Sapwood Cellars Brewery Sky Meadow

Sky Meadow

 

Sapwood Cellars Brewery in Columbia, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸

  Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn
Score
6.55
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 3
Festbier Lager

Rather than a classic orange-hued Oktoberfest, Sky Meadow was inspired by the modern wiesn (meadow) beers served in the tents of Munich. Lighter in color, thanks to all German malts (Pilsner, Vienna, Munich, and Chit) and hoppier from a whirlpool addition of German Tettnang. We lagered it for six weeks near-freezing before canning to create the smoothest, crispiest festbier we could!

2020 Batch #1 - 6.4%
2021 Batch #2 - 6.0%
2022 Batch #3 - 6.0%
2023 Batch #4 - 6.0%
2024 Batch #5 - 6.0%
 

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7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Canned 7/22/25, drunk 1/16/26, as pictured.
Rich malt shows loads of honey-like character. Soft, floral and mildly herbal hops behind it are clean and add good balance without going overboard. Exceptionally clean with minor mineral.
Very, very malty. Rich, long honey and sourdough with a bit of strong toast undercurrent. Lingering bitter herbs and strong pepper. Almost a syrupy caramel corn character that detracts from the clean honey and fresh, floral/herbal hops, but otherwise well-done. Not too sweet despite the intense maltiness (though pushing it).

Tried from Can from Half Time on 16 Jan 2026 at 20:29


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

16oz can pours a clear gold. Malty, sweet. Nose is just OK. A bit overdone maybe. 6 3 6 3 10

Tried from Can on 08 Nov 2022 at 19:33


6

Clear gold body large foamy white head that sticks. Bready toasty aroma. Bready toasty light grassy flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 7/3/7/3/13 3.3

Tried from Draft on 26 Sep 2021 at 13:54