Hop Harvest Oktoberfest
Peak Organic Brewing Company in Portland, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
Brewed at/by: Shipyard Brewing CompanyLager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn Out of Production
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6.30
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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can from Hannaford, just shy of out of date. Somewhat hazy light golden color with a huge frothy bubbly beige head that persists. Huge hop on the nose, citrus floral earthy spicy with a fair amount of sweet bready malt underneath. Spicy earthy resinous hop flavor almost drowns out what malt there is here.Light bready toasty malt. Moderate level of bitterness. This is a fairly tasty beer, but doesn’t remind me much of an Oktoberfest. Call it a hop harvest ale and leave off the ofest and I would have rated it much higher.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Can pour into nonic pint glass from Whole Foods, Lynnfield, MA. Appearance is cloudy light brown-orange with beautiful sparkle, thumb-width off-white foamy head with good retention and light leggy lacing. Aroma is floral, grapefruit, pine. Taste is pine and resin over malty base. Palate is light-to-medium bodied with lively carbonation and mix of sweet and bitter finish. Overall, very enjoyable and is true to its name. If one were to be a purist about the Oktoberfest/Marzen category, it is way too hoppy, but I think they nailed what they were going for.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Not sure why but the name Peak Organic repels me so much I almost avoid beers not sure what my discomfort is since no issue with organic food and I love peaks and their beer is ok in general. Light bodied standard Oktoberfest. Orange pour small head. Crisp leaves and earth, toasted malts and some hop presence. Dry finish slight bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
4 oz pour on draft at Spacebar. Clear golden orange with off-white head. Soapy aroma up front followed by floral and light citrus. Tastes of citrus, floral, light soap, biscuit. Medium body with a dry finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2
Pours a nice amber from a bottle, white head with good lacing. Dank hop aroma, maybe some caramel malt. Flavor is a weak thin watery session pale ale, slightly caramel-y hopped ale. Weird.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Not to style to be sure but good. More like a pale ale than a marzen. Pours amber with ok head. Some citrus and good malt. Tap sampled at whole foods.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
No aroma. Clear copper, thin yellow head. Dried leaves, grass. Medium body, soft.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
On tap at Union Hall, Brooklyn. Pours orange to light brown with off-white head. Biscuit malt, caramel, citrus, herbal note. Light to medium bitterness.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Draft. Clear deep amber color, medium off white head with decent retention. Aroma of honey crackers and light lemon. Taste is toasted floral biscuit.