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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!
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 Uglyradio (776), Greenville, South Carolina, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/517/20
Aug 24, 2009  
Golden pour-nice thick white lasting head...Nice, mildly hoppy aroma with a bit of malt in the background...Medium body, crisp carbonation...Nice flavor...Grassy hops and a bit of sweetness in the finish...Nice...


iswain1914 (19), USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 18, 2007  
33?!?!?! A rating of 33 ?!?!?@! What the fuck is wrong with you twits?!?! You could be handed practically anything european (and exceptional) and be unimpressed? (UNLESS IT WAS FROM COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, OR maybe, just maybe belgium...) Fuck you all. This is an exemlplary brew from an exemplary brewery. AND NO!!!! It’s not supposed to be a maerzen!!!!!!


 JoeMcPhee (5025), Jackson Heights, New York, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Jul 5, 2008  
Pale golden, slightly hazy with a thin white head. Aroma is bready and lightly crackery. A touch of soft herbal character and a lightly sulfurous note. Fairly minerally crispness. Very nice fresh malt character with a nice zesty minerally hoppiness. Good balance with a clean light maltiness that is well-integrated with the bright, zesty minerally hoppiness. Soft, creamy palate. Delicious brew and highly underrated.


 eczematic (1198), Sydney, Australia
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Jan 22, 2008  
more like a german 14-degree svetly - much better than the weihenst. pils or hell. great haystack and grass aroma, fine pencil shaving malt with just a bit of alcohol sauce, quite bitter, very dry and long fennel-seed and oregano finish - like my beloved weltenburger pils ramped up a bit. not at all like a maerzen as the BJCP defines it thank god - much drier - more like augustiner edelstoff.


 Oakes (8115), Kowloon, Hong Kong
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
May 16, 2001  
Combines the two styles brilliantly, with the aromatic maltiness playing off of the toasty notes.


 mkobes (2104), paramus, New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Dec 19, 2008  
On tap at Maxs. Clear golden in color with a little white head. Hoppy and malty aroma. Caramel notes. Grainy malty and hoppy flavor. Citrusy notes. Crisp and clean tasting. Dry finish. Medium bodied. Nice beer.


 Cobra (1066), In a van, down by the river, Maryland, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
Aug 19, 2007  
12 oz. bottle. Fresh 2007 batch. Poured out a golden straw yellow color, with a sticky white head. Aromas are of summer grains, Vienna malts abound. Earthy hop aroma. Flavors are of Vienna malts, fresh bread sticks, slightly sweet also. Decent body, medium mouthfeel. Decent German beer overall. I’m surprised it isn’t rated higher than it is.


 joeymacaroni (228), 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.



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