Weyerbacher Autumn Fest

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

A deep amber colored beer with a bid sudsy textured light tan colored head. There's good hang time on this head. Settles into a medium soapy ringlet. Pretty straight forward in profile. Bready-sweet malt and grassy hoppiness.T here is some nuttiness in the tasting. Light medium bodied and refreshing.

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

It may be ironic that I am drinking this in early June, but a good beer is good any time of year. Mild malty aroma has hints of cloves and cinnamon. It pours a clear, dark coppery amber with a light tan head that doesn’t stick around very long. Malty flavor has subtle notes of cloves and cinnamon and a woody hint. Texture is smooth, with average body and average fizz. Maybe it’s been languishing on the shelf a while, but I’m confident this is better when fresh. Might be worth a revisit.

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

The aroma is malty and bready as well as sweet with maybe some figs or spice, or even caramel or nutty overtones, coming through that I like and it is very aromatic. The appearance rich to a red copper in color and almost rustic with a medium-sized head on top that is an off-white in color and diminishes to a thin lacing that coats the glass well. The mouthfeel is medium-bodied and smooth with very nice sweet malt complexity with not much of any hoppy profile with a palate that is rich and almost creamy and damn nice. The flavor is of sweetness, maltiness, freshly baked bread with maybe a bit of saltiness in the aftertaste with a finish that lingers and is very pleasant with some sweet spice on the very back end. Overall, what a beer this was and I did not expect much from this one but it ended up being a great example of the style and is very smooth and easy to drink even given the 6.0%ABV; awesome beer here for sure!

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

Bottle: Poured a medium amber color lager with an average head with average retention and minimal lacing. Aroma consists of dry caramel hops with no discernable hops or many other characteristics. Taste is also dominated by some dry caramel malt. I know this is not the most extreme style out there and it is meant to be drank in large quantities but this one was just a bit too average in all aspects.

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

Single bottle, from a self made Weyerbacher mixed sixer. Perhaps my last Oktoberfest of the '07 season. Aroma had a simple buttery sweetness, plain and faint. Poured a clear light amber color producing a respectable head and good lacing. Fresh, light mouth feel. Flavor was mostly sweet malt with buttery bread. Moderate nuttiness and mildly bitter. I felt there was a common English influence in this beer. A little confused of the classification especially since the bottle states this as "Autumn Fest Ale". It was a pleasant beer.

Aroma: 3 | Appearance: 3 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Slightly darker than the typical American lager, perhaps like a yuengling in appearance. Not much aroma but I have a stuffy nose. Taste is not really octoberfest like in any way. Festive, yes but not offensive, friendly in its own personality. Rather mild but has an industrial effect that nears bitter on the palate front. Decent carbonation, it certainly is noticeable. Finish is rather behaved and controlled but that industrial mild bitterness keeps rearing it’s head. Overall; easy to drink and above average in quality. However, this is smooth enough that you would never know this is above 6%. Can’t hold a candle to Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest Märzen.

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

Poured a nice golden color with a fluffy head. Aroma was very citrusy. For Flavor was very hoppy more so then other for this style. Aftertaste was more IPAish with grapefruit in there. I enjoyed this one just not sure if its in the right style.

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

10.29.04 12oz bottle. Pretty beer glows with copper, amber, and golden coors and a fluffy, foamy head. Herbal and grassy aromas on the wane, hints of cardboard. Bready malt is mostly sweet with more herbal hints and a sharp, weedy finish with undertones of appleskin; growing vegetal as it warms.

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

Gopper colored brew with an off white head. Malty sweetness up front with some fruitiness coming through in the finish. Light/medium body, a decent brew.

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

Beer poured with nice foamy hops and golden color. Aroma was citrusy hops. This beer was very hoppy for the style and the hops had a strong grapefruity smell/taste. This was unique amongst the Oktobers I've had...more hoppy than most, just a tad shy from IPA-land. I'd have this again.