Oktoberfest
Silver Branch Brewing Company in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Regular|
Score
6.38
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Oktoberfest from Silver Branch Brewing Company 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Deep crisp and pretty clear golden coloured body with a copper tint and a thinnish, relatively fast-dying off-white head. Aroma of grain, light malts, some caramelised sugars and a dash of mellow, low alpha acid German Hops. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grainy and malty flavours show at first with a bigger bite of nuts and caramel along with a kick of yeast and alcohol with some breadiness towards the end. Aftertaste shows some very light hop notes with a small hit of alpha acids and a touch of grain noticeable, but the caramel, toffee and nutty flavours are the strongest here, especially on the finish, with a pretty crisp bite throughout. Overall, a decent enough Marzen with a rich and pungent malt profile, but less on the hop side of things and not much complexity to go around here, but still nice to try, given the season. I sampled this sixteen ounce pour on draught at Kloby's [smokehouse] in Columbia/Laurel, Maryland on 25-October-2022 for US$7,00 while eating some nice barbecue food that I didn't even have to smoke!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5
12oz can from Wardman Wines, pours a murky, dark orange with some clumpy white head. Nose has malt, some yeast, some bread, some caramel. Flavor is just OK, some bread, some orange, a little carrot. Finishes watery.