Harpoon Octoberfest

Brewed by Harpoon Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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Smells like liquid Purina One...tastes malty and is orangish red like most Oktoberfests...however it is a bit more bitter than expected. Decent drinkability, but overall not super great.

from Mondial de la Bière 2012, Strasbourg - clear and bright reddish-amber beer with a persistent pale beige foam; aroma of chewy malts and red fruits marmalade; low carbonation and chewy palate; moderate bitterness and more notes of red fruits in the finish - synthetic and unkind

Had this sitting around for awhile in the fridge....figured it was time to to review....a good way to say "I am ready for another"! Bottle pour, hazy amber, tan head stayed through the finish. Very prominent sweet fruit aromas, plum, cherry and malty sugars. Just a tad on the hoppy side, a bit more than most Oktoberfest brews, but finishes with a sweet malty goodness, with minimal carbonation. Goes down smooth, but a bit sticky, most likely from the higher sugar content. A fairly good brew, but not near the level of some other Oktoberfests I have rated in the past.

Dark amber with a persistent white head and light lace. Taste is watered down ocktoberfest - it has some caramel malt with a fair amount of bittering, but all is at arm’s length, as though the flavor has been diluted. I expect a lot more from this style - I preceded it with a Belhaven Lager, which should have been a good set-up; it wasn’t. Very average.

Very nicely balanced. Malty aroma with light head. Dark amber color. In my opinion, it had a nice balance of hop and malt. I’d still rather have a Hofbrau or Spaten.

Bottle. Light copper with cream dissipating head. Smells like sourdough and brown sugar and raisin. Had a bourbon like character- sweet and smith with a kick.

12oz bottle -pours light amber with tan head and light lacing. Nose is roasted malts and light grassy hops. Aroma is chocolate. Taste is sweet at first and less bitter on the back end. Leaning to the light body. A light Octoberfest, perfect for mass consumption.

Crisp golden color. Small white head. Trashy, malty aroma. Malty mediciny taste. Tiny bitter finish. not good beer.

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.

A: Deep copper, slightly red/orange and very clear. 1.5 finger foam head dissipates to a thick lacing and foamy coating on the top.

S: Caramel, malt, and bread with slight hoppy smell.

T: Caramel foretaste with malt and bread hints in the middle, finishes slightly hoppy.

M: Medium carbonation, medium bodied, goes down easy.

O: Decent octoberfest, rather crisp. One of my favorites of the year.

Bottle in Ann Arbor. Clear, burnt orange appearance with a cream colored head. Rich caramel malty, grassy hoppy aroma. Fairly easy drinking, rich, caramel flavor.

A reddish brown / amber on the pour with a nice lasting tan head. Aroma and Taste of moderately toasted malt, barley, some nice yeast and breadiness with some slight fruity notes and light hops. A nice medium body with good carbonation. Finish is malty, yeast some breadiness, a slight note of dark fruit with a nice moderate hops and lightly lingering nutty ending. Overall a nice drinkable Oktoberfest.