Samuel Adams Octoberfest

Copper pour, fluffy head, nice lacing. Hoppy, fruity aroma. Thick, phlegmy mouth feel. Sickly caramel flavor, alcoholic, flat, just all around not very good. Disappointing effort from the normally decent Sam Adams. Looks and smells pretty, flavor is pretty lame.

Bu en fut (20oz) dans un Friday’s à Burlington (Vermont). Ambrée claire, petit collet. Arome d’orge malté légé, un peu de céréal houblonné mais rien d’impressionnant. Goût peu impressionnant d’houblon très peu amère, céréal brute et faible, arrière-goût légé. Pas très festif ça!

ABR ’08 - Pours golden yellow. Nose was primarily malt. Flavor was similar with some sweetness/fruitiness. A little on the hoppier side.

Pours a rusty, amber brown with a tall, full khaki head. Woody malt character in the aroma with some light maple sugar. Very style fitting woody, only slightly sweet malt taste, a little week overall, the finish doesn’t do much to balance the malts either, but leaves a generally mild aftertaste of spice and even a little pumpkin.

Aroma is nice with sweet fruit, light malt aromas, and some muted hop aroma. It’s an orange amber, with an off white small head, the head retention is poor, which quickly fades to almost not even a collar. It’s nutty and sweet fruit, with a nice fruit ester and bitter balance. It’s smooth and nice with a nice bitterness and great effervescence.

Bottle. Poured a beautiful amber-y copper, with a nice oatmeal colored head, which left decent lacing. Aroma was maly, bready toffee. Great taste with good amount of hops to pull the beer from being too malty. Nice Marzen.

Tap. Moderate head - golden color. Aroma was primarily malt. Flavor was similar with some sweetness/fruitiness. Fine but not memorable.

Bottle - reddish with a thick bone colored head, sweet with a molassas taste. Excelent