S: bread - light spice - biscuits A: clear copper body - fast-dying tan head T: yeastie - allspice - pretzels P: rustic - nutty - bitter throughout O: true-to-style - very malt-forward - relatively simplistic 12 ounce can - Kroger Marketplace (grocery): Southgate, Michigan - purchased: 12-November-2023 - US$10,99/mixed six pack - sampled: 23-October-2024

Can from Livonia Liquor. Pours a dark caramel color with a full two fingers of off white head that lingers. Sweet malt, toasted molasses and light herbal hops on the nose. A bit sweet for me, but enjoyable enough.

16 ounce can into dimpled mug, canned on 8/1/2018. Pours slightly hazy dark orange/copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, crust, dough, toasted biscuit, light nutty, and herbal/grassy earthiness. A bit of fruity/yeasty aromas, but not overwhelming. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and mild earthy hop notes; with solid strength. Taste of big caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, crust, dough, toasted biscuit, light nutty, and herbal/grassy earthiness. Mild herbal/grassy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, crust, dough, toasted biscuit, light nutty, and herbal/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Very nice complexity and robustness of dark/bready malt and mild earthy hop flavors; with a solid malt/bitterness balance, and no cloying flavors after the finish. Nicely clean on lager flavors, with minimal fruity/yeasty notes present. Slightly increasing dryness from lingering bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, creamy/bready/grainy, and slightly sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Zero warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is a very good Oktoberfest. All around nice complexity and robustness of dark/bready malt and mild earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink with the minimally bitter/drying finish. A bit darker on the malts than expected, but delicious. Very clean and rich dark/Munich malt complexity, with mild noble hop balance against sweetness. A very enjoyable offering, and well made style example as expected.

Clear medium to dark orange amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty, sour malt notes. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet with a long duration, sweet malt, nutty, dusty, earthy, sugary, bread. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20131111]

Dark golden with a creamy offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, wood, nuts. Flavor is malty, caramel, wet wood, little bitter, nuts. Medium body, average carbonation, light dry bitter finish. 111113

Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and nutty. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 111113

Clear dark amber/brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, caramel, toasted, nut and bread. Flavour is malt, caramel, toasted, medium sweet, bread, nut, little earthy and a little bitter.

Sample. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, sweet malt, nuts, grass and hops. NIce and easy drinkable,