Festbier
Green Bench Brewing Co.
- From:
- Green Bench Brewing Co.
- Florida, United States
- Style:
- Festbier / Wiesnbier
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.79 | pDev: 9.5%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 20, 2024
- Added:
- Oct 07, 2021
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Unlike Marzen, Festbier began to replace the export counterpart in Germany in the early 1990s. With a more golden color, a medium-high bread dough, and less richly toasted intensity, Festbier is more akin to a heavy bodied Helles with more hop flavor. Brewed with imported German Pilsner, Vienna, and Munich malts, Festbier’s clean and moderately strong malty flavor was developed entirely from a traditional double decoction process and natural carbonation, resulting in an authentic German-inspired celebratory lager.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by ironprog from Florida
3.04/5 rDev -19.8%
look: 5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.04/5 rDev -19.8%
look: 5 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
12.0 oz. can
5.8% ABV
27 IBU
The only date that I could find on the package was a sticker that said '7/16/24'. I'm assuming that is the 'Packaged on" date. There are no other dates on the packaging or cans.
$12.99 6-pk @ Publix
AROMA: Moderate scents of malt, and bread, and then just at hint of grass and sweet caramel at the very end. At first the aromas were very muted, but after the head had completely dissipated, the aromas increased to a nice level.
APPEARANCE: Pours a clear straw-gold with a 5-fingers tall, off-white head whose froth has small, tightly-knit bubbles which dissipate slowly with excellent lacing. The head is probably the tallest I've ever seen. In fact, it's the only beer whose head overflowed my 23 oz. wheat beer glass that has a giant bowl at the top.
TASTE: Lightly bitter at the beginning, followed by light sourness, and ending with a touch more bitterness. Personally, I find the sour to interfere with my enjoyment of the beer. Fortunately, the sourness is not very strong, so I'm able to ignore it for the most part.
MOUTHFEEL: This is medium-bodied with above-average carbonation. The texture is crisp with a touch of coarseness. The finish is fairly dry. A little too dry for my tastes.
OVERALL: This beer is not your typical festival beer. Which I find to be a refreshing change of pace. Unfortunately, the sourness is something that I could do without. I'm also not a fan of very dry beers. For those reasons, I probably won't buy this again. On the other hand, I'm not upset that I bought a 6-pack as they are a nice change-of-pace from the typical festival beers that tend to be on the sweeter side.
Sep 20, 20245.8% ABV
27 IBU
The only date that I could find on the package was a sticker that said '7/16/24'. I'm assuming that is the 'Packaged on" date. There are no other dates on the packaging or cans.
$12.99 6-pk @ Publix
AROMA: Moderate scents of malt, and bread, and then just at hint of grass and sweet caramel at the very end. At first the aromas were very muted, but after the head had completely dissipated, the aromas increased to a nice level.
APPEARANCE: Pours a clear straw-gold with a 5-fingers tall, off-white head whose froth has small, tightly-knit bubbles which dissipate slowly with excellent lacing. The head is probably the tallest I've ever seen. In fact, it's the only beer whose head overflowed my 23 oz. wheat beer glass that has a giant bowl at the top.
TASTE: Lightly bitter at the beginning, followed by light sourness, and ending with a touch more bitterness. Personally, I find the sour to interfere with my enjoyment of the beer. Fortunately, the sourness is not very strong, so I'm able to ignore it for the most part.
MOUTHFEEL: This is medium-bodied with above-average carbonation. The texture is crisp with a touch of coarseness. The finish is fairly dry. A little too dry for my tastes.
OVERALL: This beer is not your typical festival beer. Which I find to be a refreshing change of pace. Unfortunately, the sourness is something that I could do without. I'm also not a fan of very dry beers. For those reasons, I probably won't buy this again. On the other hand, I'm not upset that I bought a 6-pack as they are a nice change-of-pace from the typical festival beers that tend to be on the sweeter side.
Reviewed by Nash39 from Florida
3.63/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
3.63/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25
The pour is a dark golden color with a mild amount of carbonation. The taste is clean, crisp, pretzel, mild honey, & mild earthy hop presence. Cheers! B
Oct 23, 2022
Reviewed by jjamadorphd from Florida
4.1/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Damn! What a nice festbier...
I really like drinking in a seasonal fashion, and the best season (IMHO) comes when late-September through early-January rolls around. All of it staring with Oktoberfest and the cavalcade of pumpkin beers, marzens, Oktoberfest beers, and the like - truly the best time of year to be a beer lover and even better yet as a craft beer drinker.
Take this festbier - damn fine - bready to the nose and mouth, crisp mouthfeel, and solid to look at, there's not much wrong with it. I consider this a truly special entry in the style.
Oct 14, 2021I really like drinking in a seasonal fashion, and the best season (IMHO) comes when late-September through early-January rolls around. All of it staring with Oktoberfest and the cavalcade of pumpkin beers, marzens, Oktoberfest beers, and the like - truly the best time of year to be a beer lover and even better yet as a craft beer drinker.
Take this festbier - damn fine - bready to the nose and mouth, crisp mouthfeel, and solid to look at, there's not much wrong with it. I consider this a truly special entry in the style.
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