Festbier
Wicked Weed Brewing
- From:
- Wicked Weed Brewing
- North Carolina, United States
- Style:
- Festbier / Wiesnbier
Ranked #104 - ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 85
Ranked #29,147 - Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 6.78%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Nov 01, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
85
Very Good
85
Very Good
This traditional lager is authentically brewed with imported malts that offer a pillowy grain character balanced with bright and floral Mittelfrüh hops. Thank you for choosing to celebrate Oktoberfest with Wicked Weed Brewing. Prost
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Reviewed by jkrich from Florida
3.84/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.84/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
I poured this American attempt at a festbier, revealing a hazy golden hue with a sustained, foamy head. I prefer my festbiers filtered.
The aroma was very fresh and prominent with hints of lemony citrus; while very attractive, it is not what one expects for the style.
This is most likely the most quaffable festbier I have encountered. It tastes more like a well-rounded helles with strong lemon flavors and a hint of vanilla. Style-wise, this one is a miss, but the flavor profile is excellent. For a brewery largely known for hoppy IPAs, this is a nice change.
Nov 01, 2025The aroma was very fresh and prominent with hints of lemony citrus; while very attractive, it is not what one expects for the style.
This is most likely the most quaffable festbier I have encountered. It tastes more like a well-rounded helles with strong lemon flavors and a hint of vanilla. Style-wise, this one is a miss, but the flavor profile is excellent. For a brewery largely known for hoppy IPAs, this is a nice change.
Reviewed by MetalHead7734 from South Carolina
3.95/5 rDev +7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.95/5 rDev +7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a can into a tulip glass.
Look: Medium yellow-orange with a medium white head. Good lacing.
Smell: Malty. Cracker. Maybe a little citrus. A bit of sweetness.
Taste: Malty with a touch of bitterness, but finishes sweet. Citrus, not unlike orange juice. Very mellow and easy to drink, but perhaps could have used a touch more hops.
Feel: Medium mouthfeel and ok carbonation.
Overall: Crushable.
Oct 21, 2025Look: Medium yellow-orange with a medium white head. Good lacing.
Smell: Malty. Cracker. Maybe a little citrus. A bit of sweetness.
Taste: Malty with a touch of bitterness, but finishes sweet. Citrus, not unlike orange juice. Very mellow and easy to drink, but perhaps could have used a touch more hops.
Feel: Medium mouthfeel and ok carbonation.
Overall: Crushable.
Rated by Nash39 from Florida
3.36/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
3.36/5 rDev -8.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.25
The pour is saffron colored with a light amount of carbonation. The taste is toasted grains, caramel, & honey biscuits. Cheers! B-
Sep 28, 2025
Reviewed by Troy2026 from South Carolina
3.53/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
12oz can 29 Aug 25. This festbier delights with a full foam head that sticks around longer than a verse of Ein Prosit. Sweetness and caramel hit before hops playing backup to this well-made märzen. Pleasant closing that makes me yearn for an encore. Look forward to the next number, round, or refrain. Bravo!
Aug 29, 2025
Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia
3.87/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
3.87/5 rDev +4.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Appearance: Pours a deep gold body, fairly clear with a medium-sized, white head.
Smell: Mildly bready maltiness, a little hint of dough, a little hint of earthy spice.
Taste: Bready, very faintly toasty, very lightly doughy with a medium degree of initial malty sweetness. Some herbal, spicy accents to the hops. Light, low bitterness to balance. Fairly clean finish with just a little final blip of spice.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation with a pop-like zip about it.
Overall: Less characterful than some though still decent and easily drinkable.
Aug 28, 2025Smell: Mildly bready maltiness, a little hint of dough, a little hint of earthy spice.
Taste: Bready, very faintly toasty, very lightly doughy with a medium degree of initial malty sweetness. Some herbal, spicy accents to the hops. Light, low bitterness to balance. Fairly clean finish with just a little final blip of spice.
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation with a pop-like zip about it.
Overall: Less characterful than some though still decent and easily drinkable.
Reviewed by jkblr from Indiana
3.72/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.72/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Draft pour at the Funkatorium served cold in a mug 5.6% ABV. The beer is bright medium amber with nearly white head. The head recedes to a thin cap and leaves a little lacing. Aroma is mild with clean pils malt. Taste is more of the same, clean pils malt, a hint of toasted malt and nuttiness with herbal hop flavor and mild bitterness. Clean and average carbonation. Overall, tasty and sippable fest beer.
Sep 20, 2024
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