Heater Allen Bobtoberfest

Brewed by Heater Allen Brewing Co.
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
McMinnville, Oregon USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein

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750mm bottle from: mainbrew.com Visual: clear medium amber. Medium Nose: Smoke, and mild toasted malts. Palate: Medium smokiness, medium malts with a touch of sweetness and toastiness, very smooth and round. Conclusion: A good introduction to a smoke, or , Rauch beer. It is not as smoky as many authentic Rauch beers from Bamberg Germany, however if you’re on the fence when it comes to smoky beers this one is the one to try. Outside of the smoke character it is quite clean. In addition it is an all around great beer that satisfies the palate without weighing you down to heavy.

Tasted from a 22oz bottle, thanks Chris. Pours clear amber-orange with a thick white head that leaves very nice lace. The nose is dominated by hickory smoke with a bit of toasted malt, yeast, and earthy hops underlying. The flavor is not quite as smoky (although it is present) with the malts shining through and the hops are very light. The body is light with lively carbonation and a long smoky finish.

22 oz bottle from New Seasons - Amber in color with a nice white head. Aroma of grain. Slightly sweet cereal flavor with a faint hint of hops. Goes down smooth. This is a really tasty beer.

Cask Stillage from the Jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 24/09/2009 Floral aroma. White head. Golden coloured a little rich on the palate and strong in alcohol with a hint of dryness in a crisp malt finish.

22 oz bottle on the cheap (3.49) from Market of Choice. Poured a clear copper with a one inch white head and solid lacing. Aroma was hefty on caramel malt with some earth and pine hops thrown in for balance. The flavor was light and refreshing with some caramel, nuttiness and some light grain and a hop finish. Solid beer, going to try and get into more Oktoberfest brews while the season is upon us.

Had this on tap at Belmont Station a few nights ago. Colour... translucent golden with a huge head. Nose... a balance of faint malt and hops. Palate... VERY light, some slightly roasty malt, some honey and a dry finish.

22. Thanks, BVC! Pours a deep, grainy, nearly opaque dark copper, heavily burnished. Definitely an autumnal color, reminds you of piles of wet leaves that have been there for a while. Big nutty sweet caramel biscuit and tea nose. Some nice sweet brown bread there as well. Rich, somewhat dense, very satisfying but clean lager body. Almost has an ale-y heft to it at first that makes it seem like it might be flat, but it’s just a big lager. All the sweet notes from the nose return for a nice and satisfying mid-palate. No great roar of power, and definitely nothing out of balance, but still some strength and a bit of daring in the intensity and variety of flavors. Not usually a style I walk too many times around the bar for, but this one’s a champ.

Bottle from Belmont Station. Pours copper, great clarity, soft off-white head. Rich malts up front, long warming caramel flavor, soft earthy hop finish. Fairly bitter for an oktoberfest, but all in all comes out very nice.

22 oz bottle courtesy of DA. Pour is hazed orange copper with a one inch white head the falls pretty quick with no lacing. Aroma of apple sweet maltiness with some nice sharp acidic sourness. Fresh nose. Taste is the sour, sweet maltiness to begin, with an earthy grassiness that picks up midway through. Nice transition of flavors and good complexity. The aftertaste is bitter and also a bit sour. Palate is medium-thin, quite drinkable. Nice Oktoberfest. Thanks for sending this one my way Derek!

Bottle from Belmont Station in Portland, OR--McMinnville Marzen is a bright caramel/dark orange body with a small wispy white swirling head. This beer screams "autumn." Sweet, malty nose. Back bittering bite hits following a metallic copper front that tingles briefly. Nice beer. Authentic. RIngs in true Oktoberfest style with West Coast hop attitude.