Oktoberfest (Brewpub Recipe)
Goose Island Brewhouse: Clybourn in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.35
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5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4
12 ounce bottle. Amber orange color topped by a small foamy beige head. Light bready malt nose with notes of briny saltiness. Lacks complexity you would expect with a Marzen-style lager. Fruity sweet malt flavor lacks the toastiness and body I had hoped for. Too sweet and straight-forward for my liking. Needs more of a malty backbone. Somewhat disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2013
at 21:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Sampled on draft at the House of 1000 Beers this beer poured a medium caramel color with a medium sized creamy orange-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sweet caramel, toffee, malty and had a bit of golden fruits. The flavor was sweet and tangy bread, honey, sour golden fruits, sugar, caramel and toffee. Turns somewhat bitter on the long tangy bread, toffee and fruit finish. Medium body and very smooth. Very pleasant.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Aug 2013
at 18:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at the Clybourn brewpub. The beer is a clear orange-brown color with a medium thin off-white head that recedes steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of caramel malt and mild hops. Light to medium body with flavors of malt, sweet caramel and toffee, and herbal hops. The finish is sweet and malty. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
on 14 Oct 2011
at 18:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(10/9/08) Draught sample at the brewpub in Clybourn, Chicago. Hazy amber color. Aroma of malt, a bit of caramel and light citric notes. Sweet malty flavor with some toastiness, fruity hints and a slightly bitter finish. Medium-bodied. Not great but quaffable and enjoyable.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2008
at 15:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
A surprisingly good oktoberfest. Aroma has malt and roasted nuts. A copper colored beer, some head. Very sweet, and more nuts. This beer is heavy on the malt and low on the hops; the way I like an Oktoberfest to be.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2006
at 14:26
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pour is a dark amber with a nice size white head. Aroma is quite hoppy for a marzen. The hops overpower the malts. Flavor is deffiatly malty but again the hops come out strong. If you like your beer on the hoppy side this could be for you as the malts make an appearance but the hops come on in the end. A very different marzen but i like it.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2005
at 20:46
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Aroma of malts. Flavor of malts, too, as would be expected but only slightly sweet, with an undercurrent of hops and a slight bitterness in the finish. Clean and crisp and enjoyable enough, but nothing to write home about.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2005
at 21:31