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Weihenstephaner Festbier 2.91 292

Weihenstephaner Festbier

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

Freising, Oberbayern, Germany

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
2922.92/5.02.91/5.05.8%44.3Dimpled 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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 hombrepalo (777), Chicago, Illinois, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Oct 21, 2008  
12 oz bottle. The aroma is sweet corn malt with grassy hops. The appearance is pale gold with a medium head. The flavor is like the aroma but with a touch of citrus and a hint of soapy bitterness. The palate is thin but not to the point of being watery.


 Radek Kliber (3962), Toronto (Can) Krotoszyn (Pol), Ontario, Canada
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Oct 19, 2008  
Bottle 330 ml
Appearance: perfect show, clean classic gold with snow white large white cap. Great lace placed on glass. 4+
Nose: Light meadow like hop aroma, fresh and clean, light golden malt as base.7+
Flavor/Palate : Soft full bodied Marzen. Soft well prepared malt base frequently found in Helles and Czech Pilsners. Light alcohol burn with slight refreshing, balancing hop profile. Higher Plato helles. Very nice sample.


 WISEGUY572 (1246), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/102/512/20
Oct 19, 2008  
This is the "new" fest tyle, more of a lager than a Maarzen. Pale gold, drinks like a Pils. You know the beer without tasting it ... slightly floral, slightly metallic, and, at least for me, slightly disappointing.


 joeymacaroni (223), Wagontown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/515/20
Oct 12, 2008  
drinks like a pilsner. really good. pours deep straw-gold with a thick white head. aroma is a little metallic, a little funky...mostly though, it’s a spicy, floral and bready aroma. light honeysuckle. taste is awesome; great balance between the maltiness and the spicy hop character. clean, spicy, malty finish. light carbonation, medium oiliness.


 SeanMacGC (255), Dublin, Ireland
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/102/512/20
Oct 12, 2008  
Draught. Archetypal lager. Pours clear brass, and very, very hoppy on the nose and palate, with little or no head on the pour.


 DrDavid (957), Johnson, Vermont, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/104/514/20
Oct 9, 2008  
(Bottle). Sweet bready aroma. Yellow body, white head. Clean semi-sweet malty flavor, some hay and herbal notes. Clean finish.


 JohnnyJ (1344), Carlsbad, California, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/513/20
Oct 7, 2008  
Pour is a clear gold/copper color with white head. Roasted malt, caramel, biscuits, hops, and a hint of peach.


 Gurst (338), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/513/20
Oct 2, 2008  
Very light, orange color. Weak fizziness with the sweet malts go well together. Alcohol apparent in end. Some light peach and coriander flavor in the end too.



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