Lakefront Art Kumbaleks Focktoberfest

Brewed by Lakefront Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA

Pours copper/amber, with an off white head. Aroma is spices, malt, and caramel. Flavor is malt, brown sugar, fruit, and hops. Thanks to brewblackhole for this bottle.

bottle courtesy of brewblackhole. First of all, I love the bottle art and the name--wouldn’t mind throwing down a few of these with Mr. Kumbalek I’m sure. Malt aromas with some toasted scents and a light yeast smell. Medium copper color with a full palate for the style. Lots of good caramel malt flavors--slightly sweet--but very balanced. Best octoberfest I’ve had to date.

Bottled. Poured clear medium orange with a couple fingers’ worth of creamy beige head. Nose was just wonderful for the style... mild nuttiness accompanying toasted caramel, toffee, and dry woody notes. Flavor was not far behind, carrying an enjoyable toasted caramel, toffee, and graham cracker base with mild spices, dry herbal and floral bitterness, and some fruit sweetness at the back end that I could not place (very good, though). Medium-bodied and the balance between bitterness and sweetness was ideal. Very, very well done! Kudos!

Transparent, pale and magnifying copper in color with tan frost on top and sand blasted, tight doily lacing clinging to the sides. Copper, peanut brittle, sourdough and a subtle accent of orange blossom grist grace the nose, followed by English toffee, maple butter gloss and clean mineral spirit afterthoughts. Flavor solutes with an all out sweet brown bread persona. Caramel cubes are rubbed over whole wheat sourdough like they’re butter sticks. Almonds cling to the copper kettle, eliciting thirst. Pecan pie grahams, toffee chips and the gooey transfusion ensue. Maple oats meet sparkling mineral water with a peanut brittle and caramel sweetness left to linger with an earthy, linen fresh bitterness. Medium bodied and perhaps a little rushed through the lagering process, but 20th anniversaries wait for no man. Congrats on your achievement, Lakefront.

Bottled on week 1 of Jan. 2007. Pours to a brown hued amber body with a thin white head. The aroma is bready, fruity (bananas and kiwi), walnuts. Nicely toasty. The best smelling Oktoberfest I’ve ever smelled. The flavor is ultra toasty wheat/barley bread. Lightly tart. The palate is really carbonated and has a significant bite to it. Moderate full body. One of, if not the best, Oktoberfest I’ve had.

Bottle. Clear amber body, foamy tan head. I wasn’t excited about this beer at first, fest biers are typically pretty dull for me. However this guy exhibits a strong, clean caramel/bread/yeast flavor that keeps you interested. Just a touch of bittering hops in the finish to balance it out, although the flavor is dry enough such that the start isn’t cloying whatsoever. Bread and yeast in the aroma. Well worth a pickup.

Bready aroma of Munich malts with caramel eventually coming through,taste is stronger then aromamight indicate, grainey biscuity malt predominates with light carmel on the side,sweet like caramel cotton candy,which then suddenly melts and drys out to a sharp hop bitterness. That lucious bread malt taste could become addicting. Thanks Kingpin

Copper color. Smell of malt, caramel, toffee, flowers, ginger, nuts and a cinamon roll. Taste of caramel, malt, little hops, bread, flowers and hints roasted peanut with a nice dry bitterness at the end. Very nice beer and I will get more.