Spaten Oktoberfestbier Ur-Märzen | Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
Brewed by:
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
Germany
franziskaner-weissbier.de
Style: Märzen / Oktoberfest
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.90%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
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Added by Quaffer on 09-04-2001
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Ratings: 2,623 | Reviews: 1,169
3.74/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Mostly malt aroma with a perfect amount of carbonation which helped produce a great feel. This was unoffensive in any way ,just a really comfortable beer to sit back and have a few
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Mostly malt aroma with a perfect amount of carbonation which helped produce a great feel. This was unoffensive in any way ,just a really comfortable beer to sit back and have a few
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2.7/5 rDev -25.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75
3.64/5 rDev +0.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.38/5 rDev -6.6%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.83/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On tap at an Oktoberfest party at the British Open pub. Dark amber with inch head. Dark bread tones and some sweet caramel. A fine beer with schnitzel.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
On tap at an Oktoberfest party at the British Open pub. Dark amber with inch head. Dark bread tones and some sweet caramel. A fine beer with schnitzel.
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3.43/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.67/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I had this on draught at Redd's Biergarten in Newark, NJ. Served in a Spaten stein. It pours a lovely amber with ruby hues and a thick, fluffy, milk-white head and attractive lacing that retains its integrity through the pour. The nose is rather subdued but includes roasted malts, brown bread, nuts, and a whiff of caramel. It is a typical Marzen with tastes of dark bread and nuts and a subtle but noticeable caramel sweetness. It's medium roasty. It's medium-bodied with pleasant carbonation and is really easy to drink with its temperate 5.9% ABV. I didn't feel guilty about ordering a second stein. Overall, this is a fine Marzen. Not the best I've had but tasty and pleasurable. Marzens are about the pleasure of the moment and this one came through very nicely.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I had this on draught at Redd's Biergarten in Newark, NJ. Served in a Spaten stein. It pours a lovely amber with ruby hues and a thick, fluffy, milk-white head and attractive lacing that retains its integrity through the pour. The nose is rather subdued but includes roasted malts, brown bread, nuts, and a whiff of caramel. It is a typical Marzen with tastes of dark bread and nuts and a subtle but noticeable caramel sweetness. It's medium roasty. It's medium-bodied with pleasant carbonation and is really easy to drink with its temperate 5.9% ABV. I didn't feel guilty about ordering a second stein. Overall, this is a fine Marzen. Not the best I've had but tasty and pleasurable. Marzens are about the pleasure of the moment and this one came through very nicely.
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3.15/5 rDev -13%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.84/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brilliant copper body. Clear with good pacing.
Toasted bread, French caramel, slight nuttiness. Grassy, medicinal hops with a hint of grape and pepper, with a touch of alcohol, in the finish.
Crisp for it's weight with good carbonation, just enough to keep it from being heavy, which adds to the beers drinkability.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brilliant copper body. Clear with good pacing.
Toasted bread, French caramel, slight nuttiness. Grassy, medicinal hops with a hint of grape and pepper, with a touch of alcohol, in the finish.
Crisp for it's weight with good carbonation, just enough to keep it from being heavy, which adds to the beers drinkability.
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3.54/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
See through golden beer with a nice white head from tap. Slightly grass and toasty on the nose of this brew. Little bit of wet basement in the flavor of this from some hops that I wasn't expecting in an Oktoberfest. Decently carbonated with a crisp finish. Wasn't my favorite.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
See through golden beer with a nice white head from tap. Slightly grass and toasty on the nose of this brew. Little bit of wet basement in the flavor of this from some hops that I wasn't expecting in an Oktoberfest. Decently carbonated with a crisp finish. Wasn't my favorite.
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3.65/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.54/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.5
3.37/5 rDev -6.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
L: It looks fine
S: This beers initially smelled skunky but opened up a bit and has malt smell with an interesting light herbal grass hop note.
T: This beer has a malt forward taste with a nice clean finish. The hop to malt balance is leaning toward hop compared to other german marzens. This is still malt forward just with a crisper finish.
F: Light mouth feel easy drinking
O: Slightly different the skunky notes were off putting but this beer grew on me. The balance of the hop and malt with a refreshing finish is nice but not for everyone. I like others better but if you want a clean finish with malt taste up front this isn't all bad.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
L: It looks fine
S: This beers initially smelled skunky but opened up a bit and has malt smell with an interesting light herbal grass hop note.
T: This beer has a malt forward taste with a nice clean finish. The hop to malt balance is leaning toward hop compared to other german marzens. This is still malt forward just with a crisper finish.
F: Light mouth feel easy drinking
O: Slightly different the skunky notes were off putting but this beer grew on me. The balance of the hop and malt with a refreshing finish is nice but not for everyone. I like others better but if you want a clean finish with malt taste up front this isn't all bad.
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3.61/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.75/5 rDev +3.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.7/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottle, looks like June date:
Pours a clear amber that leans a bit towards a brown ale. The head is off-white foamy and looks almost creamy as it falls to a ocean foam. This impression reveals itself again in the feel, as it's fairly smooth for it's light, malty sweetness.
Nose and taste both have toasted bread and apple butter-like notes. The malt outweighs the countering bitterness that seems to balance with earthy notes and then hit with a little spice on high. The beer isn't too sweet, even if it leans a little than direction with hints of fig.
A decent offering that does take some time to get here, apparently, and is in green. I didn't notice any off notes, but this is a simple malty-leaning dark amber brew that is nice to have every once in a while.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Bottle, looks like June date:
Pours a clear amber that leans a bit towards a brown ale. The head is off-white foamy and looks almost creamy as it falls to a ocean foam. This impression reveals itself again in the feel, as it's fairly smooth for it's light, malty sweetness.
Nose and taste both have toasted bread and apple butter-like notes. The malt outweighs the countering bitterness that seems to balance with earthy notes and then hit with a little spice on high. The beer isn't too sweet, even if it leans a little than direction with hints of fig.
A decent offering that does take some time to get here, apparently, and is in green. I didn't notice any off notes, but this is a simple malty-leaning dark amber brew that is nice to have every once in a while.
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3.11/5 rDev -14.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Has a crisp, zesty taste and mouthfeel. Kind of reminds me of a hefeweizen, only without any of the banana-esque flavors I tend to get from that style. Also reminds me of some pilsners I've had. Somewhat sweet. Quite easy drinking.
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look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Has a crisp, zesty taste and mouthfeel. Kind of reminds me of a hefeweizen, only without any of the banana-esque flavors I tend to get from that style. Also reminds me of some pilsners I've had. Somewhat sweet. Quite easy drinking.
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3.5/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.83/5 rDev +5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass
A: Pours a rusty, copper orange with a off white head, no retention, slight lacing, good amount of carbonation streaming up the middle.
A: Caramel, toffe, slight honey, spice, lightly toasted bread, nice balanced aromas.
T: Heavy notes of caramel, toffee, and toasted malts, spice, light notes of honey and wet hay, slight skunk as well, finish is dry with nutty and toasted malts.
M: Full bodied, it's the heaviest mouthfeel I've tasted on this style, dry finish with a good amount of carbonation.
O: This is the heaviest, full bodied Oktoberfest beer I've tasted, heavy, bold flavors, I could honestly only have a few of these at a sitting, it really is like liquid bread.
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look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 ounce bottle poured into a pint glass
A: Pours a rusty, copper orange with a off white head, no retention, slight lacing, good amount of carbonation streaming up the middle.
A: Caramel, toffe, slight honey, spice, lightly toasted bread, nice balanced aromas.
T: Heavy notes of caramel, toffee, and toasted malts, spice, light notes of honey and wet hay, slight skunk as well, finish is dry with nutty and toasted malts.
M: Full bodied, it's the heaviest mouthfeel I've tasted on this style, dry finish with a good amount of carbonation.
O: This is the heaviest, full bodied Oktoberfest beer I've tasted, heavy, bold flavors, I could honestly only have a few of these at a sitting, it really is like liquid bread.
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Spaten Oktoberfestbier Ur-Märzen from Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
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