Festbier

Tasted from the tap the 12/09/2014. Golden colour with a medium white head. Aroma of malts, cereals, grain and herbal. Taste has some honey but with the predominance of grain. Easy to drink and almost no aftertaste. Average carbonation and light to medium body. Next one please!

330 ml bottle into dimpled mug, bottled on 4/16/2014. Pours fairly crystal clear bright gold color with a 1 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, bread, light honey, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance of pale malt, earthy hops, and yeast ester notes; with solid strength. Taste of lemon, pear, apple, cracker, bread, light honey, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness. Slight earthy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of lemon cracker, bread, light honey, herbal, grass, light pepper, and yeast earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice balance and robustness of pale malt, earthy hops, and yeast ester flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, crisp, and clean mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is well hidden with minimal warming present after the finish. Overall this is a very nice pale Oktoberfest style. All around good balance and robustness of pale malt, earthy hops, and yeast ester flavors; and very smooth and crisp to drink. A nicely enjoyable offering.

Bottle. A- Spices, wheat. A- Golden color, hazy liquid, white head. T- Spices, wheat, grassy, earthy. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, crisp finish. O- How an oktoberfest should taste. A good beer with a lot of flavor.

Thanks to Martin for this bottle! Pale golden in colour, The Beer starts quite malty-grainy, a bit bready. Slightly bitter for a Festbier. The aftertaste is medium to long, crisp and dry, more bitter than expected. --> 8/10/7/8

On keg at the Barley Mow, Bristol 29/10/2013. Clear gold with a slight white head and a few bubbles of carbonation. Cereal malts, a touch of grassy hop and some stone fruit sweetness, leading to a decent, bitter finish. A solid lager.

500ml bottle from Appellation Wines, Dalry. Pours clear gold with a small white head, soon goes. Herbal and lemon aromas, touch of cooked corn. Taste has a decent herbal hop bitterness, some bread malt sweetness. Slightly sticky texture. Not bad.

Tap at Pivni, York. Clear as a bell golden. Big, white head. Bready aroma. Some fruitiness and toasty maltiness. (Is that a real word?). A little spiciness too. Sweetness on the finish.