3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle. Pours a nice auburn copper color with small off white head. Malty aroma, caramel, wet leaves. Medium bodied, smooth, crisp, refreshing. There is a earthy, paper / leaf like aspect to the palate, nuts. Some warm caramel tones and a starchy, very slightly bitter, almost nutty finish. Pretty quaffable as a good marzen should be, nothing outstanding but a pretty solid session.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pours a dark brown with a nice, sturdy tan head and good lacing. Smell is doughy bread with some night, light fruit and caramel touches to it. Taste is similar, with a nice sweet maltiness coming through. I really like the balance they’ve struck between the flavors, as well as the overall intensity. Mouthfeel is nice, creamy, and rich without being filling. Drinkability is very nice. I believe this is my favorite American version of the style to date.
Serving type: bottle
Reviewed on: 09-24-2010
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Appearance: clear golden orange with a one-finger white head that slowly vanishes; no lace. Aroma: caramel, malts, some very mellow hops. Taste: smooth and full of nutty sweet-toasted grain, with a nice splash of smooth hops at the end to balance. Finish: short, crisp, with a bit of bitterness from the hops that gives way again to a malty sweetness that lingers on the lips. Notes: Now this is an Oktoberfest beer. Looks just like it should; tastes just like it should. Palate is excellent. Smooth and full, yet light enough that before I knew it, half the glass was gone.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
12 oz. bottle. The pour yields a dark, mostly clear, reddish-amber body with a small, frothy, beige tinted head. Settling quickly to a swirly, wispy film with a bubbly edge, the head leaves just a sudsy wash, with no true hard lacing. Aromas are predictably malty, suggesting strongly of caramel, brown sugar, and some baked cookie, but there are surprising chocolate and wheat notes in there as well. The flavor follows suit, again based in cookie dough malts, hinting at milky chocolate and some stale wheaty grain. Hops seem faded and floral in nature, adding just a touch of peppery zip. The palate shows moderate heft that is obtained primarily via residual malt sugar, as average carbonation distributes flavors throughout the mouth. Decent stuff at best. The staleness is a major turnoff....and this beer is fairly fresh.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Clear orange pour, almost no head. Flavor is sweet caramel malt, very smooth body. Nothing great, but very drinkable.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
At Small Bar on Fullerton. Pretty good stuff. Quite drinkable, not super complex but flavorful enough. Quite red in color. Serving: Tap
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
12 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $1.79 Very good.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle from Liquor Loft. Clear amber-brown pour with a thin white head that leaves a ring. Aroma is light malt, hay and honey. Sweat caramel malt taste with toasty grain and some apricot. Texture is medium and a little flat. Finishes a sticky sweet but smooth enough. Not my thing.
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