Weihenstephaner Festbier

Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Freising, Germany

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein

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Yellowy cloudy brew with thin white head. Smells of lemons and skunky hops. Tastes briney, pineapple, wheat, butter, bitter grassy hops. Hops seem a bit too strong/out of place with all the other subtle flavors. Nice moderate mouthfeel light carb.

12 ounce bottle purchased at Total Wine Pembroke Pines, FL for $3.99/6-pack. Good!

Pours a hazy yellow and has a strong lemon and wheaty aroma. Taste is like any traditional Belgian style beer with a nice wheat and citrusy flavor, but this one ends with some malt aftertaste.

Pint on draught at the York Tap. Golden, fizzy with a good foamy head on it into a long Weihenstephaner glass. Pleasant light malt/wheat aroma. Light, refreshing, mild bitter session beer. Quite reasonable.

It’s hazy golden with a creamy, white head. The aroma has notes of malt, flower and bread, it’s very inviting. The flavor has a light sweetness and notes of bread, flower, fruit and malt, and the finish is slightly dry. It’s very harmonic and easy to drink.

On tap at La Tape, Madrid. Gold body with medium head. Nose is citrus and spicy. Taste is malty, citrus, grapefruit. Quite nice beer all around.

bottle, beersofeurope. Pours a sparkling clear and pale gold colour, with a faint banana aroma. Grainy and sweet, with some lemon citrus and biscuit notes. A touch thin for 5.8% but a reasonably good beer.

12oz bottle. Not bad for a buck (got it on sale, son). Pours a quickly fading head, clearish medium-yellow color, no lacing. Aroma isn’t great, I agree, but it smells pretty much like a festbier. Taste isn’t amazing, but proper for the style, and not as hoppy as other reviewers claim, in my opinion. Points for clean finish and drinkability - 12oz just isn’t the proper serving size for this beer.

Bottle, 500ml. Pours a clear, fizzy, macro-style yellow colour. Aroma is of very grainy, in the German way, some citric and spice touches. Taste is very drinkable, though not much substance. Typical Festbier to drink and drink away!

16.9oz Bottle. The pour was a light golden yellow with a small (less than 1 finger) white fizzy head that quickly receded down to a very small collar and had poor spotty lacing. The aroma was of a grain malt, herbal hops and a sweaty yeast with a light hint of caramel along with a mild fruity ester. The taste was mildly malty with a light caramel sweetness and a strong grainy feel throughout, with the finish having a very light bitterness and a slight medicinal presence at the end. The flavor lasted an average time after the swallow with a grainy bitter taste left behind to fade into the background very slowly. Mouthfeel was light in body and watery in texture with a mild carbonation. Overall this was a brew that did not offer up much flavor or anything else for that matter. Although it did have a good smooth drinkability and a very light feel, which would allow you to drink a few without feeling blotted...