Hebendanz Märzen Gold

Brewed by Brauerei Hebendanz
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Forchheim, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

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(bottle) pours a clear deep golden colour with a frothy white head. aroma of dried fruits and caramel, sugary-sweet, with hints of grain, peaches and banana. flavour is mostly the same, with heavy notes of chestnut honey and toffee, a medium sweetness and a slightly toasty finish. medium-bodied with average carbonation.

Sorry for the german rating, but this is a lousy rating from my "newbie" time (2007-2009), and it’s not worth of being translated. I just added it for the statistics, and to complete my backlog!
Ins Glas ergießt sich dann ein kräftig goldgelbes Bier, welches allerdings kaum CO2 besitzt, und dementsprechend ist dann auch die Schaumbildung. Innerhalb weniger Sekunden sieht das Bier aus wie Eistee. Der Geruch ist getreidig würzig, süßlich hopfig. Dann der Antrunk. Dieser fällt dann sehr kernig würzig aus. Der Hopfen ist leider etwas muffig, vor allem im Abgang. Die Mitte wird deutlich malzbetonter, und die Würzigkeit nimmt noch mal ne Spur zu. Leider ändert sich am Hopfenaroma nichts. Es bleibt bitter und muffig. Schade drum.

Bottle. Light amber small to average and fully diminishing head. Light to moderate, malty and sweetish aroma, some caramel and bread, faint hoppyness. Body is medium, malty and sweetish flavor, some caramel. Finish is average, malty and sweetish, some caramel and faint hoppyness. Sweetish märzen with caramel.

Bottled (from bierzwerg.de). Goldeny amber colour with small beige foamy head. Aroma is bready malts, some sllight grassy notes as well as mild hayish bitterness. Flavour is bready malts, some fruity and wooden notes as well as mild bitterness. Quite strong on the malty side.

Bottle. Pale amber color, no head. Indifferent bready aroma. Malty sweetish bready, plummy flavor. Low on carbon. Maybe there are some bottling problems, but the beer doesn’t really suffer and remains fresh and pleasant to drink. Plummy aftertaste.

Süßlicher, aromatischer Geruch. Süßlich auch im Antrunk. Ab dem Mittelteil hopfenaromatisch und sich einschaltendes Malz. Diese Tendenz verstärkt sich bis in den Abgang. Ganz ordentlich. Test vom 21.10.2008, Gebinde: Glasflasche

0.5 l bottle, thanks Timo A! Bright copper color. Yeasty and honeyish aroma. Malty, honeyish, fruity and somewhat yeasty flavor, slightly biscuity and berryish. Looks bright but tastes yeasty.

bottle from Bierzwerg. Clear golden colour, large white head. Intensive malty base, hints of apple and pears without the fruity sourness. Grassy-resiny hops in the lingering finish. Well-crafted - a lovely beer that had enough time to develop.

Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium yellow color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, dusty hop spicy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20100417]

Bottle @ Brugmansia/Fonefan Tasting, April 2010. Pours clear golden with a creamy egg white head. Dry and grassy hoppy with a bit of grain and svovl. Medium bodied. Dry lasting end