6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Ever so slightly hazy deep amber and beautifully copper coloured body with a thinnish, one to two centimetre tall off-white head. Aroma of bright lager yeasts with a lot of breadiness and some grainy qualities, but a very crisp scent with the malts, yeast and light spices coming through. Light-bodied; Deep robust yeastie and bready, doughy qualities show at first with a fairly large pungency for the style with a light sweetness from the caramelised sugars and soft pitted fruits. Aftertaste shows the pear, apple and fruity qualities which give off a grassy and bitterness alongside the deeper yeast notes from the lager yeast and crisp finishes. Overall, a pretty nice and very doughy, yeastie, grainy and grassy marzen that shows a little bit of spice and a dash of the biscuity malts with the slightest hint of caramelised sugars, but a crisp, robust and grainy beer throughout. Great to sample very fresh on Halloween from one of my favourite breweries in the country! I sampled this twelve ounce can, after my kids had gone out trick-or-treating in the neighborhood here, almost as far away as possible from the brewery in Alaska, with this one purchased at La Bodega in Anchorage, Alaska on 05-October-2021 for US$2,15 earlier this month, sampled at my house here in Washington on 31-October-2021 on Halloween!