Penn Märzen

Brewed by Pennsylvania Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA

On draft. Pours a clear burnt amber color with a 1-finger white head. Strong malt aroma with some caramel and raisins. Taste is very sweet with some fig and caramel. Not really any bitterness to speak of.

Bottle. Clear orange copper pour with a medium white head. Very sweet malty aroma. Not very good on the tounge though, not one of the best marzens.

12oz bottle pours a deep clear copper with thin to weak tan head. It has that nice Marzen, to me, aroma with malt sweetness having a caramel note and Munich to grainy maltiness with a hint of prunes. Overall the nose is on the light side. The taste is both grainy Munich malts and sweeter malts along with roasted malts and faint caramel. I also get a small bite from vague hop bitterness. I even get chocolate malts too. There are roasted malt notes that really linger deep into the after taste.

Bottle. A cloudy, foggy, reddish amber pour. Tons of sediment floating around in the entire glass. Inescapable. Perhaps a pencil’s width of foamy creamy persistent head. Basically no lacing at all. Aroma is a tinge of acidic malts with slight chocolate notes. Flavor is tangy malts and distant chocolate and caramel. Pretty muted flavor. Watery mouthfeel. Soft and creamy on the back of the tongue. Not really too great, but somewhat drinkable at least.

I was not big on this beer...maybe I had a bad bottle, but this tasted a little stale. I will have to re-rate later on.

I just wanted to cry. Very acidic and sour aroma anf flavor. The was some malt in there. Ashey and dirty taste. Light body.

Name: Penn Marzen
Date: 05/16/2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting

Appearance: clear amber, wispy beige head,
Aroma: bready aroma with a spicy edge and an ass funk,
Flavor: tart and vinagery flavor, light bitterness,

Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 3/20
Rating: 1.4/5.0
Drinkability: 1/10
Score: -/4

THOUGHTS: Not a style I normally drink. I really don’t lie Octoverfests wither but this wasn’t too bad. Malty and not as bitter as I would have thought, coming from Penn. Not much of a fan of Penn either except for the St. Nick Bock, but this definitely exceeded my expectations. TECHNICAL: Bottle. Poured a spaqrkling, medium amber with a small, off-white head that mostlry diminished and left a tiny bit of lacing. The aroma was moderate caramel malt and light grassy hops and maybe some tobacco. The initial flavor was moderately sweet and sour, while the finish was heavily sweet and light to moderately bitter. The body was light to medium and dry with soft carbonation and a metallic finish.