Ayinger Oktober Fest-Märzen

Name: Oktober Fest-Marzen
Date: 01/24/1997
Mode: Bottle
Source: Taco Mac, Sandy Springs

clear light amber, good frothy head, rich malt aroma with strong german hops, rich malt flavor with lots of balancing hops, slight bitter finish
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Name: Oktober Fest-Marzen
Date: 10/09/2003
Words: Draft
Words: Wild Wing Cafe
Words: Marietta

hazy dark yellow, big fine white head, sweet malt aroma with a hint of ripe fruit, rich sweet carmel malt flavor, touch of toasted character, just keeps getting richer as it warms,
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Name: Oktober Fest-Marzen
Date: 09/19/2006
Mode: draft
Source: wild wing

lots of nice lace, very yeasty fresh bread aroma, good carmel and toasted flavor with nice sweetness, nice long balanced bitter finish

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 15/20
Rating: 3.6/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: **4

Pours an orange copper with fluffy white head that seems to last a bit. Smells of honey oat, sweet hay, and maple leaf malts. Tastes of sweet honey oats, slight maple leaf, and almost an ethereal peat malt taste. Nicely complex and dapper. This is what Oktober Fest is supposed to taste like.

orange copper color with a medium sized head. strong malty orange aroma with light soy sauce note, and a good roasted quality. soft chalky body and light full bubbles. complex honey maple flavor and a light yeast flavor. the beer is a lot easier drinking than it looks and smells.

PLeasent enough, but would love to try it very fresh or on draught, ’cause I get the feeling that something is missing.

Wow...this is on a whole different level than all of the American Oktoberfests I’ve had. Pour was an inviting light brown with a nice 2 finger head (there’s the heady Oktoberfest I’ve been looking for). Aroma of sweet malt with some roastiness...some dampness and funk in there as well. Taste was nice and malty with a humid mix of caramel, honey and roast. Nice carbonation. This is the first German Oktoberfest I’ve had this year and if the others are half as good I’ll be impressed.

Typical Marzen brew, a bit more sugary sweet than most with some roasted malts. Lots of caramel and honey tastes. A low hop profile with some light fruitiness added. Med-to low carbonation with some light yeast in the finish. I really must try these German Brews straight from the brewery some day... im guessing the long trip doesnt do them much good.

Peppery lips follow an apple malt. Really picturesque. More complex the more I drink. Bitter is pleasant. Just not a taste I would want often. EEhhh...

On tap @ Coles Buffalo NY. Amberish color with sweet malty aroma. Sweet malty taste. medium bodied. pretty good