Draught @ Bishops Arms, Malmö. Pours a clear dark amber color with longlasting off-white head. Malty bready and slightly fruity aroma with some hoppy hints. Sweet malty hoppy flavor with some caramel hints. Sweetish malty hoppy finish.

Draft at BJs, Bakersfield; nose of sweet caramel;transparent brown with a medium off-white headl;flavor of caramel malt with some spices and a mild hop finish.

Clear dark amber body with a medium tan head. Sweet malty aroma with a hint of spice. Sweet dark malt flavor, some spice and a hint of roasted malt and caramel.

On draught at Redbones, 10/6/2005. One finger head, nicely formed. Creamy, beige colored. Beer is borderline transparent/transluscent. You can see through it, but it’s still not clear by any means. Color is an auburn, deep burnished copper. Aroma smells of light grass clippings, at first. Spicy hoppiness in there as well (almost a cinnamon note). Fairly weak aroma strength. Flavor is bready, very spicily hopped, nutty and has bits of dry toffee. Well-malted and very fresh tasting. Minute bubbles somehow provide a very zesty carbonation. It ripples across the tongue as the hops combine with the bready/doughy malt to create a wonderful balance. Brown bread, bits of lightly toasted malt. Nice lacing. Hoppy to the last drop. As expected from these masterful brewers, they do not use American hops. Very little yeast presence, if any. Medium body, quite dry on the end. Tingly, zesty mouthfeel.

Draft. Deep copper color with a small off-white head. Nutty malt aroma. Nutty malt flavor with some roastiness and spicey hops. Easy drinking with lingering malts. Not as ’clean’ as many other octoberfests.