Firestone Walker Brewing Oaktoberfest

Oaktoberfest

 

Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn
Score
6.70
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 24 Ticks: 69
Oaktoberfest is a true German Märzen bier, brewed with premium imported Pilsner and Vienna malts. It’s spiced with Bavarian hops from the Fatherland, and fermented with the famous Bavarian Augustiner Lager yeast from Munich. We utilized German Hallertauer traditions for both bittering and aroma additions, adding a rich, noble hop presence to this beer.
 

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8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Toasted malt aroma with notes of bread, caramel, oak, toffee and vanilla. Pours clear copper colored with half a finger of white head that has good retention and some lacing. Starts with bready malt, caramel and oak flavors. Finishes smooth and refreshing with toasted malt, toffee and vanilla flavors. Excellent Oktoberfest.
Tried from Can from J&K Liquor on 25 May 2026 at 00:14

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7
Blik 35,5cl thuis. 5,2%. Maltig, grainy, biscuit, wat droog, zoeten, wat caramel, honingtonen, eik merkbaar. (24-4-2026).
Tried from Can from Beer Republic on 24 Apr 2026 at 20:02

5.9/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Review based on the BJCP2021 guidelines (style 33A: french oak / 4B). Can 35.5 cl - Batch undeclared (BB undeclared). AROMA: medium-low malty aroma (sweet, slight cracker and faint honey). APPEARANCE: deep gold to very light amber color and clear. medium white head, creamy, with good retention. TASTE: similar to the aroma with medium-low cracker, slight honey malt flavor. faint herbal hop note. medium-low bitterness, with a semi-dry finish. MOUTHFEEL: medium-low body with medium carbonation. OVERALL: an oak aged Festbier-type beer that lacks the wood presence and more malty richness.
Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2026 at 16:15

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 4.5 Texture 5 Overall 5
Trockener, herb-karamelliger Beginn, geringe Süße, schwache Aromatik. Minimal hopfig, kurzer Abgang - schwach. 8/7/6/7/8/6
Tried from Can on 27 Dec 2025 at 19:18

6/10
A clear golden beer with a white head. Aroma of mild caramelized malt, biscuit, straw. Taste of biscuit malt, caramel, straw, dry spicy finish.
Tried from Can on 19 Dec 2025 at 14:12

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Sample at Palace Hall 13/12/2025 Malmö December tasting - toasted sweet bready malty, notes of grain and grass, light bodied, crisp malty finish.
Tried on 13 Dec 2025 at 08:26

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
355ml. can. @"home", Compostela. 12/12/2025
[#8.780 Global - #1.910 United States of America - #4 Firestone Walker Brewing]
Pours deep golden with a big white head. Aroma: mixed grains, light caramel and subtle oak barrels. Taste: basically the same with mixed grains and oak barrels. Spicy palate.
Next one, please!
Tried from Can on 12 Dec 2025 at 11:04

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Beer Republic Advent Calendar 2025, Red Edition. Door 10. A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has maltyness and light grain. Taste has maltyness of grain, light hay. Medium bodied, smooth. Easy. Pretty nice.
Tried from Can from Beer Republic on 10 Dec 2025 at 12:04

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 5 Overall 7
12 oz. can. Pours a clear, golden color, with a big, foamy, white head. The aroma is caramel, apple, cardamom, and crackers. Sweet and yeasty, with a light, musty bitterness. Light, sticky, and biting. Fair and easy.
Tried from Can from J&K Liquor on 17 Nov 2025 at 17:49

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Pale amber, and bright. Not much head. This has a good toasty, oaky note, with a bit of caramel. Decent quality, maybe I would prefer more malt complexity.
Tried on 03 Oct 2025 at 06:55