Pennichuck The Big O Oktoberfest Lager
Pennichuck The Big O Oktoberfest Lager
Rated 3.120 by BeerPals
Brewed by Pennichuck Brewing Company
Milford, NH, United States
Style: Marzen / Oktoberfest
6.3% Alcohol by Volume
23 International Bittering Units
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The Big O has been a huge success in the New Hampshire marketplace having won the Bronze Medal last year at the International Beer Festival held in Providence, Rhode Island. It is a dark amber Oktoberfest style lager that pours with a lacey tan head, has aromas of Vienna malt and caramel which pair nicely with its slightly sweet & fruity palate. Hop character is very low and bittering is unnoticeable. Brewed using imported hops Czech Saaz, Hallertau-Hersbrucker, Nugget and Tettnanger. Oktoberfest takes place during the 16 days before the first Sunday in October in an area named the "Theresienwiese", and is called "die Wiesn" ("the meadow", in Bavarian dialect) for short. "The Big O" is a slang term from the steam locomotive days and was used to refer to the Conductor. The "O" refering to the professional organization "Order of Railway Conductors and Brakemen". No.........REALLY......!!!
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| Overall Rank | 34255 |
| Overall Percentile | 38.3 |
| Style Rank | 339 of 637 |
| Style Percentile | 46.8 |
| Lowest Score | 3.0 |
| Highest Score | 3.6 |
| Average Score | 3.300 |
| Weighted Score | 3.120 |
| Standard Deviation | 0.000 |
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2 Member Reviews
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Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6
Bottle from CT. The pour was fairly typical, orangey-copper with a satisfactory head. The aroma was grassy caramel with a touch of toast. The flavor followed the aroma, not much to it, a slight off earthy taste in there. The mouthfeel was moderately bodied with some full malty depth. Could have finished a bit cleaner.
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Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7
A solid pour produces an almost three-finger thick, tan stained, cream colored head. The beer is a clear, cranberry red color that shows a bright copper / red color when held up to the light. The aroma has quite a bit of fruitiness to it; it is very berry like and there is also a significant, toasty grain / malt character here. Aromas of caramel glazed, whole grain crackers, as well as a whole grain bread note are noticeable underneath the expressive fruitiness. Really though this beer's nose is all about the sweet fruitiness, it is interesting in an Oktoberfest, but can almost be a bit much at times.
Up front this beer is not nearly as sweet as the aroma might have suggested, but there is a definite malt sweetness to this brew. It has a medium heft to it that doesn't keep it from being fairly drinkable, but definitely has some palate presence. The beer is actually quite hoppy (I think much of the fruity aromatic notes come from this as well as the malt) and there are flavors of fresh cut herbs, a touch of pine, a touch of spicy hops and some fruity-berry like notes. Cracker like grain and toasted-bread malt flavors play second string to the more dominant hop flavors and the sweet malt, though they still play a role here (this isn't an IPA by any stretch either).
Quite hoppy for a Oktoberfest and it is definitely bigger in malt character than is typical. I also wouldn't mind a bit less chewiness in the body as that makes it a little less than the ideal quaffable-drink that an Oktoberfest should be. This is a tasty beer though, just not exactly what I was expecting based on the style designation.
