1.8 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
Some how too watery and too sweet for my taste for an octoberfest. Real light colored. Super sweet and not balanced well with the malts. Can skip this one.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours amber with a layer of whitish head. Aroma is slightly malty but mostly yeast esters. Taste is sweet and malty. You can definitely get the caramel malts in the aroma and the taste. There are some slightly stale off flavors but they are ultimately overshadowed by the caramel malts. One of the better Leinenkugel’s I have had. A nice break from all their fruity beers.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
12oz bottle poured into a shaker. Pours a clear, very dark amber with about a finger of off-white head. Aroma of caramel and roasted nuts. Taste is light bitter. Light, herbal hops with some caramel, grains and nuts. Light bodied with a somewhat thin texture. Lively carbonation and a long finish. Overall, pretty good. I could drink this one all day.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Picked this up at Total Wine in Henderson, NV. A very light tasting marzen, lighter than I'm used to, I've tried a dozen different Oktoberfest beers thus season and this is not one of my favs.
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3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Total Wine in Sacramento, CA. Pours clear copper with a creamy/foamy off-white head. Aroma of mild roast caramel. Med minus body. Flavor is slightly brown ale type roast with a little noble/earthy hop. Quite drinkable, but "light" for my taste.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Solid aroma and active amber pour with a basic taste and small warming mouthfeel.
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3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Not a bad Oktoberfest. Aroma matches that of a good Oktoby. Perhaps a bit lighter than the norm but not toooo light. Solid but doesn't reach the malt depths of great beers of this style.
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2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottle @ home, picked up at Wilbur’s Foco. Pours a dark burnt orange appearance with a creamy, tan head. Kind of skunky, dull caramel malty, a touch fruity, grassy aroma. Slightly metallic, dull grassy, herbal, straw, light caramel flavor. Kind of zippy carbonation. Not all that good.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Nothing special about this beer, but it’s okay enough to drink a few. I’m not a big Oktoberfest guy, so this pretty much seemed like all the other ones out there to me.
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
On tap at Blue Heron Cafe in Barrington, IL. Pours amber with mostly malt flavor and gross dishwater, skanky aftertaste. No thanks. Took 90 minutes to finish and probably should have just drain-poured it. What a difference between plain old Leinenkugel swill and their Big Eddy brews. Night vs. day.
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