Avery The Kaiser Imperial Oktoberfest

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

(2008 bottling) Burnt orange colored body. Foamy head which fell in less than a minute. Alcoholic aroma. Significant sweetness in the flavor. Body has a "syrupy" feel to it. Most assuredly one of the most intense examples of an Octoberfest that I’ve ever had.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

650ml bottle picked up at Discount Liquor
Appearance: Clear amber with a small off-white head and some lacing
Aroma: Sweet Caramel, esters and candy
Taste: Sweet caramel, spices and dusty
Decent warmer.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

2006 22 oz Bomber, 9.1% ABV. Crystal clear copper color with fluffy off white head. Striking appearance. Strong spicy hop aroma with just a hint of sweet and nutty malts. The flavor hits up front with a load of noble hop spicy flavor and bitterness and some sweet malts. As the taste experience progresses the hops seem to recede and the sweet maltiness builds. The hops are still the main flavor component right to the end. Nice rich mouth feel with some sense of the ABV. This beer may need some more cellaring to peak and bring out more of the malt flavors that are now playing second fiddle to the hops.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Pours a dark golden amber with a nice size head that is fairly sudsy. Aroma is fairly sweet and fruity along with the malts. Mouth feel is fairly thick and sticky. Taste is a lot like most other marzens but is a tad stronger. Aftertaste is slightly dry and bitter with a hint of metal. Overall a nice marzen.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

This is a good beer. It's like an Oktoberfest on steroids. I would call it an imperial oktoberfest. Thick pour with a thick foam head. Mouthfeel is syrupy. Taste is of Marzen and grain. Clean finish.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

It pours a dark copper and red with a thick and foamy white/light-tan head and some surrounding lacing. An aroma of caramel malts, hops, oranges and citrus, bitterness, breads, and some nuttiness and spices. The mouthfeel is smooth and rich. Flavors of bready caramel malts, hops, orange and citrus, roasted nuts, bitterness, some smokiness and spiciness. Excellent, refreshing, and the alcohol is good balance and not too over-whelming..

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

ABV= 10%: My first Imperial Oktoberfest. I like Marzens, but this is too sweet for me. I guess it has to be this way to get the strength, but looks like I prefer something 5-7% in this style. Appearance is nice, murky darker orange to medium brown. Caramel flavors with maybe some light fruit to get this extra fermentation and sweetness. I would pass on this though for the price. For this strength, I like a barelywine, DIPA, or Strong Ale over this style.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Big orange-amber pour with a nice initial head and lots of lacing. Huge sweet malty aroma with a touch of roasted malts, caramel, butterscotch and hops. Taste is thick sweet and immensely malty with a slight hosp bitter in the end and a nice warm from the abv. Big Oktoberfest - very cool label.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 6

I get a translucent orange colored beer. Moderate frothy white head. Average hang time settles into a more impressive lacing with soapy film stuck to the glass. The aroma is a blending of alcohol esters, sweet and caramel malts. Moderate carbonation. Syrupy body. Smooth. The alcohol hits on taste, followed by the sweet caramel and subtle citrus bitterness. Despite the big alcohol bite, it is a pleasantly drinkable beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

2009 edition, Kaiser pours a copper- orange body, not much head or lace. Mouthfeel was full and a little sticky sweet. Aroma and flavors of caramel malts, spices, and light touch of hop bitterness. Overall, despite being a little on the sweet side it was a decent enough beer, not my favorite style but o.k. none the less.