3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pours burnt orange (Go ’Horns!) with a thin off-white head. Lots of malty goodness with light hop bitterness in the finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A fitting rating for my 300th. A very solid fest brew here. Malty yes, inticing yes, enjoyable yes. Malts are of course the main attraction here. Color is vivid deep amber, with copper, red, brown, and harvest overtones. Sweet taste, like very ripe fruit,. Thin head leads to instant experience. This brew settles smoothly, while inticing the pallate for more malts. Some fest brews can be too much on the malty, up front, please the masses feel, but this northeast brew is just fine by me. A great brew for the season.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12oz Bottle, purchased at Yankee Spirits - S. Attleboro, MA. My appreciation for clean,dry German lagers is growing daily, but they still have to have something to draw me in and keep me satisfied. Chocolate malt in my Oktoberfest does not. This is missing the depth of Munich malt complexity that I crave in the style and misses the mark for not echoing seasons past. A clean lager, but oddly constructed.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12oz bottle pours a dark orange amber with thin khaki head. Aromas of malt mainly carmel toffee and chocolate sweet malts. Flavors is balanced but slightly leaning to the sweet side. Body is medium with a slight swet aftertaste.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
No, Harpoon missed the mark with this brew. Very faint aroma, amber pour, not much head to it. Some spice taste, light, not partially hoppy for this style. Mild CO2. Not for me.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Glowing amber with a fine, low, bubbly head. Nutty, malty nose, caramal, earthy, with cereals. Malty, grainy flavor, with a bit of cherry, an earthy bitterness, and a rather pronounced bitterness in the finish. Much more than usual for the style. A bit light in body. Clean and drinkable, though a bit unexciting.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
On draught at The Distillery. Pours a clear deep amber color with slightvwhite head and lace. Slight malty aroma. Medium body, slighyly coarse mouthfeel for a lager. Early malty flavor, nearly even dry/sweet flavor balance! Slightly dry finish. A bit high on the hops in flavor and bitterness, but clean.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 8/20
On tap at Med Max. Aroma is cinnamon and cherry. Flavor is cinnamon and tart cherry. I don’t know WTF they were thinking when they brewed this. Won’t order again.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A brownish red color with a thin off-white head the disappeared quickly, leaving a small amount of lacing. The aroma is roasted malt with a bit of caramel. The taste is more of the roasted malt with a bit of the hop bitterness towards the end. A good Oktoberfest brew.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
12 oz bottle thanks to 17thfloor. Pours a deep amber gold with a small creamy light tan head. Aroma is toasty and biscuity, lightly nutty, some sweet caramel and a touch of spice. Flavor starts with some sweet grains, a bit cerealy, a touch sharp and woody, even some minerally characteristics that are giving it a weird bite. Finishes sweet but still a bit harsh, a weird metallic note that lingers. Medium body and a sharp carbonation. Very odd
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