Märzen
Fonta Flora Brewery in Nebo, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Lager - Märzen / Festbier Autumn|
Score
6.91
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A traditional & toasty autumnal lager beer.
Mashed with a biscuit-y blend of local barley malts from Epiphany Craft Malt House of Durham, North Carolina. Delicately hopped for a decidedly balanced profile. Fermented cool with our preferred house lager strain. Conditioned cold for an extensive period of time until crisp and crushable. Perhaps no better style to pair with the changing of the seasons, this toasty lager is our take on a tried and true classic.
Mashed with a biscuit-y blend of local barley malts from Epiphany Craft Malt House of Durham, North Carolina. Delicately hopped for a decidedly balanced profile. Fermented cool with our preferred house lager strain. Conditioned cold for an extensive period of time until crisp and crushable. Perhaps no better style to pair with the changing of the seasons, this toasty lager is our take on a tried and true classic.
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9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
17 oz. can from Total Wine in Greenville, SC. Thanks Kathy! Pours a mostly clear gold color with a white head and good retention. Very little lacing. Pale malt aroma. Very bready pale malt flavor with a smooth and clean finish. Very repeatable. Despite the name, this is a Festbier, not a Marzen. No caramel notes. Medium body. Medium carbonation. Low bitterness. Good beer.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Nov 2025
at 22:49
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Tavour. Pours clear brassy gold with a moderate white head. Aroma is toasty/bready? Med body. Just a bit malty sweet. Toasty/bready with some hop that seems like grass/spice. Nice drink.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 15 Sep 2025
at 00:04
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
16oz can from Tavour, dark golden pour, clear, small off-white head fades quickly. Aroma is malty, leather, caramel, sweet. Taste puts the caramel malts front and center, sweet, slightly sticky
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 29 Aug 2025
at 05:21
7/10
Canned from Department - amber pour, caramel malts, pretty decent/standard example of the style
Tried
from Can
on 20 May 2025
at 01:55
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Medium amber color. Slight sweet apricot and bready nose. Medium full body. Modest bitterness. Very clean. Excellent
Tried
on 16 Jul 2024
at 10:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Pounder from Appalachian. 08/09/23, my fault for letting it sit in the fridge for a couple months. Pint glass @home. Clear, light copper, syrupy lux, lingering froth. Banana & plain Cheerios, dried fruit nose. Phenolic, Honey Nut, extra toasty crust, weak black pepper, cream, menthol, veggy astringent finish. Smooth more so than crispy, pushy carb, leaning dry, a touch too heavy. Good to good+.
Tried
on 13 Nov 2023
at 22:46
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
The aroma are fresh beer toffee a bit of spice. Flavors are like nose, balanced Bittersweet with carbonation. Little bit of toffee barest hint of roast. Not bad not great.
Tried
on 05 Dec 2018
at 07:44
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 4
Draft at Salud. Clear pale yellow color white head with solid lacing. Light caramel aroma. Taste is very light caramel subtle bitterness light body.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2018
at 12:58
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pours at CBC - pours amber brown - nose and taste of biscuit malt, caramel and toffee biscuit - medium bodied
Tried
on 24 Sep 2017
at 19:06