Red Brick Octoberfest

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

An orange-amber colored beer with a big frothy textured, white head that rises bove. There's decent hang time. It settles into a moderate ringlet with splotches of film. Malt, grassy nose. Sweet, breadiness dominates the palate. Moderate bodied. If not too sweet pleasant enough.

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

This poured a golden color with a white head. The aroma contains some corn and funk. This smells like a Budweiser! The flavor is kind of grassy with some lemons and corn. This is like a poorly made Blonde Ale not an O-Fest. Chalk up another crap beer for the clowns at ABC, when will I ever learn?

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

Pours a nice coppery brown with a slight head, but great lacing. Strong malty aroma, but not obnoxiously so. The flavor is its best attribute as it has just enough fall spice for seasonal interest. Prost!

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

Tis' the season for oktoberfest brews. The aroma of this one is very sweet and malty, as well as, bready-like with maybe some very slight bitter notes. The appearance is a rusty orange to copper amber in color with a medium sized head that diminishes leaving uneven lacing on the glass that is off-white in color. The mouthfeel is light to medium in body with decent malty complexity and has relatively good balance with a pallet that is a bit thin. The flavor is very sweet and malty with some breadiness and faint hops with an aftertaste that is strange and is bitter to sour-like and almost unpleasant with a finish that is refreshing and pretty good but a bit watery. Overall, this is not a bad oktoberfest but I have had much better and the sourness factor is strange but, nonetheless, this is a brew to sample and to experience. Also, this one seems a bit too bitter for the style but, afterall, it is an American representation.

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

Pours a nice, dark, translucent coppery brown with a decent head. Aroma is strong and malty, with overtones of spice. Flavor is rich and lively and mainly malty, and has hints of cloves and cinnamon. There is just a little hop component and minimal bitterness. Leaves a jazzy, pleasant aftertaste.