Great Lakes Oktoberfest

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Draught at Sheffields, Chicago
Amber color. A bit unfair to drink this after some IPA, but it seems to be too simple, to me, with an accent on cereals, dry and not even the body of the original Oktoberfest. Boring.

Name: Octoberfest
Date: 07/23/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

clear amber, off white head, lots of patterned drippy lace, sweet bready and caramel malt aroma, lots of munich malt flavor, rich yeasty fresh bread character, nice sweetness to enrich the malt character, light earthy balance,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 12/20
Rating: 3.1/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

On tap: Clear, copper lager with a large, frothy, white head with wedding dress lacing.The nose is of grapefruit and heavy toffee. Malty with good hops for balance. The sweetness is kept in check. Medium-bodied and creamy with lively carbonation. Short, bittersweet finish.

Bottle from Dutch’s. Poured clear copper color with an average fizzy off-white head that was mostly lasting with good lacing. Moderate toasted malty aroma. Medium body with a sticky texture and soft carbonation. Medium toasted bittersweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration. My expectations where met.

Thanks to goldtwins for sharing. Deep orange beer, aroma is lightly malty, a bit of toast. Clean with a light brown sugar aroma. Flavour is clean with soft munich malt and a bit of brown sugar flavour. Not a whole lot going on, but it’s decent enough.

Pours a transparent bright copper orange with a thin, wispy-lacing spotty white head. Aroma of sweet, toasted grainy caramel malt with nice noble hoppy presence. Has a pleasant, fairly full body with good malty sweetness throughout and a touch of earthy hoppy bitterness and some toasty doughy, nutty notes. Very true to style, a nice Oktoberfestbier. Thanks to GrbDg for the bottle!

12oz bottle thanks to Ughsmash. Pours a clean and clear amber orange color with a decently sized off-white head. Faint nose of caramel and vienna malts, light fruity yeast esters as well, with a light to moderate hop presence, on the lighter side of American-made marzen, which are far too happy as it is. Flavor is a bit subdued, a bit subtle, but really delicious, with fruity orange and lemon flavors tucked underneath the vienna malts. Wet, lightly slick finish. Delicious.

From Premiere Gourmet. Pours peachy colour, and the aroma is fruity peachy. Easy drinking, mild bitterness, and the bitterness is more pronounced than the slight sweetness, a tad smoked. Bang on.

Bottle courtesy of crizay. Pours copper brown with a creamy tan head that lasts. Smells of biscuits, tea, earthy, some honey, some citrus. Tastes of biscuits, some sweet honey, dry malt, hints of dough, some underlying sweetness. Mouthfeel is very thick and full bodied. Finish is peppery and slightly earthy.

Objectively speaking: Tap @ MapRoom. A clean and satisfying lager that did not have the charm that other comparables from the same brewery display.
I like: Focused on toastiness, direct Vienna malt aroma: bready, approaching nutty and gently toasty, but it has a certain huskiness and does not feel fresh the same way than an Eliot Ness can.
I dislike: The small white head quickly departs from the clear light amber pour. A certain huskiness coats the palate. I quickly grew tired of my pint, which should not happen with a lager.