Schwaben Bräu Das Echte Märzen

Brewed by Dinkelacker-Schwaben Bräu (InBev)
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Stuttgart, Germany

It’s a golden pilsner with a moderate head and a slightly hoppy/malty aroma and flavour. The bitterness is low, and it’s a boring beer, difficult to write anything about....

Amber coloured with a medium sticky white head. Malty nose with hints of straw and nuts. Dry-ish malt profile with notes of honey and caramel. No bitterness. Light bodied.

50cl swing-top bottle. Nice hoppy beer. Nothing really amazing but enjoyable.

50cl bottle. Yellow orangey colour with a solid white head. Fruity malty aroma. Medium bodied. Good lacings. Medium sweet & smooth with some hops making it very crisp. Very drinkable leaving me wanting one more sip!

Crystal clear gold, nice pillow head. Nose is crispy hops & lightly toasted malt, slight mineralness. Flavor is the same crisp hop, a thiny hit of light citrus then plenty of lighter caramel notes. Some bread becomes apparent in the finish.

Not the best offering from Schwabenbraeu. Just average for a Maerzen. Medium brown color, high carbonation, slightly bitter.

[bottle] Prominent base malt aroma with obvious noble hops and some notes of celery and peach. Nice orangish gold colour with a fizzy head that quickly dropped, like gingerale, to a thin patch. Flavour is malt and hops like the aroma, but it is cut short with a sort of musty/dusty characteristic. Slight oxidation character of tobacco/raisin/prune, with an enduring resinous hops thingy to finish. Medium body, high carbonation, moderate to high bitterness, and lingering unpleasantness at end.

Bottle. Two finger fizzy white head with a hint of beige in the colour. The head mostly diminished. Fair lacing. Clear sparkling body with a golden yellow colour. Notes of hay, straw, caramel and light notes of hops. Light bodied with a soft carbonation. Light sweet malty flavour with again hint of hops. Finish was light sweet.