Penn Oktoberfest

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

Copper/bronze colour; the palate unfortunately does not live up to the chewy-smelling, aromatically malty nose.

Clear amber body with medium beige head. Aroma is medium sweet, malty, light caramel/toffee, lighter earthy. Taste is flavorful, caramel/toffee earthy. Medium body. Definitely one of the better Oktoberfest beers i've had.

Barrel Draught from the jug at the GABF, Colorado Convention Center 30/09/2005 Golden coloured and hoppy with banana fruit aroma and flavour. Crisp malt finish.

Bottle... Clear amber lager with a small, wispy, off-white head. Aroma of caramel and earthy, spicy hops. Malty-sweet flavor with good hop crispness. Medium-bodied and sticky with lively carbonation. Finishes sweet, lightly bitter and finally dry. True to style.

Bottle courtesy of beachbum25. Pours copper with a thin white head. Smells rosey and sweet. Tastes earthy with some spicy hints and some nice sweet malty touches.

Okay, so this is my first bad O-fest of the season. I know it’s still summer, and it’s 105 degrees somewhere, but up in the northeast it was cold today so it felt like fall. Plus, it’s always best to try beer fresh, so no point in waiting two months for this stuff to turn to bile. On to the rating - I guess I’d say it tastes and smelled like stewed celery and plaster, the kind you seal up a wall holes with... of course there’s also the super sweet caramel corn as well, meaning this is a steawy, sugary mess. Disappointingly thin, nearly watery on the palate. Might go well with waffles, though. I don’t use the 4s enough so I’m going to give it those.

Lightly hazed bronze color with a small bubbly beige head. Lager aromas, with mild toast and hint of malt liquor. Thin lightly metallic feel. Some caramel and light toast flavors. Not bad just not thick and deep enough. More an amber lager than an full and satisfying oktoberfest. Light nutty linger. Thanks DocLock for the taste. The fact that I had an Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen earlier tonight does not likely help this one.

Bottle from Belmont Party. Pours a clear copper hue with a moderate frothy white head that mostly lasted with fair lacing. Good toasted malty aroma. Medium body. Medium well balanced toasted malty flavor with a good sweet finish of moderate duration. Good drinkable beer.