Oktoberfest
The Saint Louis Brewery (Schlafly Beer) in St. Louis, Missouri, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn|
Score
6.52
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This full-bodied, deep reddish-amber lager is strong and malty. Traditionally brewed in March for the Oktoberfest in the fall, this style is also known as Märzen. Available September and October.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Caramel nose with clove accents. Clear orange, thin head. Powerfully grainy and malty, with a sweet and slightly tangy dried leaves and cherry tinge. The barley is still the main attraction. Perhaps too tangy, but the emphasis on the malt makes this an outstanding maerzen. Quaffable, an excellent festbier.
Tried
on 21 Aug 2011
at 16:13
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle from Thiesti! Thanks Tim! Nose of slightly sweet caramel, vanilla, and yeastiness. Clear copper with a mediu, lightly lacing, cream colored head. Flavor is slightly sweet, slightly bitter, with lots of caramel. Finish lightly bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Oct 2009
at 12:39
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16 oz draft at Waldo Pizza in Kansas City, Missouri. Served in a really nice Schlafly glass. Pour is clear orange golden copper with an off white head. Aroma of not too much, a bit of fruity malt, and a note od something chemical behind that. Taste starts with a slight chemical cherry sweetness, followed by floral and caramel malt. Palate is thin medium, light carbonation. Easy to drink, and nice enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Sep 2009
at 15:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
bottle - I drank this one side by side with a Saranac Oktoberfest for comparison. Pours an attractive clear amber color with a small white head. The aroma is mild caramel malt with maybe a hint of fruit. It has a sweet, clean caramel malt flavor with minimal hops and a medium body. The finish is lightly roasted malt. Pretty good, but the Saranac wins by a hair.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Sep 2009
at 22:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Clear amber body. Big, rocky off-white head, mostly diminishing. Malty aroma of caramel, toast and bread. Hint of honey. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes lightly sweet and lightly bitter with a tangy, toffee taste that lingers. Medium body, watery texture and medium carbonation. A solid Oktoberfest with its sweet, malty character, ending with a light bitterness and tang.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2009
at 20:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle on 02/17/2009. Fairly clear golden amber body with a medium rocky off-white head. Sweet toasty and bready malt aroma with some honey hints. Sweet toasty and bready malt flavor with some caramel hints. Medium full body with moderate carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2009
at 16:29
6.3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
courtesy of sirpsycho. pours golden/amber with thin white head. Aroma is malty with light caramel, grassy hops. Taste, caramel malts, light bitter hoppy palate, lightly fruity with a caramel/wheat finish added with some light notes of hops.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2009
at 10:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Amber color. Little head. Mildly spicy aroma. Near medium body and moderate carbonation. Malty flavor, almost seems to have chocolate. Drinks well.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2008
at 23:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sample at the Lambert St. Louis airport location. This beer is a clear copper-amber color with a medium thin off-white head that has a short life span. Top ring of lace with spots underneath. Sweet caramel malt aroma with a bit of pine. Medium-bodied and smooth with a sweet bready malt character. Touches of piney hops and spice here and there as well. The finish remains sweet with a short toasted malt aftertaste. Another average beer from Schlafly, but again a welcome sight while at the airport waiting for a plane.
Tried
on 20 Sep 2007
at 19:56
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Amber with a slight red tint, somewhat hazy, and a smallish if firm head. Restrained aroma hints at smoke, metal, light syrup, but its all really weak, the aroma is bareley there. Flavor smooth and mild, somewhat on the sweet side, but a light spicy hop provides complement. Light wheat bread finish. Medium body. I just can’t get past the lack of any detectable aroma and flavor here. Everything is just barely hinted at - yet you’d expect that in a light bodied beer, but this beer feels like it has something in the mouth, it just doesn’t taste like it.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2006
at 21:07