Oktoberfest
Left Hand Brewing Company in Longmont, Colorado, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn|
Score
6.40
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This beer is available each autumn in celebration of the great Bavarian festival season. Brewed in late spring and cellared throughout the summer, our Oktoberfest is produced through traditional methods as it has been for centuries in Germany, This copper-hued lager owes its rich malt flavor to a generous combination of select Vienna and Munich malts. Cool, open-fermentation develops a subtle elegance and drinkability suited to any festive occasion.
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4.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Chocolate malt hints in the aroma. Nice swirling cloudy brownish pour from the gunk on the bottom of the bottle. Perhaps I detect some orange color in there too. Quite malty strong on the tongue. From the taste, I would say this is a fairly strong alky brew. Weird shrub bark flavors down in the palate somewhere. None of the aroma seems to carry through to the flavors. Finish is mildly annoying and obrusive. Not many mild mannered O’fest attributes here. I like my o’fests to be a little more well behaved!
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2008
at 05:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Golden-brown and bright. Toasty, lightly caramelly with hints of chocolate. Smooth caramelly and slightly earthy palate. Decent, if a little sweet.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2008
at 19:43
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottled@SBWF2008. Deep amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is caramel malts, bready notes as well as mild hoppyness. Flavour is quite much the same with some grassy notes in the finish. Rather boring brew...
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2008
at 13:04
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled. Clear nut brown, creamy off-white head. Caramelly nose. Piney hops covers the chewy caramelly malt. It’s sweet with a syrupy breadiness. More full bodied than oktoberfestbiers and much more hoppy. Grainy, caramelly finish with salty bitterness. With it’s firm body and heavy impact it is a perfect dunkler bock.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2008
at 09:11
4.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
12 oz. bottle from Wine Warehouse bottled 08.27.08. Red color with a thin head that disappears almost immediately. Boring and faint grainy aroma with some subtle caramel notes. Very grainy taste with a nutty and leafy vibe going on. Some caramel and fruit notes as well. Medium bodied. Overall and very underwhelming oktoberfest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2008
at 23:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 35,5 cl) Clear warm deep amber golden with a yellowish head. Fat and sweetish caramel with some floral acents. Medium body with a very soft mouthfeel, accents of burned caramel and roasted malt. Almost no bitterness. Pleasant. 180908
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Sep 2008
at 09:40
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival 2008. A deep red beer with a thin orangey head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of caramel sauce. The flavor is sweet matly with strong notes of caramel as well as notes of straw and grass, and hints of alcohol, leading to a dry strawy finish. A clone between and American and a German beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2008
at 12:22
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
355 ml bottle from Systembolaget, thanks to delft! BB 150709. On September 19, 2008. Clear copper color, tan head. Sweet caramelly scent, a bit sugary. Sweet, malty, fruity, sugary taste. Smooth mouthfeel, lot to medium bitterness. A bit perfumy
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2008
at 03:26
5.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Clear reddish amber with medium beige head.sweet aroma with toasted malt and breadish notes. Sweet flavour with toasted malt, caramel and malty notes.
Tried
on 19 Sep 2008
at 03:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12 oz bottle purchased at Lukas in Overland Park, Kansas. Bottled on 07 16 2008. Pour is crystal clear ruby golden with a foamy one inch off white head. Head falls to reveal nice lace. There are a few visible carbonation bubbles that cling to the side of the glass. Aroma of toasted malt, very much like "toast" - with some caramelized sugar under that. Taste is the caramelly toasted bready malt with some almost cherry sweetness. Palate is slick and medium heavy. Sweetness in the flavor most certainly hangs around. There is just a hint of spicy grassiness as this warms which is nice. I enjoyed this beer, though more than one glass may be a bit much.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2008
at 14:40