New Glarus Staghorn Octoberfest Beer

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Bottle thanks to MrPickles.
Light aroma and flavor, but nothing offensive. Body is a little thin and watery though. An average beer, but not a great Oktoberfest. I didn’t pick up on any of the "toasty" flavors several others have mentioned. Overall, light, but drinkable.

A good sized sample courtesy of Clint at the South Loop taproom (Chicago, IL). Pours a very nice caramel orange amber, a light haze, decent offwhite head that laces fairly well, sticks around a suitable amount. Aromas are a good crisp graininess, caramel sweetness, toffee, toast, a touch of spice, and a feeling of fall. Initial is a bit roasty and toasty, breaking free to caramel and toffee sweetness to balance, light bitterness, nothing too crazy on the spice. A good nose, a good sessionable fall lager that provides pretty solid flavors and sessionability. Perhaps a little typical for the style, but a solid beer I’d drink again soon. Cheers.

Bottle thanks to Bigmmartin. Pours an amber color with red hues when held up to the light. Aroma is caramelized malts. Notes of some autumn spices come out as well. On the palate, it is much lighter than I expected. The flavor brings out the sweet malts and leaves an aftertaste of caramel. Not a favorite, kinda let me down.

Light amber pour with an off-white head. Malt aroma, caramel. Taste is caramel, crisp flavor. The maltiness lingers around for awhile.

A fine sample of a marzen. Perfect clear amber colored body with a small off white head. A mix of caramel a sweet malts. Some apple on the flavor also.

Pours deep red/amber with a berry and spice aroma. Small off white head. Good mouthfeel. Apples and spice. Cloves in particular. Chewy bread malts. Clean, smooth, and roasty. OK beer.

(bottle) Pours a deep reddish copper with a thin white head that leaves good lacing. Huge aroma of barley, caramel, musty basement, roasted peanuts, and a light undertone of candied apple, but this is quite a barley bomb. The taste follows the same as the aroma, sans candied apple, with some salt and a really pleasant roasted barley and fresh fried doughnut finish. Mouthfeel is medium and carbonation is spot on. This is extremely drinkable, but I’m not surprised in the least. Yet another solid showing from NG.

Bottle - Picked it up nice and fresh this year. Pours clear amber with a small white head. Smells clean, with barley, a little sweet malt, and some grassy hops. Taste is mild malt and barley, with some biscuity flavors. Just a little grassy hops on the finish. It’s syrupy and medium-bodied. Tastes a lot like the Unplugged Bohemian Lager, but I usually like a little more sweet malt in an Oktoberfest. Still, a fine beer.