Festbier
Spearhead Brewing Company
- From:
- Spearhead Brewing Company
- Ontario, Canada
- Style:
- Festbier / Wiesnbier
- ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.89 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 02, 2025
- Added:
- Jan 02, 2025
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This beer is a revamped twist on our old Oktoberfest Lager.
Spearhead's tip of the hat to a traditional Oktoberfest beer. The style originated in Munich, Germany. It was first brewed for the Oktoberfest celebration, which began in 1810 to commemorate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I) to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The style has evolved over time, from the original darker märzen to the golden, more drinkable lager we know today. 20 IBU
Spearhead's tip of the hat to a traditional Oktoberfest beer. The style originated in Munich, Germany. It was first brewed for the Oktoberfest celebration, which began in 1810 to commemorate the marriage of Crown Prince Ludwig (later King Ludwig I) to Princess Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen. The style has evolved over time, from the original darker märzen to the golden, more drinkable lager we know today. 20 IBU
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by thehyperduck from Canada (ON)
3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
473 mL can, Day 10 of Nita Beer's 2024 Advent Calendar; no canning date and served slightly chilled. Spearhead has brewed a 5.8% märzen (their Oktoberfest Lager) in past years, but this festbier appears to be a new take on a similar theme.
Pours a clear orange-amber colour, generating nearly two fingers of puffy, foamy, off white-tinged head that lasts for a little over three minutes. Fantastic lace deposition, with a soapy collar and frothy cap lasting on - looks great to me. The aroma is mild yet wholesome; I'm getting fresh baked bread, honey, doughy malts and grains, with a light touch of caramelized sugars and grassy, leafy hops.
This is a solid, flavourful lager and I am hard-pressed to come up with any complaints. Clean, malt-forward flavours of biscuit, toasted bread, grains and light caramel sweetness do most of the legwork, with hints of floral, grassy hop bitterness bringing up the rear. Mildly malty-sweet, toasty aftertaste that lingers momentarily. Medium-light in body, with low-ish carbonation that brushes softly across the palate, contributing to a smooth mouthfeel that aids this lager's drinkability. I could definitely enjoy a few steinfuls of this while relaxing in a biergarten.
Final Grade: 3.89, a B+. Spearhead's Festbier is a winner. Something about the hop profile was giving me English pale ale vibes, but in terms of malt flavour and mouthfeel it absolutely drinks more like a mid-strength German lager. This might actually be the best Spearhead beer I've had in years - or at least, it's the one I'd be most interested in buying again. Lager lovers should totally take this out for a spin.
Jan 02, 2025Pours a clear orange-amber colour, generating nearly two fingers of puffy, foamy, off white-tinged head that lasts for a little over three minutes. Fantastic lace deposition, with a soapy collar and frothy cap lasting on - looks great to me. The aroma is mild yet wholesome; I'm getting fresh baked bread, honey, doughy malts and grains, with a light touch of caramelized sugars and grassy, leafy hops.
This is a solid, flavourful lager and I am hard-pressed to come up with any complaints. Clean, malt-forward flavours of biscuit, toasted bread, grains and light caramel sweetness do most of the legwork, with hints of floral, grassy hop bitterness bringing up the rear. Mildly malty-sweet, toasty aftertaste that lingers momentarily. Medium-light in body, with low-ish carbonation that brushes softly across the palate, contributing to a smooth mouthfeel that aids this lager's drinkability. I could definitely enjoy a few steinfuls of this while relaxing in a biergarten.
Final Grade: 3.89, a B+. Spearhead's Festbier is a winner. Something about the hop profile was giving me English pale ale vibes, but in terms of malt flavour and mouthfeel it absolutely drinks more like a mid-strength German lager. This might actually be the best Spearhead beer I've had in years - or at least, it's the one I'd be most interested in buying again. Lager lovers should totally take this out for a spin.
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