Brooklyn Oktoberfest

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

Courtesy of Quake1028. Pours a striking clear copper with fluffy tan head and nice lacing. The aroma is sweet malts, pale malts and fruity with a wisp of hops. The fruit is the dominant aroma note consisting mostly of dates and figs. The taste start with a pulse of malts with roasted malts that become pale. A streak of mild bitterness or tartness invades the flavor briefly about midway along with notes of dates, plums and figs mixed with calla flower. It finishes roasty, watery and mildly malty sweet.

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

Fruity candy indignant aroma that’s laced with pond water. First taste is tranquilly but it morphs into a rueful back of throat bitter bite. Each slug repeats the episode. Fruity attractive sweetness lured into medium bitterness. A never ending story about initial lusty attractiveness and real life. A fairly intense fest beer. Has less manners than Summit and Lancaster but cannot hold a candle to Bell’s or Schell’s and certainly is not even in the same class as the gentlemanlike behavior of Hacker. Finish is mild to medium pilsner bite.

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

Small offwhite head, quickly fades. Clear amber color. Grainy, malty nose. Medium body. Clean malt flavor, some caramel notes. Fairly dry finish for an o-fest.

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

Not bad for an oct-fest, but a little thin. The thin white head doesn't last long and leaves no lacing. Good color and fine aroma. The oct-fest flavor does come through at the end.

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

Acquired from Chopz via trade. :) Pours a slightly off white, foamy head. Has a decidedly amber copper appearance. Aromas are malty, wheaty and with hints of vanilla. Mouthfeel is a bit mild, somewhat mildly spicy. Weak lacing. Medium bodied retention. A bit carbonated. Flavours have a good balance of hops and malts. Not too bad US Oktoberfest brew.

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

Bottled: Pours a lush orange amber color with a tight sticky off-white cap which lasts and laces well. Big toasty-bready aromas, herbal-woody noble undertones - authentic Marzen aroma. The body and flavour are a let-down after the promise of the wonderful aroma - a tad on the thin side for the style and the flavour (although relatively authentic with toasty Munich red malts and noble hopping) is a both thin as well and with an overly dry finish. Other than these two minor issues this is a decent craft Marzen although I prefer Sam Adams to this version.

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

Purchased a 6-pack of this at the LCBO. This Oktoberfest brew pours a deep amber (almost copper) colour with a big creamy light beige head, good retention and some spotty lacing. Big toasty bread malt aromas with caramel, alcohol and hints of hop. The taste is pretty mild compared to the scent. Lightly malted with noted of grass in the aftertaste. Not too sweet, which is good. An average Marzen that could of been quite good, had it matched its taste to its nose.

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

Clear true copper colored pour, near-perfect off-white head, nice delicate lacing throughout - a beautiful beer. Lightly sweetened malty aroma, caramel, more malts, very light breadiness, Noble hops, earthiness. Flavor is spot on! Nice lightly roasted caramel malts, touch of toffee and biscuit, smooth as silk, Bavarian hops, clean, super easy to drink. This season's first Oktoberfest for me and these may be the best I drink all year except for some of the Germans. A great representation of the style - very true, very flavorful. Makes me want to yodel... Prost!

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

Pours a clear copper body with medium sized white head with spotty retention and not much lacing. The aroma is sweet, toasted malts with caramel and buttered bread and a hint of earthy hops. The taste starts off on the sweeter side with a load of caramel and some hints of toffee lingering and toasted malts take a little edge off the caramel and they end up adding some biscuit flavors that show off some sweetness as well. There is a brief grainy presence but that gets cut short as the grassy and floral hops come in at the end to finish the beer. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and sweet with a touch of grassy hops at the finish.

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

This is a corny brew. Can't say that I like it. Can't say that I don't.. No, I can say that. Pours orange and frothy. Thin. A little grain. Bad after taste. That's it.