Off Color Brewing Waddle

Waddle

 

Off Color Brewing in Chicago, Illinois, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn
Score
7.02
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 10
TASTING NOTES
Our Oktoberfest beer features biscuity malts from dark Munich malt reminiscent of freshly baked bread. Subtle and spicy hop finish add enough character to prevent the final beer from being overly sweet. 6.5 % alc/vol

SECRET TECHNIQUES
We don’t mess with this classic lager too much (why would we?), but we selected a lager yeast and fermentation temperature schedule to really highlight our favorite dark Munich malt.

INGREDIENTS
Pils, Dark Munich, CaraMunich III, CaraPils malt, Nugget, Hersbrucker hops
 

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7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at home, I’ll be heading to Chicago in few days and just giving. Myself head start. Ruby amber pour and some head. Nose is tofffee, bread crust, some dried fruits. Tatses of caramel, dates, dark bread, earth, macadamia. Sweet finish.

Tried on 21 Sep 2025 at 03:48


7

Keg at first draft. Pours golden amber, nose is toffee, bready, citrus, grass, taste is bready, malty, grassy. 7

Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2025 at 18:03


7

Canned from craft - carry NYC - clearish amber pour, nutty malty caramel. a bit sticky

Tried from Can on 20 May 2025 at 01:54


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft at the source. Hazy pale amber, off-white head. Toasted malt, caramel bread, nuts.

Tried from Draft on 31 Aug 2024 at 23:11


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draught @ Union, Chicago (Sept 2023). Clear rich amber color with a foamy beige head, faint caramel malt aroma, high carbonation, medium bitter caramel malt taste, thin body, long finish. A good Marzen.

Tried on 15 May 2024 at 22:20


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

16 oz can received as a birthday gift from my wife. The pour is a clear copper golden with a one inch light tan head that is lasting, falling eventually with lace. The aroma is fresh caramel malt, soft honey sweetness and a grassiness. The taste is the clean caramel honey malt up front, with floral, the grass and a hint of herbal spice towards the back. The palate is medium to light bodied, active carbonation and the clean herbal spice finish. Solid Oktoberfest, easy drinking.

Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2021 at 23:06


7.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pours a stunning clear copper, topped by a thick, pillowy cream head. Sweet, cerealy, leafy, nutty nose, with an emphasis on toasted sugars. Body mostly toasted sugar/caramel and nutty cereal (Cheerios), with more toast and leafiness in the finish and a hint of tobacco. A lovely beer and a standout.

Tried on 08 Sep 2021 at 02:17


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a deep copper to light brown with a full two fingers of beige foam. Caramel malt aromas moving into toffee sweetness as it warms. Palate is similar with toasted caramel and toffee and some light herbal notes on the finish.

Tried from Can from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 04 Sep 2021 at 17:37


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

12oz bottle and on tap at the Mousetrap. In a lot of ways doesn't approximate a Fest beer. Deeper, thick malts. Approaching Dunkel, but the lagering is spot on so it kind of nails it too. A little heavy handed on the specialty malts I suppose, but still a delicious, unique offering. Big ups Tooch!!!

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2018 at 06:06


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Pour is a clear copper with a fizzy small head. Aroma is fine with just enough malty breadyness. Flavor is a bit sweet with some brown sugar and some grainy malt. A little too much sweetness for me as I like my marzen to be like bone dry dark bread. Must have been the polka.

Tried on 19 Sep 2018 at 23:43