5.8/10
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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!
Tried
on 17 May 2024
at 06:01