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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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Nothing exciting here but a nice beer thats good for session drinking and maybe for some lighter food. Burned malt, some hops and the usual rotten vegtables.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2009
at 15:37
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours red. Aroma of decomposing leaves and citrusy hops. Sweet malty taste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2009
at 14:17
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 5
Shaker pint draft at the Elephant Bar in OP, KS. Pour is copper brown clear thin of off white head. Aroma mild straw and caramel sweet. Taste of sharp nutty caramel sweet, diacetyl pretty strong - dirty earth and wet hay finish. Palate is medium to thin, a bit on the under carbonated side. A big blast of soggy cardboard in the finish. I can see what they were trying to do, just wasn’t real clean.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Oct 2009
at 07:10
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A dark amber beer with a thick light moka head. A rather mineral aroma, with light notes of herbs and butterscotch. In mouth, a rather nutty malt with too much butterscotch, a bit ouily, some signs of oxidation. Overall, boring. On tap at Sam Adams Brewhouse Newark Airport, Sept. 22 2009.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Oct 2009
at 05:36
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
bottle, pours light brown medium off white head. Bready malt aroma with some almond skin and yeast notes. Bready almost rye malt backbone ends with a bitter and sour finish that is more sour than bitter. Not that bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2009
at 13:07
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottole. Medium amber-brown color. Caramel nose. Decent caramel malts with pretty good balance. A bit too fruity, though, with some bubblegum flavor. Malt richness and softness really doesn’t come through. Tasty, though.
Tried
on 29 Aug 2009
at 18:50
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Like another rater said, I owe a lot to sam adams for my "stepping stone" beers and this was one of them. I used to love this beer when i didnt really know any better, and now, its ok, not great, way too malty for my palate now, but still nice on a fall night.
Tried
on 14 Jul 2009
at 10:00
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Overall Impression: Always liked this one, really solid example of the style, always highly available in season, it’s hard to believe how many of my "stepping stone beers" are from Sam. I guess I owe Jim Koch a big thank you, so, "thanks Jim"
Tried
on 14 May 2009
at 16:10
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, at LCRBM 2008, ’s Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Clear amber (bit pale) body, off-white creamy head. Bit awkward Aroma of caramel, fruit, grapes, wood. Somewhat barleywine-like-aroma. Lightly bitter, moderately sweet finish. Bit sticky and cloying flavour. Quite carbonated.
Clear amber (bit pale) body, off-white creamy head. Bit awkward Aroma of caramel, fruit, grapes, wood. Somewhat barleywine-like-aroma. Lightly bitter, moderately sweet finish. Bit sticky and cloying flavour. Quite carbonated.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Mar 2009
at 08:06
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Re-rate 12/30/10: Bottle. Clear amber color. Malt, caramel, biscuits and some hops notes. Finishes with some bitterness. Decent and quite easy-drinking. 6/3/5/3/13=3.1
Bottle. Hazy reddish-amber with a medium beige head. Nice toasty aroma with some caramel, light fruitiness and some cookies. Sweetish malty flavor with caramel, bread notes and some slightly herbal hop bitterness in the finish. Medium-bodied. Not bad. 7/4/6/3/13=3.3
Bottle. Hazy reddish-amber with a medium beige head. Nice toasty aroma with some caramel, light fruitiness and some cookies. Sweetish malty flavor with caramel, bread notes and some slightly herbal hop bitterness in the finish. Medium-bodied. Not bad. 7/4/6/3/13=3.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2009
at 14:17