Water Street Old World Oktoberfest

Brewed by Water Street Brewery
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen
Delafield, Wisconsin USA

Date: 06/21/2007
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub, Milwaukee

clear amber, wispy white head, light sweet malt aroma, rich munich malt flavor, touch of sweetness, light earthy hops keeps the balance and leads to a long bitter finish,

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

On tap at the Water Street in Delafield location. Poured a medium copper color with a small sized off white head. Aromas and tastes of caramel, light toffee, nuts and citric oranges.

Dark brown with a decent lacing head. Aroma is big on malt, as is the body which I found to be a little too sweet and bitter for the style. The finish was too sticky and long-lasting to make this a real winner. Also, too much of an American yeast profile.

I was looking forward to this, as this is the season, But as I returned to the table after taking the kids to the restroom, the busboy had cleared what was left of the kids meals and I just managed to save him taking this selection away. Needless to say, it was a quite less than happy rate. Clear dark amber color with bone colored head. Some specialty malt aromas, but nothing in the real toasty, munich malt area. Light malty sweetness and some nuttiness.

Pjones, did you get hit over the head by one too many trolls at Gen-Con? Easily my least favorite of this pub’s offerings, the characteristic smokiness (and I love smoked when well used, mind you) really overwhelms a decent semi-sweet, full-bodied effort here. All I got in the end was charcoal and some hints of caramel. But I still will miss Milwaukee.

On draught at the brewery/brewpub in Delafield, Wisconsin. Pours a clear copper amber brew with a creamy off-white head that slowly dissipates to a fine film and white ring. Aroma of malty caramel, some flowery hops, a touch of toffee and brown sugar. Taste is light to medium bodied, some carbonation with light flavors of caramel and flowery hops. Finish is watery with little aftertaste if any.

Clear deep reddish-amber pour with a very light head. Light-medium bodied. Spicy aroma with sweet malts and faint scotch. Nice sweet caramel malts provided much of the flavor... and the hops came through toward the rather watery finish. Pretty good compared with the brewery’s other offerings.

Brown color with a medium head. Slightly spiced malt aroma. The taste wasn’t quite right... stale malt and grains with a muddle hop finish. Watery. Why the heck was this being served in spring?