Sprecher Oktoberfest

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

Tallahassee,, Fl. - Liquor Loft - 16 oz bottle. Dark copper pour with a quickly diminishing white head. Odd briny aroma with some olive oil accents. Good rib sticking flavor with heavy doses of caramel, brown sugar, and some ripening gourd vegetables. Decently thick mouthfeel. Solid Oktoberfest.

Consumed from the Penn Weizen pilsner glass of intermediate expectations. Toasty, slightly smoked, tannic malt aroma. Manly bottle, good label, impressive head, dark orange-brown. Powerful toasted malt flavor with a little milkiness, judiciously bittered. Parched nut and fruit rind aftertaste, sometimes the body felt chalky. Peanutty on the lips. Drinkable, gets just a little clingy with the roast. Solid. Market Square Liquors.

Deep copper color with a thin head. Strong taste of caramel malt, Light on the hops for an Oktoberfest. Not bad.

Bottle, pilsner glass. Pours a caramel brown with orange-red highlights. A moderate beige head leaves spotty lacing, sparkling. Aroma of fresh apples. Impressions on the tongue are crisp apples, hoppy bitterness, and carbonation, but these come together in a way that’s a little harsh. Some caramel in the finish, but also a tangy off-flavor.

A very nice tasting brew. Very well balanced between hops and malts, a pleasent caramel undertone with a semi nutty finish. Pours an amber colour with a little head that leaves intriquite lacing along the glass. Since I’ve had a few dissapointing marzens recently. This one along with a couple others have rebounded my feelings toward oktoberfest beers.

Tasted 5/26/08. What ever sized bottle Sprecher uses. Filtered with a dark amber hue. Webbed off-white ring of head. Slight nose. Touch caramel and spices. Light to medium bodied with a nice cocoa flavor. Cola and dark berries. Prunes and other dried fruits. Touch burnt. Moderate tingle with a sticky caramel flavor. Toffee and a touch salty. Good and tangy. Bitter and bready. Still quite tasty!

Pours a clear darker copper with a thin but medium sized sudsy tan head. Aroma of ginger? and somewhat nutty. Pretty well oxidized... oops. Sweet caramel malts with some nutty vinous qualities. Some toasted marshmallow. Really full rich flavors for an Oktoberfest. Well carbonated , fuller ever so slightly syrupy body. The carbonation is full but gentle, classic Sprecher. This stuff is pretty good... and to think it only cost me 50 cents.

Bottled. Hazy caramel-brown colour with a small off-white head and good carbonation. Big molasses in the aroma plus a little maple sugar. Very accurate marzen in the flavour and finishes with a little toasted malt and hop. Nice beer.