Oktoberfest 2015
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Brauhaus RiegeleLager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn Out of Production
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Score
6.90
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On a trip to Germany this spring, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. finalized its inaugural partner, Augsburg’s Brauhaus Riegele, for a brand new Oktoberfest beer. Released each fall starting in 2015, the collaborative seasonal will feature a different German brewery every year. The partnership blends centuries of brewing tradition with modern spirit, giving craft drinkers the ultimate Oktoberfest, a Bavarian festival beer unlike any they’ve experienced in the US.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
4th October 2016
The 3 Johns. Keg. Bright clear gold beer, small white head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, nice fine crispness. Clean and sweetish pale malts. Touch of cream. Mild nutty vibe, German style. Very mild orange citrus and a touch of orange peel. Light finish. Clean and drinkable.
The 3 Johns. Keg. Bright clear gold beer, small white head. Palate is smooth and semi dry, nice fine crispness. Clean and sweetish pale malts. Touch of cream. Mild nutty vibe, German style. Very mild orange citrus and a touch of orange peel. Light finish. Clean and drinkable.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2016
at 10:11
6/10
Tried
on 04 Oct 2016
at 11:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
355ml bottle into weizen glass. Sweet sweet bready malt nose, hints of butterscotch and vanilla. Slightly hazy amber beer with steady stream of fine bubbles. Slight zing in the mouth, full-bodied. Finish is oily, caramel and alcohol. There is a slight bitterness at the end but doesn’t really balance the cloying alcohol chewiness. S’alright.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2016
at 05:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Poured a clear orange copper color with a small white head. Aroma was crisp lager notes, sweet grain notes. Flavor was sweet grains, crisp notes. Light earthy notes. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Feb 2016
at 10:36
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Amber color. This beer has some cereal character, but also some glue in the aroma. Clean. But not very interesting.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2016
at 11:07
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle - Sweet grains and caramel. Clear copper with a bit of a beige head. Light grains and caramel. Solid Oktoberfest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2016
at 23:46
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz. bottle, pours a hazy dull bronze with a small white head. Aroma brings out bready malts, some corn and light toasty notes. Flavour is along the same lines, with corn, bready malt and toasted malt. Simple, but clean and decently balanced. A properly constructed marzen.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jan 2016
at 23:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
(bottle) clear, bright light amber colour with a small beige head; aroma of stewed fruit, jam; creamy palate; balanced flavour with a long, very light bitter finish; well done
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2016
at 13:00
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
355 ml bottle from BeerLovers, bottled 09/02/15.
Amber, clear body, wit a quite small, fluffy, a bit lacing, light beige head.
Aroma of grains, flowers, bread, citrus, some grass.
Tastes of bread, flowers, citrus, grass, some herbs, honey, some biscuit.
Medium, a bit oily mouthfeel, with an average carbonation.
Finishes medium bitter, floral, bready, a bit zesty, a bit herbal, also a bit sweet.
Nice one. Not my favourite style example, but quaffable, with nice bready and floral notes. I would prefer a bit more biscuity body though, as it isn’t very hoppy.
Amber, clear body, wit a quite small, fluffy, a bit lacing, light beige head.
Aroma of grains, flowers, bread, citrus, some grass.
Tastes of bread, flowers, citrus, grass, some herbs, honey, some biscuit.
Medium, a bit oily mouthfeel, with an average carbonation.
Finishes medium bitter, floral, bready, a bit zesty, a bit herbal, also a bit sweet.
Nice one. Not my favourite style example, but quaffable, with nice bready and floral notes. I would prefer a bit more biscuity body though, as it isn’t very hoppy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jan 2016
at 13:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Golden, lively csrbonation, small and slowly collapsing loose white head; moderate sweet pale-malty nose, some dust detectable, some impressions of honey, too; moderate sweet flavour with a bitterness, that is barely detectable; medium bodied, soft; hardly lingering clean sweet-malty finish with a delicate bitterness in the aftertaste. Nothing wrong with it, but completely overrated. Lacks a decent hoppy counterpart…
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2015
at 07:22