Petes Place Choctoberfest

Brewed by Petes Place / Krebs Brewing Co.
Style: Vienna
Krebs, Oklahoma USA

Name: Choctoberfest
Date: March 14, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Ticker Tasting
Appearance: hazy copper, wispy white head, streaks of lace
Aroma: dusty dirt aroma with a hint of caramel sweetness
Flavor: underscribably bad flavor sent into a seizure, earthy funk, tartness, astrengency
Aroma: 3/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 1/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 2/20
Rating: 1.2/5.0
Drinkability: 1/10
Score: -/4

(Bottle, courtesy of Swalden_28) Pours a cloudy golden orange body with a small off-white head. Aroma of cereal, grass, pretzels, and mildew. Flavor of grass, earth, light citric sourness, caramel, and nuts with a moderately dry finish.

12oz bottle acquired in trade with beerhandy (thanks!). POured a medium and lightly cloudy amber color with a small sized off white head. Aromas of bread, caramel and a little nutty. Tastes of of the same with some chocolate. Nothing really stood out.

12oz bottle-pours a foamy off white head and hazy amber color. Aroma is medium fruit, musty, faint spice. Maybe turning-hint of vinegar. Tate is medium fruit, medium malt-some sweet, hint of vinegar. Giving the benefit of the doubt 3.0 becomes 3.3

Bottle courtesy of soonah. Pours a hazy copper with a white head, Smells earthy with touches of biscuits. Tastes of citrus, some dough, hints of pepper. Mouthfeel is full with a lightly bitter finish.

Clear amber brown body, the head is medium sized, long-lasting consisting of large bubbles and with a color of adobe. Up front, the flavor is semi-sweet, but empty, very simple... no defects noticed, just very simple. The finish is a bit more interesting: it goes limp on the palate quite quickly, then sweetens very sharply with some marichino cherry and other "fruit cocktail" malt flavors. OVerall very light aroma, with some sweet grains and some "festive" corn, rye, bread and spices, but genuinely light everywhere.

This pours as an Oktoberfest should, a bright orange, well carbonated body with continual bubbling and a slightly off-white head with good retention. There’a a soft caramel touch to the aroma combined with roasted grains and toast. Nice crisp mouthfeel. The malty sweetness increases in the flavor but the carbonation and a mild earthy bitterness keep it in check. Pretty decent.

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2006 bottle from beerhandy drunk on 2/1/07
Boy was I shocked when this lager poured a huge, frothy head, with tiny, bottle conditioned bottles and with sediment left in the bottle. Very ballsy and very high quality to bottle condition and not filter a lager. I like that.
Body looks like the an autumn day; lots of browns, reds, ambers, etc...Light butter-colored head is large, and recedes stubbornly but always stays high above the liquid, leaving fantastic lacing down the glass. Sediment left behind, and the beer being well-cellared, the liquid is mostly clear.
At first the nose is pretty tough to discern much from. But writing that off to the large amount of foam, I let it recede some, and warm up slightly. A nutty/earthy maltiness combines with a light fruitiness from the malt. Light melanoidins are not overdone (they are easy to overdo, IMO) with a strong, crisp yeast finish. Caramel and dry toffee notes are well-attenuated and contribute flavor without overdoing the sweetness or thickness. A light pale malt creaminess adds appropriate texture, actually, just supportive enough but still allowing the beer to be very drinkable and crisp. Grainy, earthy, grassy hops are pleasing and very moderately done, adding bite to the yeast and contrast/balance to the pale malts.
Back to the aroma, after warming some, I definitely smell a dry, leafy hoppiness, combining with slightly earthy and toffee-like malts, but it’s mainly a crisp yeastiness with light minerals and rather subtle overall.
I think what impressed me most about this one was the complete lack of any flaw...and the awesome drinkability and balance. Who woulda known? I’ll have to get more, this was an absolute pleasure. Somewhat watery, but certainly nothing to take points off, as that fits the style.