Heavy Seas Maerzen (formerly BaltoMärzHon)

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

Very respectable... I've come to enjoy several of the Heavy Seas line up. Pours deep orange amber with a faint head and little lacing. Sweet, deep malty aroma with caramel. Ligthly spicy flavor mixed in well-balanced proportions to the caramel sweetness. I'm just proud that I have 4 more in the fridge right now.

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

Gift from my pal Blue Lou. What a suprise it was to recieve a package one day at my doorstep, filled with nice biers! Pours a dark orange copper colour. Aroma is pleasent. Even though a marzen from a few months past, still seemed fresh and fruity with soft spices on the palate. Creamy and full. Not too rich, but very solid. Bready with a slight touch of hops. Thanks Lou!

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

Gift from a friend from Maryland. Clear amber-copper pour with a thin white head and minimal lacing. Sweet malt aroma with a some grass and honey plus a touch of hops. Taste is easy and smooth with a slightly sweet maltiness and a very slight hops bitter in the end.

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

Good O'fest, it seems a touch unorthodox but it works well as a nice beer. Light copper in color with a thin head and spots of lacing. Sweet rolls, nuts, and straw account for a rather faint yet pleasant aroma. Crisp with some zip to the palate. Lighter bodied than most with a good prolonged bitterness. Malty with sweet and grassy flavors. Nice hop bitterness (more than normal for the style)and a good floral hop flavor as well. Bread and mixed fruits complete an impressive flavor. I liked this one much better than I thought.

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

Pours a copper color with a fluffy white head. Grassy aroma, mouthfeel somewhat tinny. Flavor is sweet, malty, with hints of spice. All around good for an Octoberfest!

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

A decent marzen. A notably sweet malty / caramel base, smooth mouthfeel and minimal spices. Of all the Clipper City beers, I probably like this one the best.

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

A decent enough Marzen, though a little bland. Nice coloring, coppery appearance (and aroma, which was quite strange) The metallic aroma came through in the taste as well, which was a definate downer. Overall, however, once one gets past these very small imperfections, it does have a pleasant flavor and holds its own against other oktoberfest-type beers.

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

Was pleasantly surprised by this one as it beat out my expectations. Poured copper dark color with a head that was decent and well sustaining. The aroma was pretty spicey (nutmeg?) upon pouring and the flavor was good too. Nice caramel malts, a pretty sweet and malty base, with the nutmeg and spicing coming through. Mouthfeel was moderate, but not heavy. A good marzen.