Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen

Brewed by Paulaner Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Munich, Germany

This beer was a disappointment. Thin, not enough malt character, hops as expected were way in the background. The BugLight of Oktoberfests? Rerate. When served warmer than I like it picks up more character and malt. Rerate: when warmed up a but this beer is actually decent. I probably had a bad batch first time I rated, not bad.

Pours burnt copper, with a thin white head. Nose is sweet and caramel. Flavor sweet caramel, slightly bready, mild. Finish was metallic and slightly bitter. Not bad, but I was expecting more from a beer that had a German sounding name.

The longneck bottle pours a dark amber body with an average off white head that fades rapidly. The nose is heavy on the sweet, caramel malt side with a slight hazelnut-like aroma and mild hops. Palate entry is sweet, rounding out in the mid-palate with roasted Munich malts and some mild buttery nut flavors. Medium bodied and average carbonation. Finish is short-lived and lightly drying.
Earlier Rating: 12/2/2003 Total Score: 3.8
This lager pours clear and light amber in color. There is a small and quickly dissipating tan-colored head and a sweet malty nose. The initial palate is quite sweet, but rounds out nicely to a flavorful, caramelized malted barley and full-bodied mid-palate. I tasted notes of raisins and honey. The finish is appropriately drying but mild and not bitter. I would probably prefer more hops in the finish, but this is a classic Bavarian Märzen style Oktoberfest lager.

Light copper brown color with a small head that fades quickly. Heavy malt aroma with a malty, nutty flavor and a mild sweetness with some hops at the end. Nice roasted malt finish. Mouthfeel is a bit on the light end of medium. A pretty basic octoberfest, nothing offensive about it, just nothing really spectacular either. Still a good beer though.

If your in the middle of the Pacific Ocean in the Marshall Island this is the Best Beer you can get. It has a nice aroma that smells sweat and nutty. The malt flavor is a little strong but overall the flavor is very enjoyable. The hops is a little hidden but comes out towards the end. A pretty good everyday beer or just slightly better.

Pours a burnt orange color with very little head that quickly thins to a ring around the rim. Smells very sweet and caramelly with lots of malts. Tastes sweet, malty, nutty, and slightly bitter.Kind of thin feeling in my mouth, but still tasty. It could be more complex.

Poured without much of a head, medium carbonation. Head did not stick around very long. Color is a nice amber/orange color. Taste is good, taste of caramel, nuts, malt and hop. Is a decent taste. Finish is the catch here with this one, was slightly metallic and bitter. I guess I was just expecting more from this beer. The finish was the killer for me. Not a bad beer by any means, but just rather ordinary.

Bottle. Light sweet/sticky bready/doughy malt notes. Lightly grassy finish. Nice lightly herbal notes, with some mild bitterness to offset the sweetness. Nice.