3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Almost clear, orange-red-amber with a thin tan head.
Scent is caramel malt, bread, toast.
Taste is malt, spiced caramel, bread.
Lightly spiced, lightly roasted.
This brewery delivers some pretty decent stuff....especially at this price level.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
From a twist off bottle, been sitting in my garage for about a month. Yes, typical lighter octoberfest beer, fairly enjoyable. Not too bad overall. Does have some of that annoying octofest bitterness in there but it never goes over the top.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
12oz bottle - pours light brown with thin tan head and decent lacing. Nose is toasty. Flavor adds a nutty maltiness and light roast. Balanced between sweet and bitter but not pronounced. Lacks the cheesiness of Hudepohl. Decent.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12 oz. bottle shared by b3shine. Pours a clear amber color with a medium sized, but rapidly disappearing white head. The aroma is toasted malts, mildly sweet, caramel, with a tiny splash of chemicals. The flavor is pretty standard for an oktoberfest; toasted malts, caramel, light grainy with mild bitterness. This was not very exciting, although I didn’t expect much.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from b3shine. Poured clear copper color with a minimal fizzy off-white head that was mostly diminished with little lacing. Moderate toasted sweet malt aroma. Light to medium body with with a smooth texture and soft carbonation. Light to medium sweet flavor with a light to medium sweet finish of short to moderate duration. My expectations where not met.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sample from a 12oz bottle. Clear amber color, little off-white head, some dots of lace. Toasty malt nose. Lighter carbonation. Good sweet taste. Lighter body. Solid oktoberfest.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle to pint. Looks solid; a transparent reddish-brown with beige head that quickly dissipates into thin lacing. Smells semi-sweet, malty, and a little doughy. Tastes Like it smells with an average mouthfeel. Better than I expected, and a decent example of the style.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Caramel malt aroma. Clear copper with a moderate ivory head. Caramel malt flavor with a very slight spiciness in the finish. Light body, moderate carbonation.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle. Lactic caramel malt aroma. Amber with large light tan head. Lightly sweet caramel malt flavor. Light body. Okay - not much flavor though.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Purchased from the Glenway Crossing Remke/Biggs in Cincinnati, Ohio - Although I tasted the original Hudepohl Bock years ago (before Greg Hardmann took over and Boston Brewing tried to kill all of the Cincinnati local beers), this one is a bit different (not as heavy bodied and bitter). Okay, it pours out an orange hued brew into my lager glass (captured from Cincy Beerfest) with a roasted barley aroma and a tall, finely bubbled head of fast fading foam. Tastewise, it has a roasted grain flavor that is somewhat slight to my taste, but it is still a fine beer for an American Oktoberfest!
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