky lacing that nearly covers the glass The nose is big and malty. Lots of toasted bready and biscuity aromas from the malts, and some very nice floral hop aromas as well. Very nice and exactly what I would expect from the style. A perfect mix of sweet and slightly toasted bready malts and spicy/floral hops, with bits of caramel sweetness, and earthy undertones to round it out. Really quite nice and very enjoyable. Well carbinated, with a crisp, clean finish. Medium/full bodied, not overly sweet, this beer is easy to drink A terrific example of the style, I am a huge fan of the beers of fall, and Great Lakes definately delivers the goods...

12oz bottle. Clear bright orangish-copper in color with a small white head and average retention. The aroma is nice but a bit faint with caramel and somewhat bready notes. The flavor is pretty good for the style but not terribly exciting. Bready Munich/caramel malt base with bitterness a bit higher than average. Medium-light bodied with average carbonation. Good for the style but not a standout.

Nice crisp copper coloured body with a bright orange glow and a perfect, one centimetre tall tan head. Aroma of yeast, light hops, caramel, toffee, toasted malt, apricots and some alcohol - very nice and complex nose. Medium-bodied; Interesting malty and nutty flavour up front with a lot of earth, followed by a bunch of sweetness and toffee, finished with some fruit and light yeast notes. Aftertaste shows a good complexity with the malt hitting the hardest, then some hops and yeast, but the flavours really are noticeable here and this is probably the most complex marzen i’ve had. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Chevy Chase Wine & Spirits in Washington, DC on 28-October-2011 for US$1.89 sampled at home in Washington on 05-November-2011.

one of the best marzens ive had. still fairly light but enough caramelly malts and bitterness to keep me interested.

Bottle, pours bright yellow, smell is faint, the taste is pretty nice its well balanced a light bitterness, a bit carmel like, the taste is quite nice

Decent beer but not in the top half Great Lakes’ catalog. Doesn’t quite hit the "Oktoberfest" notes that it should. Kinda like a beginner’s guide to the Oktoberfest style.

Pour is clear orange with thin but big bubbly white head from 12 oz bottle, aroma has nice sweet notes of toffee, caramel, some grass, earth and spice notes, hints of some slight metallic notes. Taste is some nice sweet toffee, caramel, but leads quickly into some buttery, vegetal and weird metallic notes, finishing slightly dry. Must not have been a good bottle...

great clear golden color and bready malt aroma. taste of buttery biscuts very refreshing beer