Aldergrove Maerzen Oktoberfest

Brewed by Steffans Aldergrove Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Marysville, Washington USA

Bottle from riversideAK. Thanks Alex! Pours a clear orange amber with a thin white head and lace. Nose of rich malts, honeysuckle, caramelized sugar. Very easy drinker. Light body with lots of flavor. This is one of the better marzens I have ever had.

12-oz. Crystal clear medium goldened amber. Thickish fizzy white head that falls quickly, leaving lots of scattered lace. Nice room-filling wheaty, brown sugar, dry leaves, and wet hay nose. Lightish body, very clean and drinkable. Light carb. Leaves, brown sugar, caramel, nuts, and toast on the mid-palate. Long peppery nutty finish. Great stuff.

Bottle. Pours light hazy apricot with a massive, towering, fluffy, persistent, lacy off-white head. Light aroma of brown sugar, toast, fruit. Light body and full carbonation. Lots of caramel in the taste, with some cookie dough, citrus and grass. Crisp and somewhat floral finish.

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Pours a dark rich amber with a lovely fluffy white head. Toasty malt aroma; I like the previous rater’s description of "honeysuckle." This one shines in flavor. Toasty malt, honey-roasted nuts, some nice summer field-grass, just a nice mellow hop twist on the close like a hint of orange peel, a hint of spice. Maybe just a touch too much brown sugar, but still splendidly drinkable, I’m really really impressed. Right on!

Bottle: Pours a copper bronze color with a nice sticky white head and clean sheets of lacing. The nose is sweet and floral, light toasted pumpkin seed and a grassy juniper and hop note with some peach, maybe some glue. The flavor is...I would put the mouthfeel first. A fizzy/fuzzy creaminess that makes each drink feel like a little fun snap on the tongue. The flavor is sweet and bready with some light fruit and continued doughiness. Finishes light and refreshing with a hint of fruit and spice. Nice oktoberfest.

Clear amber with a frothy head. Nice malt driven sweet bread aromas. Smooth medium body. Good taste is mostly sweet bread caramel malts with some light roasted malt. Liquid sweet bread here. Good stuff.

12 oz bottle from Bottleworks; Nose of floral hops with a light necatrine fruitiness and a light yeastiness; Hazy yellow-orange with a huge yellow-tinged, glasslacing head; flavor has light bitterness, caramel, apples and peaches; finish is lightly bitter with some fruity notes.

Cloudy amber, huge lasting white head.Big carbonation,great lace.Faint sweet nose. Light sweet start,medium strength good lasting hop end