Oktoberfest
The Civil Life Brewing Company

2025-11-28
12oz can served in a stemless rastal. Canned 07/30/2025. Got it in a trade with @not2quick.

Pours clear dark amber, smallish head of velvety texture, light carbonation wafting slowly upwards. Smell is grain tea, nuts, light toffee. Mild.

Taste is earthy, nutty, lots of grain with a nice toffee overtone. Some grassy or fruit seed bitterness, just a touch.

Mouthfeel is medium, smooth, almost silky. Pretty nice beer.

Dark brown with excellent clarity. There’s a fingernail of off white around the rim and covering three quarters of the top. The aroma is of a salty sourdough pretzel. I’m tasting caramel and lightly crackery malt. The mouth is very approachable and easygoing.

 

Reddish amber, slight haze, a finger of foam that recedes to an outer ring.

Mild doughy maltiness in the aroma, light nutmeg and baked apple esters.

Taste is smooth and malt forward, toasted bread crusts, nutty, mild apple.

Round and bittersweet, ample carb, smooth dry feel.

Overall this is a great Märzen.

 

12oz cans pours a typical amber orange with offwhite head that suprisingly sticks around for a long time. Smell is typical of the style, with toasty grain notes and some spicy hop odor in the background. Taste is malty and toasty with caramel notes, closed with an appreciable bitterness. I like the taste, but I think the hops could be reined in just a bit for a better balance. Mouthfeel is smooth, with a small amount of carbonation feel. Pretty good beer.

 

Amber with off white head. Caramel, toast, floral, earth, hay, spice. Seems a bit sweet, bit a sturdy enough bitterness rounds it. Medium light mouthfeel.

From an aluminum can, this is a burnt amber color with a modest off-white head. The aroma has a very toasted bread character. There is a bit of sweet malt underneath the bread. The taste is semi-dry with a huge malt presence. Wonderful. Full in body and just very enjoyable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On tap. Poured a clear, golden amber color with a small, white head of foam. It smelled of sweet caramel, toffee and floral notes. It had a roasted maltiness, toasted caramel and a subtle bitterness.