 ElJefe (506), Rochester, New York, USA
May 4, 2008
Medium brown with a light tan head. Sweet and fruity aroma of caramel and apples. Flavor, as expected, on the sweet side, lots of caramel and cookie, with quite a bit of toast. Light herbal and spicy notes in the finish.
scoth (13), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
Sep 7, 2008 Pours clear amber-brown with a medium-thick off-white head, great lacing. Carmel malt and apple aroma. Smooth, fairly thin body, typical of a lager, well carbonated. Nicely balanced flavor, caramel, spicy, even a little smokey, and a little floral, hop bitterness in the aftertaste.
AndrewKScott (341), Lemont, Illinois, USA
Sep 6, 2008 Pours a dark amber with nice, creamy head. Spicey, dough aroma. Flavor is grassy and leafy, with some sour dough and toffee. A little bitterness towards the back of the throat. Definitely full-bodied, easy drinking ale. Nothing mind-blowing though.
thejoeshow (111), Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Sep 6, 2008 12 oz bottle. Pours a rich, deep amber/gold color with a nice cream colored head. There is not a lot of lacing and the retention is a little lacking though. The aroma is excellent! This is what an Oktoberfest should smell like. Very large caramel aromas, backed with a nice grainy note. Very nice. Flavor is nice and rich, full f caramel malt. This beer is nice and smooth on the palate and I could see myself in a big tent drinking massive mugs full of this. Nice representation of a good marzen.
MAP (868), Lakewood, Ohio, USA
Sep 6, 2008 I do like the marzens, leafy, grass tones are all around in it. It smells like a pretty standard lager, nothing too special. The look of it is a nice amber with a thin cream head on top. The flavor really picks up the grassy spicy flavors. The mouth feel is pretty smooth as well, all in all, a very nice drinkable beer.
afireinside96 (428), Mountville, Pennsylvania, USA
Sep 4, 2008 12oz bottle served in a lager glass. Amber body with garnet highlights topped by a small off-white head. Smells fresh, spicy, lightly fruity. Tastes of dough, spicy hops, caramel. Slightly more bitter than the average Oktoberfest. Full, rich body. Great fest beer.
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