Oktoberfest
Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn Out of Production|
Score
6.97
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Grab a pack and let your fest commence! This rich Märzen lager features German malts for inviting aromas of honey and biscuity bread, flavors of caramel and graham cracker, and visions of sprawling beer tents. Smooth and balanced, Oktoberfest is here to celebrate.
Admin Note: Originally known as Octoberfest (More recently as Oktoberfest). ABV fluctuated between 5.4% - 6.0%. Brewed until 2015, when Sierra Nevada started to do collaboration festbiers but started being released again in 2020.
Admin Note: Originally known as Octoberfest (More recently as Oktoberfest). ABV fluctuated between 5.4% - 6.0%. Brewed until 2015, when Sierra Nevada started to do collaboration festbiers but started being released again in 2020.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Trader Joe's. Pours a clear gold with a finger of white foam that dissipates. Nice peppery hop aromas with bready malt and dried honey notes. Very drinkable on the palate. Great balance with more bread and honey malt notes with pepper and grassy hop notes. Lingering mineral, bread and a lingering peppery hop tingle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2020
at 20:48
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Bready malt and dry hay aroma. Golden yellow with small white head. Moderately sweet bready malt, and mildly bitter dry hay flavor. Good body. Disappointing that there wasn't a collaboration this year but SN still made another top of the line Festbier.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Aug 2020
at 02:58
7.4/10
Not a collab this year? 🙁
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2020
at 19:09
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Thought I'd had before - very tasty, easy to drink Oktoberfest beer. Yum
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2017
at 12:38
8/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Oktoberfest (pre 2015) on 25 Sep 2020 at 22:53
Tried
on 30 Aug 2015
at 14:53
2/10
Tried
on 27 May 2015
at 21:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Deep amber body, off-white head. Aroma is mostly malty with bread and caramel. Light overripe fruit notes. Smells sweet and tastes sweet. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Lots of bread and caramel in the flavor. Hint of spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2015
at 14:54
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
At a tasting, thanks, smallish bubbly head, quite clear deep red color, aroma of caramel and honey cake, flavor of dark brown sugar with some dried fruits and a hint of licorice, quite sweet, light bitterness. Fair.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2015
at 04:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle shared at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Clear amber with a beige head. Aroma of caramel, toast, a bit of nuts, a bit of oxidation and a faint hoppy note. Sweet flavor, caramelly, a bit toasty, with a bit of stale cardboard and a bitterish finish. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Dec 2014
at 09:14
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from the brewery shop in Chico. Pours copper with a slight beige head. Aroma is lightly spicy/bready. Med + body. Flavor is pretty malty. Seems to have something like rye spice. Mouth prickle/tingles. Definitely malty, but way drier than seems reasonable. Finishes just mildly sweet, and the thick feel goes well with that. Really much more drinkable than all the relatively tasteless sweet Oktos out there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Nov 2014
at 16:48