Oktoberfest
Mash House Restaurant & Brewery, The

There is some mild spiciness to the aroma and flavor. Some caramel to the flavor, but a rather unexciting example of an octoberfest. It wasn't the worst of the Octoberfest beers at Brewgrass in Asheville, NC, but it was far from the best.

 

 

 

appearance: I'm given the beer in a pint glass with a low, white head that soon disappears. The beer itself is a deep amber in color.

smell: Leafy caramel and toffee upfront, moderately sweet. Nice, earthy fall aromas and a moderate noble hop character.

mouthfeel: The carbonation is low and the body medium. Besides being undercarbonated, the mouthfeel is nice.

taste: Moderately sweet leafy caramel flavors at first followed by toffee and toast after the swallow. Notes of chestnut are found. The hop flavor is average in strength for the style. A light bitterness lingers for awhile with some sweet earthy flavors.

drinkability: pretty easy

growler, courtesy of that Greensboro lad, the smoked porter gent, thanks to him..

Clear and amber in hue, nice, if thin, cap of beigish foam..okey-doke..
big, fat maltiness in the nose, huge sweetness, lush fruit, herbal, pumpkinny, fresh and pleasant as it gets.
Taste: nice and toasty, sweet, but beginning to dry on the palate, medium bodied, medium finish. Some spiciness, too, in the flavor, a hint of cinnamon. Not such a rich Oktoberfest as someone like me would prefer, but it's smooth and tasty. I can easily imagine downing these with gusto at the pub. Very flavorsome, if not terribly complex...pretty durned good.