S:t Eriks Oktoberfest

Brewed by S:t Eriks Bryggeri (Galatea)
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Arlandastad, Sweden

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein

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Bottled (thanks omhper!). Deep amber colour, beige head. Aroma is wood, some slight toffee, sweet malts, mild hoppyness. Flavour is sweet malts, toffee, mild grains and some quite balanced things.

330ml bottle. Pours a beautiful deep copper, with an off-white head. Malty, lightly roasted aroma, caramel, toffee, chocolate, hops, yeast, chestnut, light diacetyl. Off-dry, medium body and bitterness, balanced CO2. Malty taste, caramel, chocolate, fudge, hops, ashes, licorice, yeast, earth. Slightly thin on the palate, with a very faint acidic touch. Ends a bit rough. Not bad, but lacks a little in overall balance. (2012-12-06)

Dark brown color. It has an interesting aroma of cereals, malt, sugar, light wood and very light smoke. Round mouthfeel; very good caramel flavor, with hints of roasted malts, toasted wood; it has correct bitterness.
Not an Oktoberfest, just a very good beer.

Bottle from a trade with Cunningham. Marzen, eh? The American hoppy version, it seems. Aroma is citrus, floral, grapefruit and some resin, with a toasted, caramelly, slightly nutty base. Body less robust than in a classic marzen, flavour is a skillful blend of dark(er) malts and assertive US-hops. The mouthfeel is velvety and the finish grapefruity and very bitter. Sort of a bottom-fermented amber ale, I doubt it would succeed at the Oktoberfest. But it did with me.

(Bottle, Stockholm Beer Festival, 29 Sep 2012) Reddish brown colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of crisp-bread, dark fruit and caramel. Malty, roasted taste with dark bread, coffee, ryvita, dark fruit and a mild, spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. More like a vienna than a märzen. Decent, but not impressive.

Bottle. Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Wonderfull powerfull bitter flavor. Hops and malt in nice balance. Week caramellic. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Great beer but way too hoppy acording to style.

Dark amber with a medium, off white foam. Malty with hey tones. Malt, hops, cereals and hey. Medium body with a nice balanced finish.

Bottled. Dark amber coloured. Unclear. Beige dense head. Aroma: Bread, light roast, butter, sweetness. Flavour: Butter, fruits, sweetness, caramel, herbs. Medium bodied. Ends light bitter and butterish.

clear brown, smooth offwhite head. mild aroma. mild macroish.flavor is dry, hay, herbal, sweet, yet still quite tasty.

Bottled. An amber beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and butter. The flavor is sweet with notes of straw, butterscotch, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.