2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
5/1/11. 12oz bottle courtesy Cavie! Clear red pour with a small khaki head that cuts in half but sticks. Plain aroma of malt with a hint of alcohol. Sweet malty flavor with caramel and a sort of medicinal off taste as well. Meh.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
poured a clear copper color with a slightly beige head. Nice retention, but little lace. Aroma had a big malt note. Mainly caramel, but also had nice bread like malts. Flavor seemed to have s similar profile, but the sweetness of the malts seemed more dominate than the bready notes. Finish was smooth and i think needed to be more crisp. Kind of light on the tongue.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pour is a dark brown with a large tan head. Aroma is a nice sweet caramel malt. Flavor is the same, lots of heavy malt with some breadyness toward the end. It’s a marzan which not one of my favorite styles but this one has plenty of flavor.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
Deep amber-brown. Minimal head that retains fine. Aroma of yeast, sweat, rubber, and a bit of toasted malt. Flavor is big, malty, sweet, and relatively hot. Doesn’t quite have the lager crispness you look for in a Marzen--in fact, very sticky on the tongue. A touch of syrupy alcohol heat in the finish. Drinks like it’s +1-2 ABV points. Not bad, but something a little strange in the nose, and a bit anti-style, if that matters.
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Lot of malt in this one. I found the color to be darker than expected. Clear orange-gold with little head. Taste was adequately bitter and a touch of sweetness (floral, maybe?) . The general aroma had a skunkiness I didn’t care for but othern’ that it was pretty good stuff. I definitely liked it better than the michelob marzen.
4.5 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Malty... in... your... mouth.
Duff: Now, Homer, we’ve developed this additive that makes beer super, super malty. Care to try it?
Homer: Wait a minute, will this erase my memory?
Duff: No, not at all.
[Duffman prepares a hypodermic needle, and injects Homer. He’s immediately knocked out]
Thankfully, my memory isn’t erased either. Wait, what was I writing?
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Malty aroma mostly of caramel. Pours dark amber color with a small off white head. Flavors of caramel, toffee and roasted nuts. Very drinkable. Overall an average Marzen, nothing wrong with it but nothing really stands out either.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Darker than I thought. Really really light taste, Surprised it didn’t do beteer overall.
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