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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6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Deep amber coloured body with a dense tan head. Aroma of strong malt, a bit of hops, a lot of peanuts and some light caramel scents. Medium-bodied; Strong malty flavour with potent nuts and some caramalised sugars, tucked into a bit of hops and some mellow yeast flavours. Aftertaste is very mild and pleasing - not harsh nor alcoholic at all. Overall, a decent marzen - really not bad, and probably better than most american attempts at the beer. I sampled this twelve ounce bottle purchased from Norm’s in Vienna, Virginia on 13-December-2007.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2007
at 01:30
3.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 3
Texture 4
Overall 3
This might not be terrible on its own, but side by side with real German marzens, it is terrible and nearly undrinkable. Metal and grass in the aroma, and more of the same in the flavor. Orange with a tall white head, making the appearance its best quality.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2007
at 14:21
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Overall this, like many of the Oktoberfest beers I’ve had so far this season are just okay. Nothing bad about this beer, aroma of grass with malts. Flavor is about the same, with a touch of hops in there.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2007
at 23:35
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pour is a brown with a large white head. Aroma is very bready and spice like a nutmeg. Flavor is a bit off. Very watery with a bit of the spice coming through. Not a real good rep of the style.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2007
at 19:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark amber body with a small creamy white head. Sweet malty and roasted malt aroma. Sweet malty flavor, some roasted malt and nuttiness.
Tried
on 24 Sep 2006
at 21:15
4.8/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 3
Overall 9
Clear copper body with thin white head that diminishes to next-to-nothing. Malty nose of grain and canned corn with slightly metallic aroma. Flavor is slightly sweet, but mostly vegetable like with a slight bitterness in the aftertaste. Medium body with lively carbonation. Disappointing.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2006
at 20:56
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle, dated August 31. Darker than the style would indicate, which is different. It’s still a pretty young beer, which may account for its grainy taste. Also a little winey.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2004
at 12:15
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark copper color with a medium thin beige head. Minimal lacing. There is a fair amount of sweet malt and caramel in the aroma. Medium bodied and it has a crisp side too. Sweet malt flavor dominates yet there is a faint sourness and bitterness every once in awhile. Kind of a Jekyll & Hyde thing. The finish is clean and sweet. Overall this is an average Marzen.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2004
at 09:44