Augsburger Oktoberfest

Formerly brewed at Stevens Point Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Stevens Point, Wisconsin USA

Poured a clear golden copper color with a small off-white head. Sweat malty aroma. Grainy notes as well as toffee and a mild tartness. malty flavor with light oxidation. A touch of tartness is also present. Bitter semi-dry finish. Light to a medium body.

Pours a copper color with little to no head. Aroma is of caramel malts, toastiness and some hops. Flavor seems to follow aroma, but introduces a bit of carbony blackness.

Too much carbonation in this copper hued, near headless brew. Each swig demands a burp. The aroma is toasty with caramel and a trace of earthy hops. The flavor of burnt crackers and sweet caramel is drinkable, but not very exciting. Kind of a drab Märzen.

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Had this one bottled. This is a pretty good Marzen red. Poured a deep copper color with a thin, filmy head, nose of caramel, a little coffee, and peanuts. Taste is balanced between hops and baked bread, oats, and chocolate. While it certainly doesn’t have the oomph of German Marzens, I find this to be acceptable. Would get again.

Jax Package Store, Sandy Springs, Ga. - 12 oz bottle. Pours a medium copper, quite sparkly, light but persistent white head. Aroma has some fresh lake water accents, a hint of mown grass. Flavor has very brief caramel notes, trace of nuttiness, a bit of metal, not much else. Mouthfeel is slighlty thin. Passable

Pours a light orange with a fully receding tan head. Aroma is grassy hops with some maltiness from the lager yeast. Taste is cereal grain, some cracker breadiness. Slightly metallic, bitter finish. Thin bodied with high carbonation. I like my Oktoberfest beers to be liquid bread, this falls a little short.

We got clear amber in the glass, and a hefty, rocky chunk of froth atop, slowly disseminating. In the nose, ....well, rather paltry. Bare glimmers of caramel and fruit, malt is there, as it should, but tiptoes through. Slightly sweet, ...almost unnoticeable. Taste: Hops drizzle, then fade. Malt grows in confidence, but is rather unblustery, very lean in it’s performance. Medium body, and light in character, as well. Rolls off the tongue, then disappears. Nothing much in the finish, faint and forgettable. Nuttin’ wrong with it, just a bit too meager for me. Decent, for a cheap brand Oktoberfest.

Poured orange with a little bit of amber in the body. The aroma was leaves and some caramel. The taste had caramel and burnt toffee. There was also a nice leaves note.