Ultimate Oktoberfest
Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Rotating|
Score
7.40
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Roll out the barrel…the bourbon barrel, that is! We’re taking the classic German-style Marzen and kicking it up a notch by adding the smooth, rich flavors that only nine months in a bourbon barrel can provide! Get out your Lederhosen and prepare for an intense wave of Bavaria Hysteria – Ultimate Oktoberfest is here!
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Bottled from TWM. Amberish pour white head. Dough, malt, caramel, vanilla, oak bourbon. Pretty good
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Pours a clear copper amber color. Smells of bourbon, toffee, and malt. It has a sweet bourbon rich flavor with caramel malt and some vanilla. It reminds me of Kentucky bourbon ale though I think this may be better.
dwest (2949) reviewed Ultimate Oktoberfest from Founders Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
12oz bottle from beer club selection. Marzen on steroids. Lovely notes - awesome on a cold October day
Dogbrick (24210) ticked Ultimate Oktoberfest from Founders Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
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Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Ultimate Oktoberfest from Founders Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Side by side with the normal version. Pours out amber copper color topped with a sand head. Nice bourbon barrel presents some nice bread malts and a little grain. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts great barrel presents. This was very fun to try.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
A 12 oz bottle found at the local beer shop, I always thought a marzen could benefit from barrel aging and a higher ABV. In my Buffalo Bayou snifter, I see a clear amber completed by a skim of tan-silver foam. The scent is mostly your basic Oktoberfest nose with earth, some caramel and a slice of bread. The drink is a a significant improvement beyond the smell. Strong caramel, baked wheat bread, a touch of booziness and candy. The beer registers a bit thinner than anticipated, could have been a home run otherwise. Nice beer, maybe the beer that stands out from any other in the style. But it could have been something extraordinary along the lines of Founders DKML which was life changing.
ericsc (2969) ticked Ultimate Oktoberfest from Founders Brewing Co. 1 year ago
Needs some aging
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Perhaps the ultimate malt bomb, caramel and molasses and more caramel, with a slight smokiness on the back end and whiskey and baking spices on the finish. Over the top, but I can’t think of a better beer to wrap up Oktoberfest season.
Jow (8309) reviewed Ultimate Oktoberfest from Founders Brewing Co. 3 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Been wanting to try this brew. Ruby chestnut colored. Nose is all vanilla bourbon. Tatses of bourbon, vanilla, caramel, leafs, wood. Silky palate.