Hofbräu München Oktoberfestbier

Brewed by Staatliches Hofbräuhaus München
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Munich, Germany

Bottle. Clear, pale gold body. Short white head fully diminishing. Slightly skunky aroma that gives way to sweet malt, toast and herbs — caramel, grain. The flavor is lightly to moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and moderately bitter. Pleasant bitterness sticks around. Medium body, slightly sticky texture and fizzy carbonation.

Pours clear yellow golden, with a four-finger lasting white head, good lacing. Biscuit, apple, and earthy aroma. Light body, crisp, lightly dry. Flavors of caramel and biscuit, with a hint of spice, and a mild bitter earthy grass finish. Very drinkable. I was disappointed that it didn’t seem to have much spiciness or any toasted flavors common in oktoberfest beers.

Draught at the BrewPub: Aroma of pale malts and a hint of grass. Poured yellow/gold in color with a small, white head that diminished but lasted around the edges. Clear. Slightly sparkling. Flavor is lightly sweet and slightly bitter. Tastes of pale malts, slight fruit, slight medicine, slight hops, and some grains. Light body. Lightly dry texture. Average carbonation. Pale malt finish is slightly sweet.
Earlier Rating: 9/6/2009 Total Score: 3
330ml Bottle: Aroma of noble hops, herbs, and grains. Poured yellow/gold in color with a large, dense, white head that diminished but lasted throughout. Clear. Very slightly sparkling. Good lacing. Flavor is light to medium sweet and lightly bitter. Tastes of noble hops, grass, herbs, and sweet pale malts. Light to medium body. Average texture. Average to lively carbonation. Hop, grass, and pale malt finish.

bottle..deep golden pour,wispy white head ,no lace.pleasant aroma of sweet bready malt. flavor is initial sweetness leading to a grassy hop bitterness.medium bodied,smooth and drinkable.

On tap at the Tyrolean Inn in Ben Lomond. Poured into a cool Hofbrau dimpled mug. Orangey gold color with a nice fluffy white head. Aroma is cereal grains, tangy malt, and a bit of grassy hop character. Flavor is similar, grainy with an almost citric tanginess to it. Mineral finish, somewhat watery. Really easy to drink.

It poured a clear yellow liquid with a small foam that left no lacing. It had a weak smell of white bread. The taste was also weak with some white bread and stingy bitterness. Watery and boring.

got six 0.5l bottles from my aunt. Golden, clear, big head. grassy nose. Malty, sweet, strong and smooth. just like it should be. not surprised it kills foreigners in munich every year :-)

0.5 L bottle from Systembolaget, Charlottenberg. Huge, fluffy, mostely lasting, platina blond head. Crystal clear, gold colored body. Soft and rounded, light bready malt aroma. A discreet, but pleasant whiff og grassy hops. Taste is light to medium malty, quite crisp, with a proper sweetness, and some noticable bittering hops. Also a touch of acidulous fruits. Body is light plus. Smooth in the mouth. Balanced malty/bitter ending. A pretty good one.