Marzen (Oktoberfest)
Backpocket Brewing
- From:
- Backpocket Brewing
- Iowa, United States
- Style:
- Märzen
- ABV:
- 4.9%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.37 | pDev: 11.28%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Nov 17, 2014
- Added:
- Aug 11, 2009
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Our Marzen is an amber colored beer with a complex malty flavor with a spicy dry finish. In Germany this beer is traditionally brewed in March and rolled out for the biggest beer festival of the year, Oktoberfest.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by iabeerbaron from Iowa
2.83/5 rDev -16%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
2.83/5 rDev -16%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Really excited to have a brewery finally so close to my home. Big fan of Octoberfest beers and was hoping for a bit more out of this one. Served in a Backpocket glass. Aroma of nice toasty malts is there. A bit nutty, with the malts showing through. A bit too thin and watery for my liking though. Was hoping for more.
Nov 20, 2012
Reviewed by blackie from Oregon
4/5 rDev +18.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +18.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
a: served in a unique branded lager glass, this marzen is the color of solidified pine sap and sports a well-retained off white head
s: lots of toasted, malty munich and vienna malts on the nose give a well-rounded marzen aroma that's maybe a bit on the maltier side than is typical, but otherwise fits perfectly within style guidelines, mild noble hop aroma
m: carbonation on the light side of medium, medium bodied
t: malty toasted German grains on the palate, full and carrying flavors of toasted sugars, dry leaves in the back with a benign hop flavor and crisp bitterness in the finish, though perhaps a little heavier than would be ideal
d: easy, a fine example of the style
tap at the brewpub after hiking Effigy Mounds with the dirtman
Aug 11, 2009s: lots of toasted, malty munich and vienna malts on the nose give a well-rounded marzen aroma that's maybe a bit on the maltier side than is typical, but otherwise fits perfectly within style guidelines, mild noble hop aroma
m: carbonation on the light side of medium, medium bodied
t: malty toasted German grains on the palate, full and carrying flavors of toasted sugars, dry leaves in the back with a benign hop flavor and crisp bitterness in the finish, though perhaps a little heavier than would be ideal
d: easy, a fine example of the style
tap at the brewpub after hiking Effigy Mounds with the dirtman
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