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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Kyotolefty (15912) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 14 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Glowing amber with a fine, low, bubbly head. Nutty, malty nose, caramal, earthy, with cereals. Malty, grainy flavor, with a bit of cherry, an earthy bitterness, and a rather pronounced bitterness in the finish. Much more than usual for the style. A bit light in body. Clean and drinkable, though a bit unexciting.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Pours an amber with a medium frothy off white head that lasts awhile leaving good sticky lacing along the glass. The aroma is a bready malt and cereal. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet malt and toast with a spice in the finish. Easy to drink, a decent marzen from Harpoon.
Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
12oz bottle pours crystal clear copper with thin loose off white head. The aroma seems to be dates, caramel malts and lagery yeastiness. The taste is similar with dates, caramel malts, a modest level of cherries and sweet lageriness with a decent level of winter spices swirling around the periphery.
Jow (8309) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
On tap at Stags Head Harpoon tasting. pours brown with some spice, toffee, and toast. its lighter in body then you would think. easy drinking octoberfest to start the tasting
fonefan (84534) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 355ml.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dusty, keller notes, brown sugar notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [260908]
theisti (5540) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12 oz bottle courtesy of mcox90. Best by 01/15/09. Pour is clear ruby golden with a 2 inch dirty white head. Head falls slow with nice lacing. Aroma grassy sweet caramel, and a pleasant mustiness. Taste is the nose, nice of grassy hay, with calm caramel sweetness and a slightly earthy finish. Palate is medium-thin, drinkable with a dry-ish finish. Nice one, thanks for sending it my way Michael!
Sebletitje (15877) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Pours copper, beige head. Aroma is lightly nutty and malty. Taste, nuts and light malts with caramel notes with spices. Aftertaste was lightly hoppy and malty. This was one smooth and drinkable beer.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear depp dark golden amber with a dense, off-white head leaving laces. Clean and malty aroma with a whiff of caramel. Medium body, sweetish clean malts and a little caramel. Subdued bitterness. Nice alright. 180908
CosmicCharlie (9644) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours amber into a shaker. Off-white head recedes to skim surface. Caramel malt aromas. Crisp with sweet dark malts from front to back.
KimLundJohansen (10465) reviewed Octoberfest from Harpoon Brewery 17 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
Clear deep amber with medium beige head. Sweet malty aroma with caramel notes. Sweet flavour with caramel malty notes. Ends sweet.