Festie
Starr Hill Brewery in Crozet, Virginia, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
5.86
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Rich and malty, Festie is now available year-round, and it is our tribute to the great German lager. Its name invokes the German tradition of Oktoberfest, while also paying homage to the end of the summer music festival season.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 1
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Somewhere: Pours an amber colour with a quickly dissipating head. Aroma is malty and metallic. Taste is somewhat metallic (and this is out of a bottle, so I can’t blame a can). Mostly just slightly sweet malts. Very little hop character is present in this beer. Nothing great, but something easily chuggable I suppose.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2012
at 18:05
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz formally capped conveyance pours copper with a bit of haze and weak white head. The aroma emits sweet lageriness, some fruity esters and a touch of yeasty spices. The taste starts with apple like sweetness and then picking up notes of winter spices and then yeasty spices. Lingering lageriness heads this into the after taste.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2010
at 16:35
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
Barley malt aroma, very shitty. Hazy amber, medium head. Light body. Flavor is copper with only hints of barley malt. Immensely metallic. The most metallic beer I’ve ever had. Suck on a penny and you get the idea.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2010
at 00:50
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
Location: 12 oz bottle from King Farm Wine, 8/11/09
Aroma: Lots of malt here, yeasty, some wheat, a bit of citrus, caramel
Appearance: Amber-yellowish color, good amount of head that dissipates quickly
Flavor: Sweet and malty, toasty, light spice, pretty typical of the Octoberfest style, similar to the nose
Palate: Light to medium in body (leaning light), a bit thin
Overall Impression: Hey, it’s my first Octoberfest of 2009! It’s a good sign for beer, but not such a good sign for the weather... This beer was alright, not bad, not great. Overall, pretty average.
**Just submitted a Photo for this one as well, as it was missing one.
Aroma: Lots of malt here, yeasty, some wheat, a bit of citrus, caramel
Appearance: Amber-yellowish color, good amount of head that dissipates quickly
Flavor: Sweet and malty, toasty, light spice, pretty typical of the Octoberfest style, similar to the nose
Palate: Light to medium in body (leaning light), a bit thin
Overall Impression: Hey, it’s my first Octoberfest of 2009! It’s a good sign for beer, but not such a good sign for the weather... This beer was alright, not bad, not great. Overall, pretty average.
**Just submitted a Photo for this one as well, as it was missing one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Aug 2009
at 20:00