New Glarus Staghorn Octoberfest Beer

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

Wow-eee!! Outstanding beer!! This is what an Oktoberfest is all about! Beautiful rich coppery red, nice head, great mouth feel, perfect carbonation, the sweetness and dryness that interplay and make it a definition session beer. Doesn’t get any better! Just put on draft at the Bodega downtown La Crosse.

A treat. My favorite of this season, or for ANY year’s for that matter. A thick, hearty beer. Pours a rich orangey copper with a creamy light tan head. Steady carbonation, but it doesn’t make it spritzy or light; the thickness still holds up. Laces well. Aromas are a toasted nut lovefest. Enough sweetness to be observed and appreciated without distracting or detracting. FUll malty body. Hops barely temper things out as wanted. Again, full-bodied, creamy, nutty, toasty, malty. Forget the dubbels and Belgians, THIS beer is a meal in a glass.

Pours a very clear deep reddish copper, briefly topped by half an inch of off-white foam, then replaced by a very thin ring of foam and an even thinner layer of film. No lacing. Mild caramel and some sweet fruitiness in the aroma. Very tasty beer - lots of toasted malt, some caramel, some grain, a hint of chocolate, and fruit. A mild hop presence in the finish provides good balance. Quite a bit of that sweet fruitiness remains in the aftertaste.

I can honestly say that this is my favorite of the New Glarus bunch. Warm, malty flavor that finishes very nicely clean. A nice compliment to those late fall barbecues or for sitting around the fire as its rich, almost caramel toffee taste enlivens the senses.

Just terrific. A mild, malty Okto that doesn’t try to bowl you over with spice or hops. It’s a terrific session Marzen that can be consumed in quantity. New Glarus is an excellent brewery, and this is further proof.

Solid darkish copper color with a small puffy off-white head that sticks around a while eventually fading to nothing as its consumed and leaves sheets of lace that dispear fast to stick in webby lines and spots. Wonderful toasted aroma on this, touch of caramel and light floral dried hops, very crisply toasted with a hint of ripe fruity-like sweetness reminescent of a sour bread dough. Really becomes a sniffer as it warms. Taste is a nice toasty, lightly sweet mix of maltyness, very solid through and through. Sweetness is strong but subdued in its presense over an amazing and great little toastyness, some thinner caramel sits in the back with some light herbal/floral dried hops setting up the finish to end with a nice mellow crispness and light lingering sweetness. Medium body feel, lightly creamy aspect and a lovely finish. A very nice O'fest beer that goes down with ease. A new favorite to keep around, top notch and a cut above alot of the mish-mashy O'fest brews that every brewery seems to make. This one is done right. Great job New Glarus!

Sort of an off-slightly rotten apple smell. Very little head and the beer wasn't as red as advertised. The flavor, however, delivers nicely. Rich, sweet on the tongue and has cinnamony qualities. Crisp finish and very nice.

Superb, the best of the American Oktoberfest beers.