Fest
Capital Brewery in Middleton, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.74
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle from Steve’s Mineral Point in Madison. Pours a clear amber with a thin white head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel and toasted malts. The taste is caramel, grain, grassy hops banana and other faint fruits. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2011
at 17:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle. Dominated by malts, this Oktoberfest beer is smooth and enjoyable. Light amber color with a small, off-white head. Bready, grainy aroma with notes of sweet caramel. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly bitter. Nicely carbonated. Smooth texture and medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2007
at 20:02
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Clear gold body that fails to prevent the average sized head from collapsing prematurely. Very little aroma. Malty flavor with a touch of hop bitterness. Low carbonation and light body make this an easy drinker.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2006
at 16:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Light amber colour. Light bready aroma with a hint of sulphur. A gentle but crisp hoppiness, shot of alcohol and clean-if-light, well-extracted bready malt triumvirate. Well-structured, clean, simple...a fine version of the modern-day Oktoberfest style. Would that they make them this well in Munich.
Tried
on 10 Jun 2005
at 01:37
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Very little hop and malt aroma. NIce appearance, orange with a lace that lasts until the end of the beer. Flavors of malt, yeast, and bread. The malt is dominant and there is a lot of it. Dry aftertaste.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2005
at 17:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours is a murky brown. Aroma is spicey and peppery. Flavor is molasses and lots of malt. The after taste is hoppy and fruity with the right amount of spice. A very tasty brew.
Tried
on 20 Nov 2004
at 20:57
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft. I get more impressed by Capital each time I have one of their beers. This has a lovely amber-auburn color. I won’t rate the head, since I poured this out of a growler. Also, because it’s from a growler, not much in the way of bubbles, but still a good fizziness. A very well malted Okto flavor leaving some stickiness, and well-matched hops. Consider how many German brewers are making Oktoberfests that look more like Heineken, and savor this one.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2004
at 08:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Paler type of fest, orangey amber. Medium head. Toffeeish and melanoidins mildly present. Sweetish and toffeeish but with a somewhat empty and almost watery finish. Hops add balance but no flavors. Fairly boring.
Tried
on 24 May 2004
at 13:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Now we're getting somewhere. Part of the Capital Summer Sampler, this is a really good seasonal. Dark amber with decent lace. Nice honey and nutty aroma. Tastes kind of like a Marzen with a malt flavor and light caramel finish. I will look for this one next summer.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2002
at 10:19