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: 64
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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5
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

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


5.8
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
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
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
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


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Bottled. Orange sh pour white head. Standard vienna/n aren’t with a bit more hops......

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:12


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

a: beautiful copper coloured body | large tan head
a: crisp | nutty | rustic
f: clean-drinking | lager yeast | bready at end
t: dry oak (duh!) | raisins | earthy finish
o: true-to-style | less complex than expected | bitter grain throughout

12 ounce can | Total Wine: Alexandria (Potomac Yard), Virginia | 15-September-2024 | US$3,29 | Canned: 26-July-2024 | sampled: 27-October-2024 (last beer at home in the month of October/Oaktober)

Tried from Can from Total Wine & More - Alexandria on 27 Oct 2024 at 17:28


8.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

12 oz. can from H.E.B. Plus, Boerne, TX. Pours a crystal clear light bronze color with a khaki head and good retention. Almost no lacing. Faint caramel malt aroma. The taste follows the nose: Light, sweet caramel malt flavor. A good blend of Marzen and Festbier styles. Very smooth and clean. Medium-light body. Medium-high carbonation. Not bitter. Very refreshing.

Tried from Can on 14 Sep 2024 at 22:47


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

5 week old can A: Clear amber with short off white head that lasted the whole glass.. S: Earthy aroma of dried leaves, herbs and light toffee. T: Green herbal hops and faint stone fruit, ending with a woody aftertaste. Mildly bitter with very little sweetness. M: Crisp, dry and stiffly carbonated. Clean and crushable. O: Oak is subtle but nice. Low sweetness adds to its drinkability.

Tried from Can on 31 Aug 2024 at 22:15