Founders Brewing Co. Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest

 

Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn
Score
6.91
ABV: 6.0% IBU: 20 Ticks: 66
German-Style Märzen

Blink and you’ll think you’re in Bavaria. We went all in on tradition with our Oktoberfest, using imported German malts and hops with a beautiful lager yeast for the finish. Pours a gorgeous copper hue with a rich, malty and slightly sweet backbone. Our version is akin to the beer poured in the early days of Oktoberfest and, yes, it adheres to the Reinheitsgebot. Prost!
 

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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Sample during the Oktoberfest Biers! tasting on 10/10/2021.
Tried on 27 Oct 2021 at 19:01

7/10
Tried on 17 Oct 2021 at 14:53

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bread, bran, dried leaves aroma. Clear orange, medium head. Caramel.very subtle apricot highlights. Light body, easy carbonation. I appreciate that it was made the right way.
Tried on 15 Oct 2021 at 01:11

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Beer Hop. It pours clear copper with a decent frothy white head. The aroma is earthy, brown bread, rivita, cereal, leafy hops, touch of spice, dull caramel and a touch of fruit cake. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, brown bread, light caramel and toffee, touch of toasted sugar, earthy, cereal, brioche, fruit cake, leafy hops, light spice and a splash of cola with a smooth brown bread finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Not big and showy, but well done. Strikes a nice bitter - sweet balance. Very moreish.
Tried from Can on 07 Oct 2021 at 16:33

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12 ounce can. Clear orange gold pour. Large frothy beige head settles to a small creamy cap. Subtle toasted malt nose. Flavor upfront is toasted malt with a hint of brown sugar and spicy hops. Notes of earthy baked bread while hops lean toward mild citrus with a herbal, leafy character. Great flavor and imminently quaffable. Prost!
Tried from Can on 07 Oct 2021 at 03:41

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap @ Beers behind Bars. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich malt, hops, notes of bread and has a nice malty finish.
Tried from Draft on 02 Oct 2021 at 11:44

7/10
Tried from Can on 11 Sep 2021 at 16:53

7.2/10
I’d call it a vienna red, and it fantastic. It tastes ale-like. Malty, and cara fruity. Might be like old style oktoberfest beers. But is nothing like current ones. Very crushable, an amber for a summer day. Sterk ams
Tried on 11 Sep 2021 at 12:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Clear amber body, thin off-white head. Nose light, leafy, caramely, and toasty. Body nicely balanced sweet-grainy with toasted sugars, cereal, and leafy notes. Clean, solid, sessionable.
Tried on 08 Sep 2021 at 01:29

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can, 0.355l. Aroma of caramel, toasted malt, flowers and dried fruit. Pours clear amber color with thin creamy off-white head and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts with medium sweet caramel and bread, following is grassy, dried fruity and slightly medicinal, mouthfeel is smooth, while finish is average bitter. Medium body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Oktobersweet symphony…
Tried from Can on 03 Aug 2021 at 19:36