Lakefront Oktoberfest

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

12oz bottle. Poured a medium copper color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of toasted malts, nuts and caramel. Maybe some cardborad in there too. Tastes of the same (without the cardboard). Although these are some of the standard aromas and tastes I’ve come to expect from an Oktoberfest, these didn’t really seem to blend together and didn’t really fit.

12 oz bottle, via milwcu29. Pours a clear dark gold to light copper colored body under a small fizzy head that faded quickly to a thin film. Aroma is of toasted and nutty malt with a very candy like caramel base. Flavor is similar to aroma but with a little bit of a toffee or buttery flavor emerging on the somewhat sweet finish. Mouthfeel is light bodied with a slightly sticky slick finish. Carbonation is very active, fizzy, and prickly although it feels very fine bubbled. Overall, this was pretty weak and not really my thing. A good really well made Oktoberfest is a hard thing to come by.

12oz bottle via trade with milwcu29 - thanks Chris! - Pours copper with a short offwhite head that stays briefly then fades to a ring with a little lacing left on the glass. Aromas of toasted malts, some caramel, and some brown sugar. Flavor is caramel, brown sugar and some toffee notes on the finish which is lingering and without hops. Light body and somewhat high carbonation take away some from the overall as well.

From a 12 oz. bottle with a bottling date along the right side of the label, Sep.Week 2. Poured a cloudy amber with a foamy head that settled into a thin lacing. Aromas of toasted graininess, sweet malts, a light apple fruitiness mixed with herbal hops. Moderate carbonation and a crisp, smooth full bodied mouthfeel. Malty tasting, lightly toasted grains, apple juice fruitiness, caramelized maltiness, herbal hops, soft in their bitterness and a sweet, toasted grain finish. Not a bad Oktoberfest from Lakefront, above average, could have used a little more lightness in the body.

Pour is brown with no head showing up. Aroma is a nice dose of heavy malts. Flavor is weaker that the aroma. Some malts and some brown sugar is about all that is showing up. Finish is sweet but bitter.

Bottle sample at IBGF 06. Light brown color with a large fizzy off-white head that diminished slowly with good lacing. Moderate malty sweet aroma. Light to medium body. Heavy sweet flavor with a medium sweet finish of moderate duration.

Finally, I sample a beer from this brewery that I really like--but to be fair, I’ve never had anything of theirs on tap; it’s all been bottled. For better or worse, so was this. Anyhoo, what I poured from a bottle was a nice, slightly cloudy orange-ish amber brew with a small white head. Nice malt aroma. Initial taste is full, sweet malt with a background nuttiness that lingers for a few seconds. Not a lot of hops but that’s OK for this style, eh? Quite good.

Pours amber with light off-white head. Aroma is very malty with some sugary sweetness and hops. Flavor follows aroma, but adds a minor sour finish.