Samuel Adams Octoberfest

Draft. Pours amber in color with a medium off-white head. Aroma of caramel mostly, with a hint of spice and hops. Flavor very caramel. Different from other Octoberfest beers I’ve tried in the past - this one is better.

Shaker pint draft at the Elephant Bar in OP, KS. Pour is copper brown clear thin of off white head. Aroma mild straw and caramel sweet. Taste of sharp nutty caramel sweet, diacetyl pretty strong - dirty earth and wet hay finish. Palate is medium to thin, a bit on the under carbonated side. A big blast of soggy cardboard in the finish. I can see what they were trying to do, just wasn’t real clean.

Bottle. Not a bad beer. Love the color. Good on a chilly autumns night. I enjoyed it

Draft from Sam Adams Celebrates Cincinnati in concourse A of terminal 3 at CVG. Pours a rich amber color with a small white head. Weak aroma of hops, caramel, malt, and subtle spice. The flavor improves upon the nose with hops, caramel, grass, a little spice, and a touch of alcohol. It has a light body, and is watery with a bitter finish after some metallic notes. I’m surprised to see this one rated so favorably compared to other Octoberfests/Marzens; I found it to be painfully average.

From the tap poured brown with a small head. Malty flavor with a quick finish.

Pours a copper color with a white head.Its got a malty and hoppy aroma to it.Taste was of sweet caramel balanced by citrus hops.Had a smooth even finish.The best Samuel Adams brew I’ve had so far.

On tap at Clery’s, Boston MA, 28 September 2009. Copper colour. Lasting pale beige head. Slightly bready malt aroma. Fairly dry on the palate. Reasonably bitter. Not bad at all. One of the better US Octoberfests I sampled on my trip, in fact.

A beer whose taste is reminiscent of a wheat based cereal. Notes of taffy and brown sugar loom ominously over this semi-full bodied marzen. Better than some of your other Octoberfest beers.