Hoss Oktoberfest Lager
Great Divide Brewing Company in Denver, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.51
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Hoss is based on the Märzen lagers of Germany. Rich, layered malt notes, with some hints of cherry and dark notes, dominate while the unique addition of rye imparts a slightly earthy, spicy character. Hoss finishes crisp and dry, and its brilliant red-orange color is a toast to the late-summer sunsets that make the perfect backdrop for this beer.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft: Poured a coppery golden with a white lacing head. Aroma is malty, fruity, sweet. Taste is fruity, malty, sweet, grain.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Oct 2023
at 03:01
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Sep 2022
at 16:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12 oz can from HBS. Clear reddish amber pour. Brief off white head. Standard malty woody toasted malt aroma and flavor. Rather bland and a bit sweet.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Nov 2021
at 00:56
4.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 28 Sep 2021
at 17:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From a Howler bought at Liquor Shed, $7.00
Pours a clear gold with a small head of foam.
Smells of a bit of caramel malt, toasted malt, some spicy notes that could be from the rye.
Taste IS rather spicy and brings a nice dryness. Malt is toasted and slightly sweet. Finishes with a dryness and right at the end, a dash of sweetness. Tasty.
Medium bodied with just below medium carbonation.
The rye pushes this slightly off center for the style but I dig it.
Pours a clear gold with a small head of foam.
Smells of a bit of caramel malt, toasted malt, some spicy notes that could be from the rye.
Taste IS rather spicy and brings a nice dryness. Malt is toasted and slightly sweet. Finishes with a dryness and right at the end, a dash of sweetness. Tasty.
Medium bodied with just below medium carbonation.
The rye pushes this slightly off center for the style but I dig it.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Oct 2019
at 22:36
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled on draft at 3R6P this beer poured a caramel amber color with a medium sized foamy white head that left great lacing. The aroma was malty and sweet with a bit of honey. The flavor was malty and toasty with caramel, honey, bread crust, grain and golden fruit. Long finish. Moderately full bodied and smooth. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Sep 2017
at 18:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Duckworth. Clear golden amber color, medium white head. Aroma of toasted caramel. taste has caramel and subtle citrusy fruit. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2016
at 18:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sample at SBWF 2016. Clear light amber with a white head. Aroma and taste of malt, caramel and bread. Also light notes of fruit. Kind of soft and easy to drink.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2016
at 05:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Tap) clear, bright yellow colour with a small white head; aroma of honey, stewed fruit; clean, balanced flavour with a long, very light bitter finish with a hint of tartness
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2016
at 22:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Treated as an Oktoberfest, this was poured into a mug (correct use of glassware).
The appearance was a dark hazy burnt amber color with a sustaining white foamy dissipating little head. Messy lacing running here and there.
The aroma flows between the sweet and spicy rye malts to the creative use of nutty yet biscuit sweet breadiness of the entirety of it all. Subtle sweet grassiness underneath.
The flavor brings it all together nicely. Nice semi-sweet/lightly spiced flowing rye into the aftertaste and then riding fairly quick into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable feel to it. Carbonation seems to ride fairly nice.
Overall, Oktoberfest - yes, definitely and with a nice creative ingenuity by Great Divide, this is definitely worthy to come back to.
The appearance was a dark hazy burnt amber color with a sustaining white foamy dissipating little head. Messy lacing running here and there.
The aroma flows between the sweet and spicy rye malts to the creative use of nutty yet biscuit sweet breadiness of the entirety of it all. Subtle sweet grassiness underneath.
The flavor brings it all together nicely. Nice semi-sweet/lightly spiced flowing rye into the aftertaste and then riding fairly quick into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable feel to it. Carbonation seems to ride fairly nice.
Overall, Oktoberfest - yes, definitely and with a nice creative ingenuity by Great Divide, this is definitely worthy to come back to.
Tried
on 07 Sep 2016
at 13:14