Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen

Brewed by Paulaner Brauerei (Schörghuber)
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Munich, Germany

Bottle. Pours an amber colour with a small white head. Mild malty aroma. Taste is malt with notes of hops and some bitterness in the finish. Medium bodied. Not bad märzen.

Bottle, pilsner glass. Pours a deep amber orange, with a thumbs worth of white head, bubbling down to a simple ring with minimal lacing. Malty aroma, slightly toasty. Delicious complexity of malt flavors, vanilla, caramel, orange juice are all present, gets darker in the finish, toffee, hints of chocolate. Very fresh, juicy mouthfeel, nice carbonic sensations, a joy to savor.

This beer began the third round of my home beer tasting tournament: Traditional Germans- featuring Marzens and unique wheat beer styles. This lager was a very deep amber, slightly dark for a marzen, ruby and reflective, with a large, joyously frothy head. There is strong caramel and toffee in the aroma, due in large to the Munich malt, as well as surprisingly fruity notes of cherries and honey, leaving this brew feeling heavily toasted and appetizing. The body is firm, yet smoothly subtle with slight smoke, overripe fruit, and dark burnt malt overtones. Delicious and easy to drink all day long, this is a wonderful ruby/amber lager with which to celebrate good times- whether it be the largest beer festival in the world or a backyard beer tasting. The finish is brisk, stickly sweet, and ends slightly dry with a hint of grassy hallertau hops.

Bottle. Clear amber pour with an off white head. Aroma of malt, bread and mild hops. Taste of caramel, hops and faint plums. Nice smooth finish, really good session brew.

(bottle) clear copper colour, creamy tanned white head. aroma is grain, caramel, bread dough, mediumly hopped. flavour has sweet roasted malts, caramel, bread dough. both a little metallic at first. medium body and carbonation, light bitter finish.

Bottle. Pours a dark amber with a small light tan head. Aroma of cardboard and sweet roasted malt. Flavor of very sweet malt (some brown sugar) and cardboard still. Bland. Not digging this one...

Bottle. Aroma of sweet malts, graham, overripe fruits. Flavor quite sweet, a bit too sweet perhaps. Oktoberfest not really a favorite style of mine, so for me, this beer just kind of is.

Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pint glass a very nice dark amber with a smaller head. It smelled of roasted malts and a bit of carmel. It is smoothed and pretty full bodied. I was picking up some dark fruits in the taste. You also start to get a bit of a dough taste in your mouth as it warms. A good Octoberfest.