Farmers Daughter
Grimm Brothers Brewery

 

12oz can with no visible freshness dating, opened 9-7-20.
1 inch sand-colored head of pillowy foam. Good retention as it settles in at a solid cap and holds.
Orange-amber with great clarity. Thin, wispy lacing.
Malty with a hefty dose of nutty caramel sweetness in the aroma. Light toast and the slightest hint of hop spice.
Earthy and sweet malt, caramel, light brown sugar. Simple and tasty.
Medium body, moderate carbonation. Malt driven beer with a finish that starts sweet-ish but finishes closer to the dry territory than expected.
Very tasty with good drinkability, could easily have 2 or 3.
Very Good.

L: Pours a dark orange red with a medium white head and a few specks of lacing on the glass, a very nice looking beer.

S: Toasted bread, sweet sticky caramel, sweet malt, a light noble hop presence, smells on the sweeter size of an Oktoberfest.

T: Fresh baked bread, sweet sticky caramel, hint of apple juice, sweet malt, a light hop presence, a bit sweet for a Oktoberfest but still nice.

F: Prickly carbonation, medium body.

O: Solid Oktoberfest that is just a bit too sweet for my tastes.

LOOK - deep orange/amber color - 1-2 finger head that receded rapidly - decent lacing - a bit hazy
SMELL - bread/german yeast/caramel/dark brown sugar - hints of all of these but not very aromatic
TASTE - slight tart tang of great German-ness - some earthy grains and caramel - nice bread and yeast flavor / some biscuit -but more on the toasted side - rich - some hops here and there with a slight orange/lemon hint
FEEL - medium bodied but a bit slick and oily - not bad but carbonation was lower than I expected
OVERALL - this is one of the better Oktoberfests that I have had this fall season - more flavorful than many other of the local ones and some complexity - Well done Grimm Brothers - I would purchase this again for sure... I may even drive up to Loveland and see if they still have it on tap!!

 

 

A twelve ounce can with no date purchased in Colorado this fall. Refrigerated since purchase and served in a 8oz. mug.

Look- Pours a copper/amber color producing a small finger of creamy white foam.

Smell- Caramel malt, roasted grain, mild perfume.

Taste- Toasted biscuit, slightly sweet sticky malt, caramel and subtle floral hops.

Feel- Crisp and clean with a slight hop bite and dry finish.

Overall- While it may not be the best Oktoberfest, it packs some palate pleasing taste in a very drinkable beer.

Slightly cloudy, amber body; fair head, lasting and sticky. Deep roasted grain aroma. Big cereal grain flavor with a fine hop bitterness. Heavy body; some residual malt sweetness yet finishes semi-dry.

A pretty straightforward representation of an oktoberfest beer.

 

12 oz. Can

Pours a nice orangy color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice one-finger creamy off-white head, which leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, spicy. The taste is malty, spicy. Medium body. Overall, a nice little brew.

 

 

Poured from a can into a Seattle Beer Week pint glass. Pours a slightly hazy coppery amber with a thin white head that dissipates to patches with slight lacing. Aroma of sweet grainy, lightly bready malt with a little brown bread, light fruit, appropriate for a Oktoberfest lager. Flavor is dark grainy biscuit and light caramel malt, a little nutty, light continental hops. Finishes with biscuit malt and light hop bitterness. Medium bodied with a light creaminess. A good domestic take on the Oktoberfest style, with authentic European tasting malt and hops. Perhaps a bit grainier than traditional, but good malt depth makes this work. A style that defies not just having an easily found German one, but if I was in the mood and only had a domestic one, this would fit the bill fine. Apparently reformulated and now at 5% ABV, but still robust.

 

 

12 ounce can.

Pours an almost clear dark gold, an inch of foam once it settles down. Good lacing.

It smells spicy, bready, light hoppiness, more of the spice.

Bready malt up front, spicy kick like rye, some sweet notes, some bitter.

Good mouthfeel and anything but a boring Oktoberfest. Nice.