As stated in earlier reviews, this bottle does not say ’Balto’ on it. A little off on the olfactory when popped. Color is toward brown yellow clearness. Fairly smooth flavor which has some hay in there. Short interesting near bitterness. Weird sweetness in its own way. Clean palate, finish is lager acceptable.

Pours amber into a shaker. Off-white head with medium retention. Caramel corn and honey. Full, almost sticky.

Bottle. Labeled as simply Clipper City MärzHon... (no Balto) but I couldnt find any more information on it so I’m posting here. Pour is a amber and the head has died to almost nothing while I tried tofigure out whether there was a difference between the two labels. Aromas are sweet bread dough, honey and a touch of pepper or clove spiciness. Flavor is kind of thin but the peppery edge is fairly pronounced up front, transitioning to sweet and doughy malts. This is fairly decent as a thin and refreshing Märzen.

Tinny asparagus smell. Orange color, thin head. Malty mango and rose hips, flavor. NIce hop finish. Unique and surprisingly good tasting.

The body on this Oktoberfest was too thin to propel it beyond just average amid all the dozens of Oktoberfest/Marzens on the market. Clear amber/golden pour with a short beige head. Strong nose of malty sweetness, particularly toffee and caramel and some fruitiness. The flavor is moderately to heavily sweet and lightly bitter. Moderate carbonation. Thin body and watery texture. Finish lingers with a sweetness.

on tap-pours a creamy white head with copper color. Aroma is medium sweet malt. Taste is medium sweet malt, slight hop. OK effervescence.

Bottle from Once Upon a Vine - South on 07/10/2010. Clear copper amber body with a small creamy off-white head. Sweet toasty malt and light honey aroma. Sweet toasty malt flavor with some light honey and faint hops. Medium body with moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/14 - 3.4 01/01/2006 - Thick off-white head on a light amber body. Sweet malty aroma. Light malty flavor. 6/3/5/3/11 - 2.8

Given as a free gift/sample to be consumed out of my favorite tulip glass. Pours pretty amber/peach with not much of a head... but that color is absolutely gorgeous. Smells of a hoppy amber lager with some sweetness buried deep inside. Taste... mmm, this is nice and smooth. A bit of a coppery flavor without being entirely metallic, with the main flavor being sweet (yet light) maltiness, followed by a slightly tangy hoppiness. Where the Marzen is not my favorite style of beer by any means, it’s certainly drinkable... especially this one, which is crisp and quite refreshing. Has a very nice finish, reminding me (although only slightly) of one of my favorites: Great Lakes Dortmunder Gold. You could do a LOT worse in the style... this one is worth checking out.