Red Lodge Octoberfest

Brewed by Red Lodge Ales
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Red Lodge, Montana USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein

22. Pours a cloudy dark amber with a loose white head that fades away. Sheets of foamy lace coming down the sides of the glass. Big delicious gingerbread and brown bread nose. Rich and inviting. Creamy medium body. Caramel, brown bread, and gingerbread mid-palate, quite flat. Not appetizing due to low carb. Mild finish. Add bubbles and this goes up 3 or 4 tenths easily.

Bottle, shared with Parksy. Clear copper penny amber. Aroma is not nice: toasty grains completely overshadowed by a weird chemical smell. Flavours are quite toasty grains with an earthy note in the finish, rather simplistic and not very good.

Pours a cloudy copper, with white head. Taste of a decent Marzen. A little sweet, and quite drinkable, but not remarkable. Thumbs up.

Another from Skyview. Ordinary brown color. Nice malt aroma, but surprisingly full and intense malt flavor. Lots of grain and some yeast. Better than most in the style.

A growler from Skyview. Dark orange color with a small head. Strong caramel aroma. Big malt and grain flavor. Slightly buttery. Floral hop finish, but not bitter. Quite nice.

On draught at Sam’s Taproom in Red Lodge, Montana. Pours a clear copper penny amber with a creamy off-white head that quickly disipates to a fine film and ring. Aroma of light, sweet caramel malt, a touch of maple syrup, flowery hops and roasted nuts. Taste is medium bodied, light carbonation with a light caramel flavor with no bitterness. Finish is creamy, smooth with just a hint of caramel flavor and barely any bitterness. A fine light octoberfest.

Light amber in color with a soft off-white head. Light nose of malt. Flavor is much the same, hints of light roasted malt, with a touch of hops to round it out. Very light body and the finish gets a little sweet.