Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Clear gold sporting a proper white head. Aroma of grains and spicy and herbal hops. Taste of grains, bread, malts and spicy hops. Moderate bitterness. Strong carbonation. Very süffig and hearty and pretty much what I basically want from a Festbier.

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

At Giulone Therme close to Verona, classical kellerbier but it is really watery and lack of hop and malt, a bit fruity at the final, 16.08.17

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8

Two pints in The Boot on 26th September 2025 during their Oktoberfest. bright golden body, clean and clear, on top a snow white crown. Slight malty front with the hops kicking in a little later, nice, easy going Oktoberfest bier.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Had this Thursday 25th September 2025 after picking up a mixed crate of Oktoberfest beers (five of the six) from Degenhart Getrankemarkt Spieglau earlier in the day. Had this at home, sat in the dining room listening to Round Table on 6Music with Huw Stephens, we had Indian Style Fish Fngers and Chips for tea. Pours deep gold, clear as a bell, nice carbonation, malty aroma with honey, similar in the mouth, the slightly stronger abv doesn't really show, it's smooth, easy to drink and the bitterness is low, it's a decent beer and one which I am surprised that I've not rated before.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Golden with a white head that fizzles off quicker than hoped. Big notes of toasted malts, wort, morning toast, a hint of grass. Medium bodied. A nice Oktoberfest that leans into the toasted malt realm.

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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Oktoberfestbier by one of Munich's classic brands and in fact one of the selected beers actually served from tap at the annual Oktoberfest there - so this is official. Swingtop bottled edition, thanks tderoeck for sharing. Medium thick, snow white, thinning and opening head on a clear golden robe with pale orangey tinge. Aroma of wet rusk, soggy peanuts, spiced crackers, dry straw, field flowers, hints of bread crust and dried dill. Clean, almost neutral onset, medium carbonated and smooth, quickly moving to a light peanutty, bread-crusty and ever so slightly biscuity maltiness, rounded and smooth, gently bittered by a herbal hop touch providing a refined, lingering bitterness while the sweetishness of the malts keeps prevailing. Textbook example of the style - I can see myself chugging down a few liters of this, though not necessarily in the bustle and noise of the actual Oktoberfest, perhaps...

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Classic Münchener Helles under a classic German brand owned (and brewed) by Paulaner since 1998, but keeping the memory of the former Hacker-Pschorr brewery in München alive at least by name and logo. Thanks tderoeck for sharing. Snow white, medium thick, moussey, largely stable head, clear yellow-golden blonde robe with lively visible sparkling. Aroma of spoiled chervil soup and actual withered chervil, banana peel, green cabbage beginning to rot, old white bread, wet straw, wet paper even (though apparently still well below its "best before" date, oddly). Clean, sweetish onset, rounded cereally white-bready maltiness, medium carbonated with slick mouthfeel; mild grassy and floral hop bitterish notes in the finish - soft as it ought to be in this genre - but also these unexpected and marring spoiled chervil soup and wet paper oxidation aromas ruining the delicate features of the beer. Maybe the swingtop did not protect the fine frame of the necessarily frail Helles enough, but clearly something did go a bit awry here, resulting in a few less appealing aromas. I will give this one another chance if I ever come across it again, though.