Flying Fish OktoberFish

Brewed by Flying Fish Brewing Company
Style: Altbier
Cherry Hill, New Jersey USA

Picked up a six pack on a visit to New Jersey because it was something I hadn’t heard of and the bottle looked interesting. It was worth the gamble. Really enjoyed the beer and will definately try other flavors next time I see Flying Fish available.

On draft at the Spotted Hog. Copper colored with a decent white pillowy head. Aroma of malt, bread and hops. Nice crisp flavor, medium bodied with a hoppy bitterness to the end. Balanced nicely with sweet bready malts. Very enjoyable and drinkable beer from the tap, have not had it from a bottle.

This is definately the best Flying Fish offering II’ve had yet. Flavor is mildly sweet wih a hint of citrus, and crisp hoppy bitterness throughout.

Poured a light amber-brownish-reddish with a small head that didn’t lace well. The aroma was just off. No idea how to describe it, other than the fact that it was just off. The flavor was caramel, malty, some sort of odd spicing and a tad nutty. Just not a good combination. Bad stuff.

Pours hazy amber with a two finger thick white head. Aroma of citrus, fruit, sweet malts. Flavor is fruity, bitter hoppy, malty, with a slight metallic finish. Good body, good brew.

September-October 2005 bottle from the generous Zathrus13, consumed on 2/24/06 in a Nashoba Valley wine glass at about 50 degrees to start
Very large head even at 5 months of age. Beige with dirty snow colored flecks. Tiny bubbles rise in an auburn-to-rich-amber body, not quite crystal clear, but more like fatigued glass on a mirror.
Sweet, sourdough-like malt sugars rise up to greet the nose, with zesty rye-pumpernickel notes and notes of sugary caramel over warm baguette. BUT, unfortunately, it is very weak in strength. Let us, however, keep in mind that it is quality not quantity! As it warms, I note light cherries and mashed walnuts with some brown sugar thrown in as well (though a little more dry than that sounds) that prove to complement the zesty, bready malts. And by the way, the head is still well-retained after the 15 minutes it took me to write that.
Cherries, sweet baguette dough and brown sugar combine to serve a strong helping of malt upon first sip. Bitter hops clear the sweet, round malts, while a soft, very rounded texture smooths the moderately bready, munich maltiness. Only a mild spiciness from the tettnangs (horizon and crystal in actuality) and perhaps the malt flavors could be a little deeper. But then, perhaps not. This is a session style, it’s not a doppelbock. Head never falls below cover (never fully dissipates) and there is light, web-like lacing. No alcohol apparency, little yeast apparency. The different malts are well-represented here. I was wondering why I couldnt find a crisp lager yeast bite on the end, and now it all makes sense. . .

Red/amber color. Smells fresh and clean if that is possible. Aromas of grapes and caramel. Tastes intensely hoppy with a crisp finish. A bitter taste at the end lets you know you are drinking beer.

(12oz bottle) Crystal clear amber body with a medium beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is moderately sweet, caramel, some melon, earthy, light metallic. Taste is medium sweet, earthy, caramel, some melon, light citrus, peach. Light-medium body, fairly drinkable.