Octoberfest
Free State Brewing Company in Lawrence, Kansas, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.73
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Our most popular seasonal... this malty, orange-hued lager strikes the perfect balance for the season. Named for the annual German festival, it's a welcome addition to any party!
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6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle pours a clear copper amber with some white head. Nose has malt, root veg, a little candy, yeast. Flavor is sweet, malt and dough, root veg. Finishes a bit sweet. Simple.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2018
at 16:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. brown bottle, best November 23, 2018 from RobertDale poured into a glass. Clear amber with small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, medium/light body, and little lacing. Taste is caramel malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Oct 2018
at 00:39
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from the September DC RB Tasting. Poured a dark amber color with a small white head. Aroma was light toasted malts, roasted notes. Some grassy notes. Earthy notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2018
at 05:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On draft at the brewpub. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Tutu arima with sweet caramel flavors.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Sep 2018
at 04:24
7/10
Tried
on 24 Sep 2015
at 19:49
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle/Fest. A- Caramel, malty, spices, bread. A- Amber color, clear liquid, off white head. T- Caramel, malty, spice, bready, earthy. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, malty finish. O- Hear quite often that this is one of the best marzens out there. I’d have to disagree. It’s pretty standard.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2015
at 22:16
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the Great Nebraska Beer Festival. Clear light golden amber color. Huge caramel biscuit aroma. Taste is sweet biscuit. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2015
at 07:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the brewpub. Pours a clear orangish amber with a light brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sweet bread and grains with a touch of light fruits. Flavor is smooth with a bread and sweet grain as well as a touch of straw in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Oct 2013
at 12:55
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
I have had this for the last 2 years. Last year I was not impressed at all but this year I liked it a lot more. So this is the rating for a shaker @ the brewpub within a week of this being tapped in ’09. Comes to me with a completely clear dark amber/copper color. Small head but it leaves a slightly sticky lacing on the sides of the glass. Aroma is straight clean, no sugary, caramel sweetness. Heck its an O-fest. The flavor comes of better, where I often find the style boring this is different. Its nicely nuanced with a light sugar sweet but still well lagered, a thin line to walk. Lots of earthy caramel, sweet yet earthy and easy drinking from the lagering. The caramel aftertaste sticks around for a while. Good stuff, I would drink it again.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2009
at 21:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Growler courtesy of beastiefan2k. Pour is golden orange, with only a slight haze. Pours with some settling, building up a 1 1/2 inch off white head. Aroma of fresh malted cereal malt, slightly sweet grain and hay grassiness. Really fresh nose. Taste is the cereal grain malt, with the sweetness and the hay more in the finish. As with the nose, taste is fresh and clean. Palate is medium, thin and quite drinkable. Clean and crisp finish. None of the cloying sweetness that some Oktoberfest seem to have. This is not an overly complex beer, but is really solidly built and quaffable. Certainly my favorite of the style I have had so far. Thanks for hauling this to me Eugene.
Tried
from Growler
on 13 Oct 2008
at 10:44