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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6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Biscuit and rich malt. Clear amber with light tan head. Rich malt and slight orange. Medium thin mouthfeel.
Tried
on 01 Oct 2014
at 22:12
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 ounce bottle into signature pint glass, bottled on 7/1/2014. Pours slightly hazy deep copper color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, toast, toffee, brown bread, nuttiness, light roast, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Very nice aromas with good balance of and complexity of dark/bready malt and earthy/spicy hop notes; with good strength. Taste of caramel, toast, toffee, brown bread, nuttiness, light roast, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Slight earthy/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, toast, toffee, brown bread, nuttiness, light roast, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Damn nice robustness and complexity of dark/bready malt and earthy/spicy hop flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Very clean on flavors as well. Medium carbonation and body; with a smooth, crisp, and fairly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is great. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is an excellent Oktoberfest style! All around great complexity and robustness of dark/bready malt and earthy/spicy hop flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A very enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2014
at 18:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a semi- dark red almost brown color. A one finger white foamy head rests a top of the beer. Silky thin and smooth soapy lacing clings to the sides of the glass.
The smell takes a really nice roasted nuttiness to blanket a real assault of caramel and toffee malts, wonderfully combined and powerful.
The taste took the previously mentioned flavors and added a nice sweet stickiness that almost appears larger than life in the flavoring. There’s a long sweet roasted nutty caramel/toffee aftertaste with a semi-dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body with a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was good for the style and for me. Such smooth silky graceful nuttiness just rolls over my tongue very nicely.
Overall, I liked this one for me, though it could be just a tad different than some other Oktoberfests this one really plays up a sweet sticky maltiness that is really nice.
The appearance was a semi- dark red almost brown color. A one finger white foamy head rests a top of the beer. Silky thin and smooth soapy lacing clings to the sides of the glass.
The smell takes a really nice roasted nuttiness to blanket a real assault of caramel and toffee malts, wonderfully combined and powerful.
The taste took the previously mentioned flavors and added a nice sweet stickiness that almost appears larger than life in the flavoring. There’s a long sweet roasted nutty caramel/toffee aftertaste with a semi-dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium in body with a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was good for the style and for me. Such smooth silky graceful nuttiness just rolls over my tongue very nicely.
Overall, I liked this one for me, though it could be just a tad different than some other Oktoberfests this one really plays up a sweet sticky maltiness that is really nice.
Tried
on 11 Sep 2014
at 14:37
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 ounce bottle from the fall pack. Pours a clear copper color with a thin creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of toffee, caramel, earth, floral hops and some berry notes. The taste is toffee, berries, caramel, bitter hops. Medium bodied. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 18:41
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
12oz bottle. Sierra nail another one. Interesting to see them pull of really solid lagers. Rich caramel and amber malt tones, perfectly balanced by a subtle hop bill. Pretty much all you could ask for in a true to style example. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2014
at 19:26
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tap at Janoinen Lohi, Helsinki. Originally rated 30092011. Colour is clear dark orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Grain, caramel and malts.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 May 2014
at 03:57
6/10
Tried
on 22 Sep 2013
at 15:18
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught at Brew Dock. Clear dark brown with a than head, excellent lacing. Aroma is dark berry. Flavour is creamy burnt malt, vanilla with a mild fruit finish. More like a porter than a Marzen but very drinkable.
Tried
on 03 Apr 2013
at 14:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught, Old Bank, Turku. Coppery amber-red body. Slightly off white head. Fresh malty nose, light herbal notes. Balances creamy herbal hop vs. malt taste, bit polleny. Not complex but in every way a good lager.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2011
at 14:49
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Kahdet Kasvot
Aroma is surprisingly sweet and fruity with toffee. Some hay-like aroma and hints of metal too. Flavour has toffee and caramel. Harsh and hoppy finish with hints of metal. Not your typical märzen, feels a bit like amber ale.
Aroma is surprisingly sweet and fruity with toffee. Some hay-like aroma and hints of metal too. Flavour has toffee and caramel. Harsh and hoppy finish with hints of metal. Not your typical märzen, feels a bit like amber ale.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2011
at 09:27