Dark Horse Octoberfest

Brewed by Dark Horse Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Marshall, Michigan USA

This beer pours with a dark reddish brown body topped by a medium thick to thick off white, foamy head with good lacing. The aroma is sweet and malty with a nice fruitiness and a touch of hops. The flavor is slightly sweet yet bitter with more hops than malt showing through. The finish is slightly bitter. Medium bodied and smooth.

Dark, dark orange, brown color. Sugar, toasted almonds, sweet candy nose. Lively mouthfeel with a very lasting and sticky coating. Sweet flavor with some toffee. Low on the hops. I'm enjoying this.

This is my first Oktoberfest beer. Medium to dark brown color. Can't really pick out any specific smell. Hoppy beer. Bitter. Not great flavor but generally good mouth appeal.

A good Oktoberfest. Sweet spicy and malty with a good deal of hops thrown in.

Also my first new fest this year, Darren, sad to say now that we’re deep in November. I drank more last year when I was trying to the style in homebrewing. In any event, this was worth the delay, to be sure, a beuatifully bellowing creature of a fest with full, hearty tuba noted malts and the sharp spiced hops trumpeting in. Nicely done.

More sweet and bocklike (I know they’re both lagers) than your Aying and Schafly Octoberfest subtle wonders of the world. Also quite the hop presence as proc has noted. Brassy and bold and, well, pretty good. I’ll send you one!

A delicious offering from a small Michigan brewer. My first O-fest of the season. Pours out to a dark amber with a malty aroma. Taste is that of rich malt with more hop presence than I was expecting. Tasty.