Festbier
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn|
Score
6.70
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The "Fest" in Festbier means the barley and hops have been gathered, and our growers have their first moment to celebrate another successful harvest. What do they reach for? Festbier. A little more malty, a little more hoppy, brewed to relax & enjoy.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Gold in color with a three finger head. Taste and aroma is like a traditional German Oktoberfest beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
12 oz bottle, another new tick pull from the Super Bowl party fridge, 2/12/23. Rusty orange. Caramel and bread. Leaning sweet. Drinkable. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2023
at 22:51
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pour is a clear bronze with a large white head that fizzes away quickly. Aroma is sweet lager malt. Flavor is more lafer malt with a little toast to it. Finishes clean and a little malt left on the tongue. Just ok
Tried
on 01 Oct 2022
at 19:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated 12 oz brown bottle. Aroma is caramel, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is caramel malt.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2021
at 23:54
6/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Oct 2021
at 22:04
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
12 oz. bottle from Publix. Pours a crystal clear gold color with a white head and good retention. Almost no lacing. Standard lager aroma. Great malty lager flavor with a hint of bread and toasted caramel. Not too sweet and no bitterness. Super smooth and clean. Medium body and carbonation. Delicious German Oktoberfest lager. I could drink this all day. Prost!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2021
at 21:06
5/10
Aroma of lager yeast, some bready notes, some nutmeg. Taste has very light lager notes, lightly nutty. Palate has lingering spices, more light malt, some hops. Good.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2021
at 23:11
6/10
Light yeast and citrus. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2021
at 12:45
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Barley malt and hay aroma. Golden yellow with giant off-white head. Mildly sweet creamy barley malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body - low carbonation. Smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Sep 2021
at 18:58
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Bryan, thanks bro! Clear pale. Does look like a fest beer. Slight perfume sweetness on the olfactory. Smell is that of a vienna. Taste is fairly decent, october-like. Has a good kick to it, near 6%. Smoother on the palate. Goes down easy. In the middle it does have some vienna lager attributes on the ol' buds. Starts to feel a little more malty. Silky towards the finish. Could use a little more co2. In the end it does have an aged lager feel about it. Finishes with a little sweetness which approaches cloying, but never quite gets there. Not bad overall, above average when it comes to oktoberfest brews. Big thanks briney!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2021
at 19:15