Stoudts Oktoberfest

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

Comes out of the tap a coppery amber with a fine-bubbled, fairly persistent white head. Spicy, malty aroma is rather inviting, saying "Gimme a try!" Flavor is malty, spicy, fruity and a little woody - maybe not downright lip-smacking, but definitely pleasant. Texture is lively, tingly and woody. Prosit!

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

Top tier Oktoberfest from Stoudts. Amazed at how good this is. Malts and noble hops are in harmony and the clean sweetness is amazing. Great example.

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

This poured a dark golden color with a white head. The aroma contains some corn, grass, and caramel. The flavor is rather malty with some corn, citrus, and caramel showing up. Overall this doesnt seem much like an O-fest but a decent beer nonetheless.

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

A nice clear light orange amber pour with a frothy white head that leaves a cap and ring along with some lazy lacing throughout. A bit of Noble-type hops upfront in the aroma, somewhat like a pilsner, grassy and slight citrus, with a bit of sweet malts. Taste is much like the aroma with some hops upfront, then a nice light malt balance then some more slight hops and a slight bitter linger.

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

A clear amber colored beer. A frothy textured off white head rises modestly above. Decent hang time transiting from a light film/ringlet to nothing at all. I do sit on my beers awhile. The nose is bready with a slight bittering. There is a nice malt, grassy flavoring to a light, crisp very good marzen.

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

Presentation: It was poured from a brown 12oz bottle into a big dimpled mug. There is no noticeable freshness date on the bottle. Appearance: It has a deep rich golden body with visible carbonation and good clarity. A two finger thick and foamy white head sits on top. It slowly fades to a thin layer that hangs on well and some slick lacing. Smell: The aroma is light and has a delicate light grain note with a slight hint of spicy hops. Taste/Palate: It has a crisp pale biscuity malt with some light roasted notes as well. There is a mild sweetness from the malt and a nice equal balance of bitterness and leafy/grassy/spicy hop flavor notes. It finishes crisply with a slight balance towards the bitter hop side. The palate has a medium body with plenty of active carbonation. Notes: Stoudts has an extremely drinkable crisp body and nice simple flavor that I could drink plenty of with some soft sour dough pretzels and mustard.

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

Bottle: Fresh sample. Pours a deep amber orange lager in the glass. Sticky white cap lasts and laces well. Aroma of baked bread, herbs and caramel..very nice! Great bready-toasty-nutty malts infront are played off with some substantial woody-herbal hopping....big finish...bready and yet drying. good interpretation of the style

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

I love Oktoberfest style beers and I like seeing U.S. breweries doing there versions. Very good!

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

This was very smooth tasting as well as a little on the sweet side-a very satisfying and enjoyable taste. There was a nice hint of hops in the aroma and also somewhat nutty. The appearance was a dull orange coloring with a head that disappated very quickly.

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

Oh yea, it is the season for Oktoberfest brews and I am looking forward to this representation of the style by this brewery. The aroma is malty and biscuity with some sweetness as well as some mustiness. The appearance is a bronze-orange in color when held to the light with a nice foamy head on top that is very carbonated and has quality head retention (other beerpals have commented on the head because there is none and it diminished quickly; maybe this issue was addressed this year around but anyway) and is an off-white in color and remains becoming rocky while it is consumed. The mouthfeel is light-bodied which is surprising to me with some quality malty complexity as well as some caramelly balance with a palate that is a bit thin. The flavor is malty, sweet, caramelly, musty, as well as spicy to some extent with an aftertaste that is malty with some breadiness and a finish that is a bit thin and not as filling as it should be. Overall, not a bad representation of the style but I have had much better; I will even venture to say Sam Adams' variation of this style is a bit better...decent brew here.