Sierra Nevada Oktoberfest

Brewed by Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Chico, California USA

Draft at Falling Rock... Poured a reddish copper color with a creamy off white head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of sweet banana, spices, more sweet malt and light hops. Taste was surprisingly hoppy, which was nice, but also included biscuit malts, and toasted dough. A very nice Oktoberfest!

One of my favorite oktoberfest. A nice burnt wood flavor. Perfect balance of Malt and hops. I will compare all others to this one.

Really good. Has a full body and a nice chestnut color. Nose of roasted malts. Flavor has pronouced malt backbone along with some nice bitterness. A mild hop presence gives the beer a crisp, smooth finish.

Sweet with cherry flavor that fades into oak-ey alcohol maltiness. Great color and wonderful malt. Visually awesome burnt red when you hold it to the light. The malt really shines in this one, a wonderful Oktoberfest.

dark crimson with thin white head. aroma of dark malt. flavor is a nice change of pace for an oktbrfst. nice malty finish and a bit of spice finish.

On draught at Redbones, 10/6/2005. One finger head, nicely formed. Creamy, beige colored. Beer is borderline transparent/transluscent. You can see through it, but it’s still not clear by any means. Color is an auburn, deep burnished copper. Aroma smells of light grass clippings, at first. Spicy hoppiness in there as well (almost a cinnamon note). Fairly weak aroma strength. Flavor is bready, very spicily hopped, nutty and has bits of dry toffee. Well-malted and very fresh tasting. Minute bubbles somehow provide a very zesty carbonation. It ripples across the tongue as the hops combine with the bready/doughy malt to create a wonderful balance. Brown bread, bits of lightly toasted malt. Nice lacing. Hoppy to the last drop. As expected from these masterful brewers, they do not use American hops. Very little yeast presence, if any. Medium body, quite dry on the end. Tingly, zesty mouthfeel.

Draft at Green Leafe Williamsburg; Medium amber with only a thin top (maybe the bartender’s technique). Only a hint of any aroma. Nice little hoppy bitterness gives this a nice edge. I drank a few of these.

Draught: Deep mahogany/burnt redwood color that was surprisingly gleaming..thin head..malty, candyish aroma with caramelly flavors..slightly sweet yet still a tad bitter with some dark lager salty notes..growingly bitter.