Okto Festival Ale (Oktoberfest)
Widmer Brothers Brewing in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.13
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Loosen your lederhosen. Our full-bodied OKTO Festival Ale is inspired by Bavarian Oktoberfest, and we pay fitting tribute with its distinctive malt flavors, mild floral character and crisp clean finish. Prost! To the land of the Prost!
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6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From cask. Pours hazy orange with a small tan head. Aroma is malty, breadish and roasted. Light butterish note. Toffee malty, butterish and bitter flavoured. Lurking sweetness underneath. Ends dry and bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Aug 2011
at 14:45
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask gravity at Gbbf 2011. Hazy copper. Lasting beige head. Toffee aroma. Bit of puke bit of toffee. Not exactly attractive beer. Yep displays all the elements of a marzen just not keen on the butter.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2011
at 05:14
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 7
12 oz bottle into English pint. Aroma is a conglomeration of wet dog, metal, grain, caramel, cinnamon. Pours a bright amber hue with a medium disappearing head that leaves a fine blanket of foam. Taste starts out malty sweet and ends bitter. Grainy flavor. Caramel corn in the aftertaste. High carbonation, long finish, medium to high body. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Aug 2010
at 19:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12 ounce bottle courtesy of Sparky27. Thanks! Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a thin head. Fair head retention and lacing. Aroma of caramel, toasted malts, toffee and dark fruits. Taste is toffee, caramel, toasted malts, raisins, leafy hops. Medium bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2010
at 20:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy copper color wtih a medium frothy white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is sweet fruit with raisin and light hops. Decent lacing on the glass. The taste is a sweet roasted malt with caramel and a spicy finish. A good amber ale from Widmer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Dec 2008
at 01:40
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours with a small, off-white head that goes leaving behind a cleear orange body. Aroma of toasted malt, caramel and a bit of champagne like spritz. Taste is hard to find (not much of it) but there is some caramel and diacetyl. Light bubbles.
Tried
on 04 Sep 2008
at 01:08
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Poured deep amber brown with thin white head. Thin but pleasant aroma of malt and flower. Moderate malty taste, a little sweetness. Crisp finish. The commercial puff does not lie. But there is one bone to pick. I always understood that festbier is a lager. This is and Widmer describes it, as an ale. How then is this an Oktoberfest bier? Is it meant to be as German beer was before the carlsbergensis yeast was used?
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Aug 2008
at 23:48
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the brewery tap. An amber beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet hoppy with light notes of citrus. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel as well of with hints of acidity, leading to a dry and slightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2008
at 03:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Caramel malt aroma. Sort of a mahogany amber color with a filmed white head. Medium bodied, with fine, mild carbonation. It starts caramel sweet with lots of fruit ester. There is a decent amount of bitter, and some bread. Something of floral hop. Finish is pretty dry, and the bitter accumulates. It is very good.
Tried
on 28 Oct 2007
at 21:48
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle: Pours a true amber color with a small beige head and light lacing. Nose of floral hops, caramel, and malts. Tastes earthy and malty, but looses the hop presence from the aroma. Sort of a sweet then sour finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Sep 2007
at 17:59