Summit Oktoberfest

Brewed by Summit Brewing Company
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
St. Paul, Minnesota USA

Pours amber orange with a small head. Aroma of grain, malt, caramel, yeast. Taste is sweet malt and caramel, not much else. On the sweeter end of oktoberfests, not bad.

Pours a lightly hazy orange color with a big head. The aroma is nutty and has notes of browned leaves, then some odd metallic and copper like aromas surface to mix up the party a bit. The flavor is nutty and roasty with lots of horehound notes and plenty of herbal bitterness, the beer finishes with some apple and some alcohol notes. The alcohol is present but the higher gravity on this one is a bit of a surprise.

Tinny metallic aroma. Golden orange in color. Flavor is your basic malty flavor with a metallic tang aftertaste. Overall, its OK, but maybe my allergies are affecting my nose and palate so I might need to re-rate.

Reddish-amber color with a creamy, lasting white head. Pretty standard oktoberfest aromas, heavy on the caramel. Similar flavors. Palate was quite enjoyable. Soft and smooth with a nice malty finish. I could drink a few of these.

This was a very good Oktoberfest experience! Bottle pour had a quickly dissipating head, but the color was a wonderful deep amber, almost red copper appearance, and very clear. Aromas of light caramel, mild hops, lightly roasted malts, and a whiff of alcohol. Mild, fizzy carbonation. Tastes of smooth, sweet roasted malts, maybe a little fruit, pleasing hops, and a warming alcohol finish. Not a very complex Oktoberfest, but very drinkable and satisfying.....something about it is calling me to open another while I write this review. Can’t wait to share this with family this weekend.

12 oz. bottle served in my long forgotten stein- poured a light maroon/ruby color, low carbonation, one finger head quickly bubbled away. Aroma of a light caramel malt, with notes of citrus, maple, and late autumn interspersed. Hits the mouth with a low-medium body, malt is a little too sweet for me, middle is a light sugar bomb, finish is complete and has a tangy note to it- which isn’t bad. Oktoberfest was treated like a speedbump IMO this year by everyone, it’s nice to sit back, relax for once, and enjoy this brew-although there are several flaws- but beggars can’t be choosers...

Bottle thanks to Swalden28. Gold with a small off-white head. Aroma is of light hops and malt. Taste is of malt and hops.

Pours an red-orange color with a thin off-white head. Aroma has a light Munich toasted note, modest caramel, some citrus and floral hops nose. Flavor has a very grainy flavor, mild sweet toasted malt characteristics later in the tasting, alcohol is fairly high and noticeable with the finish with a spicy hops note. Brew has a modest body with a slick feeling. Overall a strong grainy note at the start and a stronger presence of alcohol at the end. Brew is pretty good as a whole.