Sierra Nevada Brewing Company Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest

 

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company in Chico, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn Out of Production
Score
6.97
ABV: 5.5% IBU: 19 Ticks: 74
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.
 

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
(Draught at Pikkulintu, 20110921) The beer poured brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, molasses and caramell. Palate was quite light bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, molasses, hops, caramell and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. Nice maltiness but the beer lacks character.
Tried on 21 Sep 2011 at 06:51

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottled (Thanks to my buddy John S.). Golden colour, slightly off-white head. Aroma is bready and caramel malty along with some slight notes of herbs and fruits. Flavour is caramel and bready malts along with some slight hoppyness and herbal notes. Alternative Oktoberfest beer, but rather nice.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jan 2010 at 05:58

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
From tap at Bishops Arms. Pours clear golden deep amber with a small tan head. Aroma is spiced and light fruity. Malty, spiced and caramelish flavoured. On the dark malty side. Lingering roasted and bitter flavoured finish.
Tried from Draft on 06 Nov 2009 at 02:58

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. A nut brown beer with a lazing brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, and chocolate. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, chocolate, nuts, and wood - very malty, leading to a dry roasted finish. A bit odd for an Oktoberfest, but nice.
Tried from Draft on 05 Nov 2009 at 07:29

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
On tap at The Rake. Malty and sweet, some nice nutty malt flavours on finish. Yeah, it grew on me.
Tried from Draft on 19 Oct 2009 at 12:07

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Really good. Has a full body and a nice chestnut color. Nose of roasted malts. Flavor has pronouced malt backbone along with some nice bitterness. A mild hop presence gives the beer a crisp, smooth finish.
Tried on 06 Oct 2009 at 09:06

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Tap @ Sorbon. One of my favorite oktoberfest beer. A bit more hoppy compared to the german ones. Nice chocolate.
Tried from Draft on 05 Oct 2009 at 12:07

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle 355ml.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, roasted, caramel, dusty, prune notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [270908]
Tried from Bottle on 15 Mar 2009 at 08:16

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
(Draught at Stockholm Beer Festival, 26 Sep 2008) Reddish amber colour with frothy, pale brown head. Malty nose with notes of dried fruit, raisins and toast. Malty, roasted taste with dark bread, dried fruit and raisins. Medium bitterness, slightly spicy hops. Rather sweet. Nice and tasty beer in the darker American oktoberfest style.
Tried from Can on 04 Oct 2008 at 09:40

5.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Draught at Stockholm Beer Festival. Clear nut brown. Sweet and caramelly. Blown up cookie malt form a midsized body with clean edges. Toffee is more or less the one flavour. Finishes with fairly low bitterness. A beer with a pleasant surface, but no depth and no resemblance to the style it’s marketed as.
Tried on 26 Sep 2008 at 03:43