Samuel Adams Festbier

Festbier

 

Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn
Score
6.70
ABV: 5.8% IBU: 22 Ticks: 13
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
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
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
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
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

Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2021 at 22:04


8.9
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

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

Light yeast and citrus. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 26 Sep 2021 at 12:45


7.4
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
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