Bottle. Pours orange, copper, with a small white-slightly fizzy head. Aroma is malty with caramel, toasted grains. Flavor is similar, with a moderately sweet finish. Forgettable but not disgusting.

"S5L2F3T4O9 Waryfest: Looks and smells rather decent, nothing offensive in the bouquet. Perhaps the ol’ shnoz does detect some blast furnace slag down in there. Taste is initially a little tangy bitter then it milds out to a medicine like sweetness that grows on ya. Has much more personality than I was expecting for this beer. It certainly is not a lade-back beer by any means. Very good carbonation and bubbliness, which is welcome. Has a weird lager hop or malty bitterness that just keeps hangen around on the finish. Session was different for a change. "

One of the better Marzens. It has a unique sweetness quality to it, rather than the spicy characteristic I’m used to. It is worth trying. Other than that, it’s a relatively standard octoberfest.

Bottle. Head is initially small, frothy/fizzy, off-white, fully diminishing. Body is dark yellow. Aroma is lightly malty (toasted grain, husks), lightly to moderately hoppy (flowers), with a light note of honey. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately bitter, slightly husky. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation.

Draft at Ballydoyle (Downer’s Grove) in a mug with a whole inch above the .5 L plimsoll. Still a bit of original Märzen in this import. Amber color, clear with a thin line of foam. Malty smell with a bit of lager yeast still there. A good, hearty malt taste works its way down very smoothly Satisfying and filling.