Oktofest
The Brew Kettle Brewery in Middleburg Heights, Ohio, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.23
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4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4
Sampled on draft at the brewpub this beer poured a dark caramel color with a large foamy orange-tan head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was faint but a bit toasty with bread crust and a hint of fruity hops. The flavor was bitter with almost crystal malt, tobacco, dark fruit and perfume. Long perfumey finish. Medium body. Not good.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Oct 2016
at 21:42
6/10
Tried
on 23 Sep 2016
at 07:55
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample at the brewpub. Clear dark orange color with a medium off-white head that recedes quickly to a film. Short strings of lace. Aroma of roast malt, caramel and slight hops. Light to medium body with flavors of grainy malt, caramel and mild fruity hops. The finish is sweet with a short malty aftertaste. Slightly above average overall.
Tried
on 31 Oct 2014
at 07:59
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft @ GABF 2013. Pours a golden pale amber color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grainy aroma. Fruity malty grainy flavor with weak hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty grainy caramel finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Nov 2013
at 14:22
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12 ounce bottle into dimpled mug, 2013 bottling. Pours fairly crystal clear orange amber color with a 1 finger dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin lace cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of big caramel, toast, biscuit, pear, apple, pepper, herbal, nuttiness, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of malt and yeast ester notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, toast, biscuit, pepper, pear, apple, nuttiness, herbal, and yeast earthiness. Lingering notes of caramel, toast, biscuit, nuttiness, pepper, pear, and apple on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and robustness of malt and yeast ester flavors; with zero cloying sweetness after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly creamy, smooth, and moderately crisp mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice oktoberfest style! All around well balanced and robust malt and yeast ester flavors; and very smooth to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2013
at 19:53
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Sampled at GABF 2013. Pours a clear orange with some spitty, white head. Nose is malty, orange, cracker, yeast. Flavor is malty, yeast, orange. Clean finish. Standard.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2013
at 08:51
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
From a bottle, stronger first taste. Sweeter beer with a tad of cloying. Foamy head about 1/8th in thick. Yes, probably close to 6%. Mild sweetwater smell. Stronger okto festy flavors, without being nasty. Has a tad of a kick on the cerebellum. Some co2. Finish is almost medicinal in nature.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Sep 2013
at 13:35
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle drank out of a plastic glass in a hotel in South Dayton. Orange-brown...not much head in this vessel. Malty, smooth, clean, very drinkable for 6%. Straightforward, classic, well done. I could drink a lot of this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2013
at 21:56