 thenick (744), North Bellmore, New York, USA
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 22, 2007 Tap @ House of Brews, NYC. Pours a light copper color with a good-sized off-white head. Aroma is mostly bread with slight malt characteristics. Taste is the same, dominated by the bread with a slight bit of malt sweetness to remind you this is an Oktoberfest. Not a spectacular beer, but I enjoyed it.
aobecksy (661), Middle of no where, Ohio, USA
| 2.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 22, 2007 There is no difference between this beer than the orginial except the original doesn’t claim to be an oktoberfest! What a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT. I even argue with the bar owner that the keg must be mislabeld.
Maverick34 (701), New York, USA
| 3.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 |
Sep 21, 2007 Bottle. Pours ambery w/ medium head. Some real graininess there but not the worlds greatest mass produced marzen
NJBeerman013 (776), Trenton, New Jersey, USA
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Sep 21, 2007 Bottle. Pours a warm golden in color with a good carb. head. There are lighter malts then I was expecting. Not as sweet as I would have liked. There was a good hop zestiness. Not my favorite ’fest’.
vyvvy (2043), Hazelwood, Missouri, USA
| 2.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Sep 20, 2007 Ha, I rated this without looking at rating here and saw that lb4lb had a strikingly similar experience to mine. Poured very light yellow with an extremely soapy white head. The aroma had pale malt, skunk and light sweetness - very pale lager. Medium body with minor carbonation. The taste has minor light caramel (the only marzen aspect), skunk and some spice. The finish has a slickness that’s a bit sticky. This was not good. I could have sworn this was decent a few years back - either my palate is much better or this beer got much worse ~ probably somewhere in the middle. Thumbs down
lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
| 2.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 9/20 |
Sep 20, 2007 Hmmm... mine came in a green bottle and was slightly skunky. I’m pretty sure somebody poured a heineken or red stripe into this hofbrau bottle, b/c that is exactly what it tasted like. Nothing like an Oktoberfest/Marzen I’ve had before.. Looks and smells like a pale lager. Some yeastiness, some light malt and faint bitterness, and while not offensive aside from the light skunking, this is a horrible example of the style and not worth getting at all.
reggiekoko (10), saint augustine, Florida, USA
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Sep 19, 2007 Poured a golden yellow with a white fizzy head that did a quick disappearing act. It had a floral grassy taste with a touch of hoppy bitterness. This is a nice drinkable brew but I would hesitate to call it a true Octoberfest marzen. Perhaps a pilsner would be more like it. I really enjoy the HB Original much more than this one.
mjg74 (1997), La Mesa, California, USA
| 2.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Sep 18, 2007 Bottle from BevMo. Medium golden color upon pouring. Lightly malty aroma with hints of grain. Smooth mouthfeel. Fairly bitter and grainy. I wouldn’t have guessed that this is an Oktoberfest. I would have thought it was a pils of some sort. Drinkable.
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