Oktoberfest
August Schell Brewing Company in New Ulm, Minnesota, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn|
Score
6.46
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A Märzen that is true to German tradition, it is only brewed once a year to celebrate the fall harvest. The perfect balance of Pale, Munich, and Vienna malts create its toasty backbone. Prost!
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6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Kinda "bocky." There is lots of malt, caramel, bready Octobery goodness. A standard Oktoberfest, but decent body. Not as sweet as some but hardly bitter, and unusually good for a macro brewery and surely one of only two macro breweries I respect.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2006
at 21:08
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Not bad but I thought it not too bitter but just a little. I was very happy with my variety case from Schell; pale ale, octoberfest, pilsner, double boch, caramel boch, firebrick, maifest, doppelbock, zommerfest, etc. Wow what a variety…..loved it.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2006
at 15:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled. Nice example of the style. Big malty smell when opened and poured. Delicious looking amber color, clingy head. Caramel malts, a bit bit darker than usual for the style, and quiet hop matchup go down nice and smooth. A nice beer for the occasion.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2004
at 23:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Considering the source this was a pretty decent brew. +++Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a bronze color with a medium sized tan head. The aroma was sweet and malty. The flavor was sweet, malty and nutty. There was a hint of spice and caramel on the finish. Really a rather nice Octoberfest. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Oct 2004
at 20:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pours clear copper with a thin off-white head. Aroma is sweet, bready malts. Very sweet-drinking, with an almost harsh, tangy aftertaste mingling with bittering hops. Perhaps a bit underfermented.
Tried
on 13 Oct 2003
at 23:03
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cloudy amber,lasting off white head. Small intense bead. Light fruit malt nose.Exceptionally light malt profile. Underflavored
Tried
on 13 Dec 2002
at 12:33