Bomber. Pours a pretty, dark golden/amber color with a small but well retained white head. Smell is sweet, toasty, malty, normal vienna/marzen aroma. Pleasant aroma, almost Great Lakes-esque. Taste is light, smooth, clean, slightly - very slightly sweet, pretty dry for the style. Highly drinkable. Don’t understand the low scores on this one. Granted it’s not fantastic or anything but it’s certainly a decent if not good example of the style.

Pours dark amber with a nice cream colored head. Aroma is bready malt with a little caramel. Starts out somewhat sweet and bready, balanced well by the tartness from the hops. I think it’s a pretty good representation of an Oktoberfest, they must have addressed the sour/infection issue from last years batch as noted in previous ratings.

Pours a dark amber in color. Only a slight frothy head forms on the pour. It quickly recedes to nothing. Smell is all malts. There are a good amoun of hops in the taste. Also some good toffee and spice as well. Decent mouthfeel and very easy drinking.

Date: 02/24/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: clear dark amber, wispy beige head, drippy
Aroma: sweet bready malt aroma,
Flavor: tart malt flavor, lots of earthy bitterness,

Aroma: 5/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 4/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 7/20
Rating: 2.2/5.0
Drinkability: 4/10
Score: */4