Köstritzer Oktoberfest / Kostritzer Oktoberfest

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

500ml bottle. Pours clear light orange amber with a big creamy off-white head that retains well and leaves a little lacing.

The aroma is sweet, almost sugary, toasted malts and toffee.

The flavor is the same - sweet sugary toasted malts with a dry finish. The mouthfeel is light to medium bodied with smooth carbonation.

Overall, a decent Oktoberfest. Too sweet and toasty for me.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

Questioned how good this one might be given that Oktoberfest has since past a few months ago and I just purchased and consumed this one last week, but it was still doing quite well. Deep copper color with a tight head that lingers and laces well. Sweet toffee and caramel balanced by a kiss o' the hops. Medium bodied and very smooth. Clean finish - a real winner and one that I'll look for next Oktoberfest in larger quantities.

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

It pours a burnt-orange and amber with a thick off-white head and some residual lacing. An aroma of bready malts, light hops, oranges and citrus, gingerbread, biscuits, brown sugar, and light spiciness. The mouthfeel is smooth although thin. Flavors of bready malts, hops, orange and citrus, gingerbread, biscuits, brown sugar and light spiciness. Very good Marzen and a great deal!

Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Smells moldy. This beer pours orange and frothy. Mouthfeel is thin. A little grain.Maybe a little marzen. Definitely some corn. Bad after taste. That's it.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

This is my favourite German Oktoberfest, and a very rare find. Last time I had it was back in Bavaria. A clear copper colored beer with a nice foaming head. Light fruits, butterscotch, and grass make up the aromatic portion of the drinking experience while the flavor is mildly sweet with a smooth finish. I need more.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

This was a very nice Okfest brew. Huge white head that took forever to dwindle, lovely see through copper color. Bold malty aromas and flavors. It was a joy to drink this treat from Deutschland. Ein Prosit, Ein Prosit, Der Germidlikite!!! (or however you spell it..:-D..).

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

A great, drinkable beer that I chose as part of my tailgating line-up. Great with smoked baby-back ribs and bratwurst, this one truly made the event shine. Highly recommended.

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

Pours pale amber and cloudy with a short, fading head. The aroma is light and appley. The flavor is balanced also featuring apples. Light-to-medium bodied with mild carbonation makes this beer soft on the palate.

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

Sampled from bottle. Pours golden brown with a sligh haze and a collared head. Faint sweetness and apples in the aroma. Balanced with malt dominating the flavor. Clean with a dry finish. Smooth with a light-medium body. Too many better marzens out there to get this one again. Quite disappointed considering the quality of their schwarzbier.

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

Medium gold color, small head, mild malty aroma. Mild malts and hops. A light bodied oktoberfest marzen. Not a lot of flavor and slightly over-carbonated. There is a slight off taste as well. Mouthfeel is full. Finish is a little dry. Aftertaste is slightly bitter. A very spectacularly average beer.