Octoberfest
F.X. Matt Brewing Company (Saranac) in Utica, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
5.51
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Saranac Octoberfest is a rich flavorful lager. We use imported two-row and crystal malt and balance it with the pleasant bitterness of Saaz and Tettang hops.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled. Light caramel and light bread bit otherwise some weak sauce here. Nothing to see.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Amber copper color. Light head. Gain, malt aroma. Taste is a malty, slightly sweet flavor.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Quick tick grab since no luck getting the beer I wanted today. Orange pour small head. Nose is faint grains and caramel. Tastes of similar light grains, florals, caramel touch of paper. Fine fizzy palate. Bland but drinkable.
Tried
on 11 Dec 2015
at 16:59
Tried
on 25 Sep 2015
at 17:54
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Poured a copper color with a small white head. Aroma was light caramel notes, sweet gains. Light earthy hops, some light pine. Lager notes, sweet caramel. Light.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Oct 2014
at 22:56
3.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
A little on the lower end of the grand scheme of things. Doesn’t quite give credit to the noble style of Oktoberfest. Pours orange with OK head and lacing. Fizzy. Lightly offensive, but only in the Chihuahua sense. Bottle at crios thanks to Travlr.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2014
at 18:03
4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Bottle at Crios. Clear amber color. Aroma of metallic caramel. Taste is similar. Not a fan.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Oct 2014
at 17:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Reviewed from notes. This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy amber to orange to brown color with a somewhat soft one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some nice light lacing sliding into the beer.
The smell had some nice light nutty to caramel malts enriching an enticing sweet German maltiness rolling all around.
The taste was mainly malty sweet with the nuttiness coming back to combine with the German malts.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. The carbonation was pretty good as there wasn’t anything harsh about it.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good Oktoberfest worthy of having again.
The appearance was a nice looking hazy amber to orange to brown color with a somewhat soft one finger white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some nice light lacing sliding into the beer.
The smell had some nice light nutty to caramel malts enriching an enticing sweet German maltiness rolling all around.
The taste was mainly malty sweet with the nuttiness coming back to combine with the German malts.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. The carbonation was pretty good as there wasn’t anything harsh about it.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good Oktoberfest worthy of having again.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2014
at 18:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
12oz bottle. Slightly hazy but assumably filtered orange-tan. Steady, respectable off-white head. Has a decent vanilla amber tinged "fest" aroma. Hmm...that vanilla and amber come back to bite...sort of gives it an over sweet feel. Not very impressive, but just barely tolerable. Cheap macro-micro.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Oct 2013
at 22:53
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Hazy orangeish amber colour with a mediumsized beige foamy head. Aroma is bready malts, some slight toffee, mild grass and herbal notes. Flavour is rather similar with a nice sweetish toasted malty finish. Crisp maltyness meeting some grassy and herbal notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2012
at 07:25