Mad Bishop
DuClaw Brewing Company in Baltimore, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.28
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Haunting the congregation with its distinct copper color and rich toasted malt flavor, this true German-style Oktoberfest lager is smooth in body and uses German hops in the brewing process to balance out the distinctive, toasted malt sweetness. The clean smoothness is created by the long conditioning (lagering) process of 8 weeks.
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5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottled. Poured orange brown moderate head. Caramel but not well integrated and a bit off. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Copper in color with a three finger head. Aroma was malty with roasted grains. Taste was malty, roasted grains.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2025
at 05:00
6/10
From backlog. Can, from Total Wine, Brentwood, Tn. Straight from The Can. Malts, hops, yeast, Caramel, Malty, some sweetness, and bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Oct 2023
at 20:39
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Can. A- Malty, caramel, raw dough. A- Burnt orange color, murky liquid, tan head. T- Sweet, biscuits, apple, caramel. P- Medium body, slightly thin texture, average carbonation, sweet finish. O- Very bready and even a bit rubbery. A bit on the sweet side too.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2023
at 03:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 8
12oz can a rarity these days. Clean looking amber. Nose is light caramel and leaf litter. Tastes of earth, caramel, little rootbeer. Light sweetness. Not overly dry.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2021
at 02:11
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 8
Overall 4
Very, very sweet, with a massive wave of caramel on the front end coupled with mild veins of clove and a little candy apple. Finishes with a moderate bitterness and a note of toasted bread, then gets a little saccharine in the fade. Sloppy.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Aug 2021
at 00:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz. can purchased at Total Wine & More - Melbourne, FL. Pours a clear dark bronze color with a thick khaki head and good retention. No lacing. Caramel malt aroma. Strong, sweet caramel malt flavor too. Good example of the American interpretation of the style. Rich, almost syrupy. Very low carbonation. No bitterness. Too sweet to have more than one.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Sep 2020
at 21:36
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can, from Milk and Hops - UES. Pours faintly cloudy dark amber with foamy large light beige head, faint caramel aroma with grassy hops, high carbonation, medium bitter caramel-toasted malt taste, smooth body, long finish. Very tasty and flavorful marzen.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2018
at 21:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
On tap at P&P Charleston. Slightly hazy caramel with no head. Aroma is caramel malt, light/medium body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is caramel malt.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Oct 2016
at 12:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Bottle: Hazy amber/copper with a small beige head. Caramel, toasted grain aroma. Taste is sweet, lightly spicy toffee malt. Pleasant earthy bitterness. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2016
at 16:14