New Glarus Staghorn Octoberfest Beer

Brewed by New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

Copper/orange color with a creamy tan head. A very nicely balanced brew. Aroma is sweet and malty yet has a nice hoppy spice to it. Has a rich malty mouth feel with a bite. The bottle says they use "the world’s most expensive hops." I don’t know about all of that but they are good and it shows

Oktoberfest tasting Three Cellars Milwaukee. One of the better New Glarus Brews. Some richness from barley and a nice amber color.

12oz, bottle, aroma is very malty and roasty, nothing too good here, pretty boring, but again its easy to drink and enjoyable.

Pours orange with a nice head. Aroma is malty, toasty, touches of cider. Great balanced flavor, the leafy hops and the sweet malt complement each other well making it extremely drinkable. Strong, full bodied, and easily my favorite example of the style.

Bottle, pilsner glass. Malty aromas, a touch on the toasty side. Pours a very clear orange-gold. A finger’s worth of off-white head dissipates, but a ring remains, maintained by effervescence. Flavor profile is mostly malty, fairly understated, pronouncedly worty. Hints of orange, vanilla, oatmeal. Just a touch of bitterness and tang on the finish. Mild carbonation on the palate, clean drinking.

2007 Version Pours a beautiful, crystal clear, amber color. Head retains well. Smell is slightly floral, biscuity, and a hint of a lager-like smell (light DMS?). Pretty balanced between the malt and the hops; seems to have a higher level of hop flavor and bitterness. I seem to remember a rich smell of fresh malt, similar to that at the brewery or when I’m homebrewing, this doesn’t seem to have it as much. Carbonation is medium and it’s medium bodied; sits pretty good on the tongue. Pretty damn good beer, better than my numbers may reflect, but doesn’t seem to have the huge malty aroma jumping out at me like the previous batch.

bottles by way of the bockyhorseys... clear coppery brown color with a small off white/tannish head. smells like apple pie spices... apples, golden raisins, sweet malty grain, barley, vegetable stock, earthy and a little grass. the palate is a touch sweet but finishes up dry. the flavor is mostly caramel and grain with secondary hints of spices and orange peel. tart dry finish is slightly bitter. medium body gets quite creamy as it’s sloshed around.

in bottle. light amber in color. the thin white head dies quickly. malty toasted aroma with a bit of aldehyde. big nuttiness to the flavor, a mild tartness to the finish. this has a heavier malt palate than most oktoberfest beers. one could not pound these at a festival.