Octoberfest
Harpoon Brewery in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn|
Score
6.24
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Harpoon Octoberfest is a malty tribute to fall, balanced by a gentle hop bitterness. In keeping with tradition, it is a Marzen-style beer, brewed with abundant quantities of Munich, Chocolate, and Pale malts. Those malts provide a solid, full body and create the beer’s deep color. It is a rich, flavorful beer.
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trapped (8300) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Drought. Amber color with small beige foamy head, bread aroma, slightly bitter metallic taste, medium carbonation, abrupt finish. A bit disappointing with its taste.
Edwgallo (6795) ticked Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 12 years ago
superspak (10160) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle into pint glass, best before 12/19/2012. Pours fairly crystal clear orange copper color with a small 1 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of caramel, pear, apple, toast, toffee, biscuit, nuttiness, molasses, and herbal hops. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity; fits the style very well. Taste of caramel, toast, brown sugar, toffee, pear, apple, biscuit, light nuttiness, floral, and herbal hops. Minimal bitterness on the finish as expected; with lingering notes of caramel, light fruits, toast, biscuit, toffee, light nuttiness, and herbal on the finish for a good bit. Pretty nice flavor balance and complexity, but it was not as robust feeling as I was hoping from the aromas; zero cloying flavors present after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a lightly creamy and crisp mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with pretty much zero warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very good Oktoberfest style. Nice flavor balance and complexity; and very smooth to drink as expected. Could have used a bit fuller flavor, but this was still a very good style representation. Definitely enjoyed this one.
AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
Amber dark hues No smell on the nose. Sort of a Munich German malts but its really hard to discern Taste is chewy and very up front. Sort of dry and meh. Oaky cedar finish
Drake (22934) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
12 ounce bottle from State Line. Pours a clear copper color with a large creamy tan head. Good head retention. Aroma of floral and fruity hops, caramel, earthy notes. The taste is toasted malts, caramel, faint chocolate and bitter hops. Medium bodied. Solid.
Travlr (30173) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7
Draft at the source. Clear amber color, thick off white head. Aroma of caramel and biscuit. Taste is tiasted wheat crackers and burnt caramel. Nice.
LeninCat (7983) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle in Ann Arbor. Clear, burnt orange appearance with a cream colored head. Rich caramel malty, grassy hoppy aroma. Fairly easy drinking, rich, caramel flavor.
yespr (55501) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
From tap at Sunset Grill. Pours dark amber with a small white head. Aroma is toasted caramelish and light breadish malty. Bitter, light grassy and light herbal malty. Bitter and grassy finish. Subdued sweetness.
tderoeck (22711) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Harpoon Octoberfest (by Harpoon Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
2/10/2011 on tap @ Harpoon Brewery (2011-498)
Clear red orange beer, yellowish aery head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet malts, caramel, wine gums. MF: good carbon, medium body. Taste: fruity, some caramel, apple syrup, flowers. Aftertaste: crisp, short dry ending.
Biruski (4902) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Deep amber with a light tan head that dies with some urgency. Sweet malts, light fruits, a touch of toast, some chocolate, and a bit of biscuit. Medium bodied. Flavor is of toasted biscuit malts, sweet, and a bit of earthy spice. Nice and easy Oktoberfest.