Rock Bottom Rocktoberfest

Brewed by Rock Bottom Corporate Office
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Louisville, Colorado USA

Clean, clear dark amber hue, tight beigish, too brief head. Big aromatics, herbal and malty, very solid. Taste resounds with the same, full, rich, caramel-toned maltiness, big flavor, full-bodied, never-ending finish, with lingering toasty toffee tones lapping onto the palate over and over...almost gets slick and syrupy, but not quite. A pleasant surprise...I’ll have to revisit this, before the season slips past us.
Earlier Rating: 12/30/2004 Total Score: 3.7
Clean, clear dark amber hue, tight beigish, too brief head. Big aromatics, herbal and malty, very solid. Taste resounds with the same, full, rich, caramel-toned maltiness, big flavor, full-bodied, never-ending finish, with lingering toasty toffee tones lapping onto the palate over and over...almost gets slick and syrupy, but not quite. A pleasant surprise...I’ll have to revisit this, before the season slips past us.
Earlier Rating: 9/20/2004 Total Score: 3.7
Clean, clear dark amber hue, tight beigish, too brief head. Big aromatics, herbal and malty, very solid. Taste resounds with the same, full, rich, caramel-toned maltiness, big flavor, full-bodied, never-ending finish, with lingering toasty toffee tones lapping onto the palate over and over...almost gets slick and syrupy, but not quite. A pleasant surprise...I’ll have to revisit this, before the season slips past us.

[From a growler from Rock Bottom in Denver] A red beer with no head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of yeast and nuts. The flavor is malty and hoppy combined with notes of caramel and coriander. The end is dry.

2004 draught (Boston). Fairly rosy orange, quite clear though with a small head. Bubbly, lightly sweet (honey, dough) aroma with a touch of spiciness from the hops. Flavor is sweet, then lightly bitter, then finishes lightly yeasty but otherwise clean. Rock Bottom takes great care in making sure there are no bad flavors in their beers, but brewing in high quantity makes their beers generally quite watery and mostly undaventurous, if I may be so general.

Ahwatukee RB. Poured dark amber with a fizzy quickly diminishing head. Aroma of sweet grains, some malt bread toastyness. Flavor is sweet fruity, berry, carmel, middle is roasty malt, with some hop freshness in the finish. Body was a little thin, but not bad all around.

Clear, copper body with a smalll, quickly diminishing off-white head. The aroma is comprised of sweet caramel, pine resin, whole grains, toasted nuts, residual malt sweetness and light floral notes. The body is of moderate heft and is quite clean. The flavor is fairly tasty with a nice sweetness before the bitter and slightly toasted elements take over. The balance is splendid and the clean aspect of the flavor is nice. Perhaps a bit of an American interpretation, but tasty nonetheless.

Sampled at the Denver location when in town for GABF 2004. Brown-red with a thin white head. Light aroma, slightly berryish and toffeeish. Very sweet flavor, nearly blackberry levels of sweet/tartness. Malty, but not very complex. Soft carbonation. You can experience all there is with this brew in your first sip.

Locally in Phoenix. Full malt aroma. nicely balanced with the roasted malts, a little thin in the end. Semi-full bodied could use a little more sweetness. Fairly pleasant to drink, the locals did well.

Draft. Octoberfest seasonal at the Rock. Dark orangish amber color with a decent off-white head. Malty aroma with hints of spice. Nice toasty, sweet and flavorful compared to some of the other Rock Bottom brews, autumn spices and lightly hopped. Medium body and perky carbonation.