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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
2902.92/5.02.91/5.05.8%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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 apshah99 (144), Portland, Oregon, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/511/20
Apr 27, 2009  
Yellow pour with thin white head. Malty, grassy, honeyed aroma. More honeyed malt on the taste with a a little bit of grass and hops on the finish. Very nice mouthfeel.


 fidel (945), Livermore, California, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/102/510/20
Apr 9, 2009  
Poured golden yellow, citrus, malts, cardboard, grainy, little simple hops.


 AgentSteve (1375), SF Bay Area, California, USA
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/102/55/103/511/20
Apr 9, 2009  
Pours hazy pale golden with a white head. Nose is light malt, a touch of mint and cardboard. Same in the flavor.


 Muggus69 (537), Sydney, Australia
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Apr 4, 2009  
500ml bottle. BB 13.06.09 Pours a clean, lively straw-yellow body with a moderate sized white foam head. Cereally pilsner malt straightup, touch of honey and biscuit, faintest hint of floral hops. Reasonably high carbonation, good fullness to the body, slightly clingy malt texture. Husky dryness manifests itself mid-palate. Quite simple flavour. Pale malts drive the body; biscuit, honey, cereal bran/husk. Slight citrusy hops come through towards the finish, hint of herbs linger with a grainy dryness and low bitter note. Quite clean overall. A style I don’t come across all too much, but for the most part this seems a bit underdone. Bit too pale, not enough malt richness or complexity for me, more like a slightly stronger Helles than anything.


 Snojerk321 (1968), San Diego, California, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/513/20
Apr 1, 2009  
12oz bottle from BevMo! Typical Oktoberfest beer. Fairly light in color, with a lot of grains and hops. Some malt component. Easy drinking , session beer, the proper beer for the Fest.


 alobar (1020), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/514/20
Mar 30, 2009  
Pours a clear yellow with a thin white head. Aroma of grass and lemon. Great mouthfeel! On the palate is lemon, citrus with just a touch of hops. Has the feel of a great summer beer.


 kseecs16 (887), Naperville, Illinois, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/56/103/512/20
Mar 19, 2009  
Bottle. Aroma is distinctly malty with a mild note of noble hopsw. A barely amber hued golden in the glass with a spott offwhite head that clings to the edge of the glass. No persistent lacing. Flavor is fairly neutral just a slightly fruit malt body with a mild grassy hop finish. Light to medium bodied with a lively carbonation. Now that I am entering this beer in I see that it is classified as a Marzen a style this beer shares very little with. I bet this would be really good fresh.


 RCL (1478), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/104/513/20
Mar 14, 2009  
This is a marzen? Really!?! Anyhoo: Grassy hop aroma with a pretty rich dry malt flavor. Well hopped with a slight bitter, dried herbs, aftertaste.



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