Newport Storm Regenschauer Oktoberfest

Pours a three finger cream head that fades quickly to a thin layer leaving a good lace. Hazy light amber color. Light-medium carbonation and light-medium bodied. Light malty nose. Flavor is weak caramel and citrus tartness. $1.58 for a 12oz bottle from Beverage Warehouse Winooski, VT. Best by Feb no year given, can we assssume 2010?? I bought this in July so year could be 2009.

(Bottled) Poured amber and clear with medium sized and white head. Aroma of malts, metallicness and sweetness. Medium bodied palate with medium carbonation. Tasted of malts, grass, sweetness, lightly bitterness and fruitiness. Malty aftertaste. Sort of a hoppy märzen.

On tap at Mew’s Tavern. Enjoyed during a particularly strong regenschauer. Particularly aromatic aroma, full of classic Munich malt and rich fall scents. Pours a hazy copper-amber, with minimal head. Flavor is quite a disappointment compared to the aroma. Thin, slightly husky and grainy malt sugars, much less body than the aroma lets on and some some alcohols. A kind of fizzling sugary body, not the crisp snapiness I want to get out of a nice lager like this. Hops are more or less absent. Just tastes kind of thin, watery, and bland. It’s weird, the good malt flavors are there, but the body just falls short.

Pours orange with a thick white two finger head. Aroma is malty, but something seems off about it. Maybe a bitterness in the aroma ( I know bitterness isn’t a descriptive word for aroma). I would have to agree with another review that I get somewhat of a plain yogurt sourness in the flavor. The flavor starts of with a sweeter carmel like flavor than finishes slightly bitter.

Picked this up on Mass trip and shared with Philly gents. Poured a copper brown with an off-white head. A slight honey roast on the nose. Muddled grain and nuts with a hop-spicy sweetness. Some bitterness/bit dry towards the end.

Bottle so graciously sent my Cletus so I could knock Rhode Island off my list. Pours a amberish orange color wtih a small off white head. Aroma is malty, bready, a bit fruity and some hops. Flavor is hoppier than I would have expected with some herbal notes and malt. Not bad. Thanks again John!

Pours a lightly hazy weak tea brown with a creamy off-white head and a swirl of sediment like the inside of a toy marble. I thought that was kind of cool, given the storm theme on the bottle’s label and the swirl’s resemblance to a cyclone. The nose is a bit different than the typical Oktoberfest: a blend of pilsner and bready Munich malt with grassy/herbal hops in support; fairly sharp. Light-bodied and almost creamy with a crisp, short, mildly bitter finish. The flavor follows the nose with a crisp grassy finish. An interesting brew that tastes like a hybrid of a German pilsner and an Oktoberfest.

12 ounce bottle from beerbill. Thanks! Best by March... no year indicated. Pours a hazy orange color with a medium foamy white head. Average head retention and poor lacing. Very nutty aroma with some stone fruit and toasted malt notes. Taste is nutty with bitter hops, green apple and subtle tart and bandaid notes. Something is not right here. Medium bodied.