Gordon Biersch Märzen

Brewed by Gordon Biersch Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Palo Alto, California USA

Bottled. No Head. Nice color, but not much beyond that. Sulfery aroma of eggs. Malty but watery. Tastes are very subdued.

Clear ruby-tinted amber coloured body with a nice dense off-white head. Aroma of malt, slight toffee & light sugars. Light-bodied; Mild malt flavour with slight sugary tastes. Aftertaste clean with some mild malt tastes and other subtle flavours. Overall, not so great-but decent right before a red-eye flight! I sampled this beer from draught at The Crab Pot in San Francisco International Airport (SFO) on the second day of 10-June-2004...our first was spent in Sydney, Australia.

i had this on tap while waiting for a delayed flight at l.a.x. it had a very nice color and head to go with it....where was the flavor??? it was like a dark budwieser or something.

Sampled draught at Gordon Biersch, Burbank.
Clear bronze, small head. Soapy nose, lightly roasty. Rounded, fairly clean mouthfeel. Medium bodied with low bitterness. Lacks oomph...

Draft: Red brown with a medium head that quickly vanishes. Smells of red berried and a bitter-sweet fruity taste.

Bottled. Pours anice amber color. Has a malty somewhat sweet aroma. Smells kind of soapy as well. Flavor is malty, with a little bit of a citric bitterness. A little bit of roasted spice flavor at the finish.

Malted sugary lager with a slight maple taste. Pretty average. Not great. I’ve little to say about this one. I’ve always thought that this brewer looked like a poor atempt at pretending to be a "microbrewery". Tastes mass-produced and uninspired - like a Killian’s.

This is a Märzen and should be appreciated and compared to what style it is. Better fairly warm, but a good representation of the style.