Creekfestbier Lager
Neshaminy Creek Brewing Company

Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a copper color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of malts, light caramel. Taste follows the aroma, easy drinking. Feels medium bodied in the mouth and overall is a pretty good beer.

 

 

A - Deep caramel colored pour with a really dense ring of creamy lacing floating on top. Carbonation is very light but steady.

S - Toasted caramel and breadcrust dominate the nose.

T - Taste follows the nose with a nice toasted caramel malt base and breadcrust with an ever so slight doughiness to it. Starts sweet and ends more on the sweeter side with a very delicate earthy bitterness that's buried underneath.

M - Big medium body with light, prickly carbonation.

O - Nicely done and enjoying.

 

 

16 oz Can
Glassware: 0.5 L Festmug
Temp at Pour: 54.3 F
ABV: 5.2%
IBU: 23


Look:
A clear, dark reddish-hued copper. The foamy and fizzy off-white heat starts at 1 finger thick and quickly dissolves to a ring with some faint and fading islands. Little lacing is left on the glass.

Smell:
Sweet but soft caramel that does not overwhelm. Some notes of bread dough and toasted grains. Vague scent of hay in the background with a hint of spice.

Taste:
Sweet and lightly toasted caramel greets the taste buds. Soon grass and spices arrive along with mild doughy notes. There is an earthiness that shows up after that. The sip does dry as it progresses and it finishes spicy with a lingering bitterness. With some caramel in the background.

Feel:
Crisp and a tad astringent. The body is a step to the the lighter side of medium.

Overall:
A prototypical but decent American take on a Märzen. Caramel up front and bitter at the end. Fortunately neither is overly excessive. As is normal in most American Oktos, the bitterness is noticeably more than that found in the German ones.

Neshaminy Creek Brewing Co. "Creekfestbier Lager"
16 fl. oz. can without production codes or freshness dating
$10.99/4-pk @ Whole Foods Market, Phila., PA

Notes via stream of consciousness: A clear copper colored body is topped by a standard-sized head of white foam. The aroma is malty, grainy, nutty, and toasty. It's very clean but there is some lager yeast sulphur hiding in the background ~ that's good because if it wasn't there you'd think that something was missing. Very nice. On to the taste... wow, there's a great sweetish, bready, caramelish, toasty, and grainy maltiness to it. Pushing against that is a stiff bitterness and it's kind of like a push and pull that never really gets anywhere but does sway to one side or the other every now and then ~ perfectly balanced in my opinion. There are also some herbal and floral hop character there, appearing mainly in the dry and semi-bitter finish. It's medium bodied and crisp in the mouth. Looking back I wish that the head retention and lacing had been better but I'm also now wondering if my glass is still "beer clean". All in all this is a really nicely done Märzen in the old school style.
Review #8,235

Light brownish amber; cloudy but see through; off white head with OK retention with no lacing.

Big aromas of pretzel with some sourdough like twang, slightly toasted notes some generic earthy hops. There is also a minor smell to me that is verging on fruity from the yeast.

Tastes mirrors the nose but the hops to me are more present and also show some moderate spice.

The mouthfeel on this beer is a little chewy and big for me; it drinks smooth at first but there is a lingering feel and hop presence. Low but noticeable bitterness.

A pretty good marzen but far from clean and easy drinking. Enjoyed the revisit but was also reminded why I hadn’t sought out in a while.

a: clear mahogany amber color. 1 finger off-white head that looks pretty thin. really nice looking Märzen

s: sweet caramel, fruit bread, brown sugar. crusty bread and crackers. a touch of earthy hops. finish is clean caramel

t: clean, crisp caramel and a nice lager spice/crispness note. sweet bread, crackers, and a touch of earthy/tea hop bitterness. big bready backbone and a touch of light toffee. clean finish

m: light-medium mouthfeel with moderate carbonation

o: this is a pretty tasty Märzen. not complex, but i'm not expecting them to be. a clean and crisp malt sweetness and some bready backbone. above average, but not quite into anything beyond that

tasty, solid marzen, enough flavor without overbearing, perfect on a late summer of fall night.

Really nice Marzen! Beautiful deep amber color. Rich malty nose. Tastes of caramel balanced nicely with a slight hop bite. Very impressive beer for the price!

A: mild caramel toasty notes
L: color is burnt amber/copper, suspended sediment, medium clarity, weak-medium bubbly head with small amount of lace
T: caramel, buttered toast malt flavor, bitter
O: Not a bad fall beer, very malty with little hop flavors, not crushable or crisp by any means

16 oz can

clear, copper colored, white head. aroma is toasted bread and mild caramel. similar flavor in the taste. medium bodied, smooth feel. hits the style, but not overly special

The look is good. After a pint can was emptied into a clear glass Imperial pint mug, a bright copper colored liquid was discovered. There's a modest white head and glass lacing. It's more translucent than opaque, but that is the way of lagers. It smells like a lager, with breadlike maltiness and mild hopping. The taste is malty sweet, but not over done. There's just enough hop inclusion to add to the overall taste. It's a mild malt start and a mild hop finish, in excellent balance. The body is good for a lager. A true representation of the style, well described by the notes here. This is noticeabley above average.

 

A: Foamy light beige head is one and a half inches with a bubbly surface. A faint orange pour is almost fluorescent in nature, glowing with backlighting, with a micro-bubbly carbonation appeal. In the vessel the color changes to a more ice tea tone.

S: Slightly sour caramel bread and fresh dried corn with some wet barley are first on the nose. A low awareness factor, simple complexity, a more macro-esque like scent. More malt, less hops.

T: The flavor has a slight sour twang of caramel and corn. Green noble hop flowers are fresh, with some bready notes and caramel crust. Leaves a slightly off and bitter tasted, moldy hop fade. With warming, some signs of chocolate and buttery toffee with some cinnamon. Some moments of sweetness, some moments of corn, with some old hop presence pretty much sums things up.

M: Tight and bubbly feel, fairly good fullness per style with a light and chewy cornbread feel.

O: Overall I can respect the traditional Octoberfest style, Paulanar, Hacker Pschorr, as well as the american bastartadize versions with more malt and fuller body. This seems to be in the middle somewhere, lacking the viennna sweetness or the clean crisp nature of say a traditional fest bier. Some macro corn. The drinkability didn't exactly sell it for me, not something i would enjoy multiples of. A 3.5 is a solid recommend from me, this comes in a bit subpar.

 

 

Pours a dark copper with no foam to speak of. Smell is malty grassy and a little sweet. Taste is a little on the bitter side with some bread, herbal and caramel notes. Finishes smooth. Decent but unremarkable oktober.