Festooning
Grimm Artisanal Ales in New York City, New York, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.90
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This amber lager was brewed with a traditional step mash process. The grist is a rich combination of German Vienna and Munich II malts that give warm notes of honey, caramel, and a fresh-baked loaf of seeded bread. Malty-sweet flavor with a crisp body and a subtle balancing bitterness.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Total Wine in Vacaville, CA. Pours translucent amber with a transient white head. Malty toffee aroma. Medium body. Slightly sweet and more or less bitter balanced. Enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
from
Total Wine & More - Vacaville, CA
on 09 May 2026
at 00:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Can to mug.
Appearance: dark orange close to copper color with a two finger white foamy head which settled down at a nice pace.
Aroma: caramel tones with some bready to earthy character and a light hop spice - slightly grassy and/or earthy toned
Flavor: takes the previously mentioned aromas to meld nicely into a mostly sweet tone and flanked by some bittering hops; finishes crisp, earthy and some caramel
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue and a touch of earthy dryness
Overall: I say a nicely done festbier I would have again.
Can to mug.
Appearance: dark orange close to copper color with a two finger white foamy head which settled down at a nice pace.
Aroma: caramel tones with some bready to earthy character and a light hop spice - slightly grassy and/or earthy toned
Flavor: takes the previously mentioned aromas to meld nicely into a mostly sweet tone and flanked by some bittering hops; finishes crisp, earthy and some caramel
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable; very smooth along the tongue and a touch of earthy dryness
Overall: I say a nicely done festbier I would have again.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Feb 2026
at 20:06
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From tap at Grimm Artisinal Ales, New York. Aroma is caramel malt with dark bread and some dried fruits. Picking up some hoppy hints. Moderate to medium sweet, light to moderate bitter. Body is medium. Exemplary Festbier.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Feb 2025
at 14:30
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours clear, dark autumnal orange into a stein. White micro head with good retention recedes to coat surface. Caramel and molasses aromas. Soft with hot caramel and earthy multigrain upfront turning to dry toasted pumpernickel in the medium length finish. Better than the ratings would imply...
Tried
on 20 Aug 2024
at 22:18
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft @ Bronx Drafthouse. Clear rich golden with very small frothy off-white head, faint caramel aroma, low carbonation, medium bitter caramel malt taste, smooth thin body, long caramel finish. Nice festbier, smooth and easy to drink.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Dec 2022
at 18:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Taster at the brewery, 6% abv. Cloudy, gold amber colored. AROMA- toasted, grain, honey, caramel, touch of hops. FLAVOR- neutral, moderately bitter, malty, noble hops, grain, touch of caramel. Medium bodied. Average one.
Tried
on 30 Sep 2022
at 21:50
7/10
Tried
on 23 Sep 2022
at 22:06
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16 ounce can. Amber orange pour. Rocky beige head is enduring. Subtle toasted malt aroma. Mild toasted malt flavor upfront. A hint of earthy grain and spicy hops. Clean and crisp as is traditional for the style. Easy drinking and perfect for the Festooning season.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Sep 2022
at 03:41
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can on 8th January 2022 in our Air B&B, Jochua Tree, California. Misty body, amber in colour, off-white head. Malty and bready, slightly sweet with very little hop action for bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jan 2022
at 05:49
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at the Owl Farm. Cloudy deep orange with white head. Malty, some caramel, some light fruity notes, tad sweet. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
Owl Farm
on 23 Oct 2021
at 06:14