Back Road Maple City Gold

Brewed by Back Road Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
LaPorte, Indiana USA

It appears there is confusion as to which style this beer represents, and I have to concur. Tried this after drinking an Aviator doppelbock and noted several similarities. Poured a ruddy orange-brown, with a thin, light tan head. Had an earthy, tangy aroma with some grassy hops. The flavor was very sweet and malty, almost distractingly sweet. Had a "rotting fruit" character that seemed poorly developed and overly sugary. From a fresh growler. This is my least favorite Back Road beer to date.

Bull Shit, I call Bull Shit! Back Road says this is an Amber ale but the body is obviously mahogany in color! I want my money back! Oh wait, this was in a trade from BigBadBear63.
Nice floral nose and the flavor has notes of, plums, apricots, cashew nuts, & caramel, a bit musty and leathery…… Distinguishing and toasty, nice malty backbone that finishes with a crisp bitter English style hop characteristic.
Thanks for the great brews Mike!

This is actually their Oktoberfest, full of rich malts hinting of caramel. Some hints of hops in the finish. Actually one of the fuller Oktoberfests I've tasted this year. I enjoyed it ontap at the Indiana Brewers Guild Oktoberfest tasting.

leathery red-brown, or cherry-wood gunstock in it's varied dark and fiery gleaming. the head was a factor in my initial impression, a brief sawdust colored frothy display, but, like a movie's opening credits, vanished once the real action began. sweet, melon-like aroma, very ripe meaty plum, raw tobacco leaf, earthy with bock malts. flavor likewise is sweet, awash in strong carbonation, a reasonable gesture of citrus bitterness. the label claims it's a lager rather than an ale, and i believe it. my guess is that it's a tasty, malty bock-- tho not as large in it's body or alcoholic puissance as it's nobler germanic bretheren. everything i know about back road's beers, i owe to bigbadbear, and i thank him.

Smelled fruity and malty. Taste was sweet and almost syrupy, followed by a nearly metallic hop bitterness that became increasingly dry. Slightly over carbonated. Nice deep red body, but little head or lacing.

Dark amber, small white head. Seet bready malt aroma, slightly metallic. Flavor is medium sweet, nutty, with a light grassy hop bitterness, and some decent bready/cookie malt flavors.

Hazy copper body topped by a big but quickly dissipating beige head. Aroma is caramel and lightly floral. Taste is minimally sweet, nutty, mostly bitter, finishing medium grassy. Medium body. Improves as it warms beyond refrigerator temperature.

Ths brew poured a medium head of off-white bubbles of fine to medium size. Its body was a carbonated hazy light brown and its aroma was a nice malty one. It had a small initial bitter bite and a clove malt hop flavor.