Hole In The Rock Märzen

Brewed by Minhas Craft Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Monroe, Wisconsin USA

Surprisingly light for a Marzen. Medium head, light amber. Flavor is toasty with the right amount of citrus rind hops. Easy on the palate with medium body. Aftertaste a bit sweet, but not annoyingly so.

Aroma is a sweet caramel malt scent. Color is amber with fair carbonation and thin head. Taste is a mellow almost flat malt flavor with a very faint hop bitterness.

Hazy ruby coloured body with a deep copper coloured tint and a very thin tan head. Aroma of fresh raisins, malt, caramel, figs and an unfortunate smell of metal and blood. Medium-bodied; Nice malty taste with a very sweet finish and a mild metallic flavour that lasts for a while. Aftertaste is very short and sweet - nothing horrible to speak of, but nothing amazing either. Overall, a decent marzen for being mass produced, but not outstanding. This is better than a lot because there was nothing offensive about the beer -just nothing spectacular. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Super H Mart (Korean Store) in Fairfax, Virginia on 18-September-2007.

Copper brown brew, average foamy head. Bright floral bouquet with notes of lemon soda. Malty, sweet apple flavor, more of a flat soda taste then a marzen. Bready and bitter aftertaste.

Pours a dark toffee brown with a minimal head. Flavor is sweet with a hint of caramel. Thin body. Low carbonation. OK but nothing I would look for again.

Again, another very average effort from this brewery. Not great, but not bad either. Bland would be the best way to describe this one.

Amber Color with White Ring. Sweet Caramel Malt Aroma. Caramel Toast Malt Taste..Sweet Bitter Dry Aftertaste. Simple Thin Bodied Session Ale.

Bottle. Pours a clean amber in color, with a pale white head. The flavor and aroma are both lacking compared to other examples of the style. Fairly bland in flavor, a bit of hops and very little in the way of malt.