Octoberfest
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn|
Score
6.19
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In 1810, the Oktoberfest tradition was born when Munich celebrated the Crown Prince’s wedding with a special beer and 16 day party. Our version of this classic style blends rich malts for a hearty, smooth flavor with notes of caramel creating a brew that’s perfect for the season, or whatever you’re celebrating.
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6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Terre de Boissons Calais. Very bready on aroma. Tasty. Some toffee some hop on finish. Quite drinkable. Bit simple
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2013
at 09:56
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 Fl Oz bottle poured into a ’Back Forty Beer Co’ badged US pint tumbler @ home on 28 Dec 2012. Looked happy in an American glass: good deep amber hue to the body with a thin off-white covering on top. Sweet malty molasses all over the place in the aroma and the first sip confirms what your eyes and nose were telling you: this is malts first and foremost, with the hops just there to calm it all down a little. I’m sweet toothed so this was fine my me but it is far too sweet for a true Oktoberfest Marzen if you want to talk about styles. Most enjoyable: the second half of the tasting was helped along by some soft French cheese and the UK’s equivalent to saltine crackers. They went well together.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2012
at 08:38
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at Bull and Castle. Deep orange amber with a thin head. Aroma is orange citrus. Flavour is citrus and hop with a bittersweet finish.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2012
at 09:35
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
From a bottle poured at home. Pours a clear dark amber with a thin light head. Aroma of peaches. Feint flavors of toffee. Not too exciting
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Nov 2012
at 15:33
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Bottle. Amber, low cream head. Sugary dusty nose. Chewy, light fruity, dust and salt. unimpressive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2012
at 18:51
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle @ Aarhus tasting. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 231012
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2012
at 11:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, 5.5%. Slightly hazy amber/brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel and a little toffee. Flavour is malt, caramel, medium sweet, little toffee, hop, fruit and notes of sugar.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2012
at 11:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a clear amber color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of smooth caramel notes with light toffee notes. Taste is very smooth with nice caramel malt notes and light toffee with balanced level of sweetness. Body has a smooth texture which is really nice with good carbonation. Not the most complex beer but really easy drinking beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2012
at 13:12
3.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 3
Pours orange gold without much head. Smells like sweetened malt. Not much body, not much palate. High carbonation is kind of annoying. A little barrel-like astringency on finish. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2012
at 17:15
5.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
355 ml bottle bought @ Systembolaget. Pours rather clear amber with a small offwhite head that doesn’t leave much trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is sweet and malty with sweet dark bread, red apples, moist wood, grass, grape juice, lemon zest, prunes, cereal and hints of moist soil. Taste is slightly sweet, tiny bitter and tiny sour with dark bread, red apples, grass, lemon zest, prunes, cereal and hints of apple cider vinegar. Mouthfeel is slightly round, tiny fruity tart and light to medium bodied. Finish is tiny bitter and tiny tart with dark bread, red apples, grass, lemon zest and apple cider vinegar. Not a big fan of the slight tartness in this one. Possible infection but I would be surprised to see that in a Sam Adams bottle…
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Oct 2012
at 11:23