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Weihenstephaner Festbier 2.91 293

Weihenstephaner Festbier

Percentile
37
overall
Brewed by Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan
Style: Oktoberfest/Märzen

Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2932.92/5.02.91/5.05.8%44.2Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
Commercial Description:
A full rich bodied, hoppy, seasonal lager. Especially brewed for the Festbier season. This beer truly represents the Bavarian way of celebrating. Deep gold color, great mouthfeel and lots of flavor. Prost!
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 mar (1944), Dallas, Texas, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Dec 12, 2008  
bottle thanks to ilovedarkbeer. straw yellow pour with no head. sweet malts and not much else. decent thickness with a very bland malty flavor.


 Lubiere (4551), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Dec 8, 2008  
A light blonde with a thin white head. A very mineral lager, with light caramel. in mouth, a classy lightly sweet and fruity lager, very mineral. Medium bodied. Flour City brewfest, August 15 2008.


 jb (1058), Rochester, New York, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/55/103/512/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Hazy yellow, thick white head, nice retention. Off / iron taste in palate, dry light hoppy finish, simple and boring lager.


 esjaygee (1581), Oak Creek, Wisconsin, USA
1.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/53/102/57/20
Nov 29, 2008  
Banana yellow with a small white head. Aroma of malt, toasted malt, dust and skunk. Taste of malt, nuts and toasted malt. Finish is sweet and off. Pretty bad example of the style.


 CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/512/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Crushed with Jakebra. Soft fruity nose coming out of a cloudy, pee-colored beer. Confused. This brew is pretty aight, though one would assume the "world’s oldest brewery" would know a thing or two about beer.


 wxman (588), O’Fallon, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/514/20
Nov 26, 2008  
Pours pale gold with a full white head. Aroma is muted - maybe some wet breadiness. Taste is sweet pale malt - some caramel and mild hops.


 crazyvin (1254), New York, USA
1.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/102/54/102/58/20
Nov 20, 2008  
A yellow straw color with a thin white head that had nice retention. Aroma was of mainly corn notes but had some lingering sweetness. Flavor was similar to a pale lager with mostly unpleasant corn-like malt notes. Finish was watery.


 Chrism86 (283), Melbourne, Australia
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/513/20
Nov 17, 2008  
Poured rather pale lemon tending orange colour with a reasonable snow white head that dissapates rather quickly. Aromas are dominated by sweet fruit (mainly citrus) with some grainy malt coming into play also. Palate shows more of the same, with the grainy malt adding an almost flinty character (IMO) Rather light palate is served well by the dry finish, that perhaps lacks penetration due to the extremely low bitterness, which i suppose the style requires. I can see why this is their Oktoberfest brew, its really drinkable!



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