Life On Märzen
Berkshire Brewing Company

 

 

Pours a muddy copper color with golden edges. The nose has toasty and bready notes. The flavor profile has a modest caramel essence with a semi-dry finish.

Pours bright amber with a two-finger white head that lingers for a few minutes before dissipating to a coating.

Aromas of caramel and earthy/woody hops combine nicely over a base of toasted malts.

The sip starts with a big hit of sweet caramel and some toffee, then quickly broadens to include toasted rye bread and molasses. Hop bitterness comes through in the latter half of the sip and lingers through the finish and aftertaste.

Moderate carb causes a slight tingle on the tip of the tongue. Medium body that feels heavier than it is.

Overall, an enjoyable Marzen but a bit heavy feeling--not something I could envision having seval masskrugs of--and a little heavy on hop bitterness as well.

 

 

 

Poured from a can into a pint glass
Appearance – The beer pours a very lightly hazed deep amber/copper color with a one finger head of off white foam. The head fades slowly leaving a light level of foamy lace on the sides of the glass.
Smell – The aroma is strong of a caramel and toasted bready malt smell. Mixed with these aromas comes some harvest fruit smells of apple and pear as well as some light notes of cherry and plum. Other smells of grape and a bit of toffee are in there as well, creating a roasty and fall like smell overall.
Taste – The taste begins with a bready and toasted malty flavor mixed with a decent showing of mustiness and notes of sweetness of toffee and molasses, as well as a little bit of herb. As the taste advances, the roastiness and toastiness get stronger, all while the sweet fades a touch. The toastiness really ramps up at the end, and with a bit of earthiness and a touch of pine, one is left with a very roasty and toasty, malty taste to linger on the tongue.
Mouthfeel – The body of the brew is thick and chewy with a moderate carbonation level. For the roasty and toasty malt flavors the eel is nice and makes for a hearty sipper.
Overall – Big and malty with a roasty and toasty Oktoberfest taste and feel. Rather pleasant overall.

Purchased cold at a local store and refrigerated at home. Poured from a 16oz can stamped 08/04/23 to a dimpled mug at fridge temp.
The body is deep gold with an off-white head of tiny bubbles. Lacing is significant.
The nose is clean, malty and spicy.
The taste is similar with mild peppery spice notes. It's a little on the dry side for a Marzen.
The mouthfeel is medium.
I enjoyed this.

 

Appearance 4.25

Smell 3.75

Taste 4

Mouthfeel 4

Overall 3.75

Beer advocate total 3.96 (79.2/100)

16 oz can acclimated to 48°F and poured into a stein.

Pours a clear and rich, darker amber color, producing a full 7 finger foamy white head that dissipates at a reasonable speed and leaves lacing that falls back in.

Initial aroma is caramel malt with some hop bitterness. Notes of today and cream cheese are present. After agitating, I'm blasted with a gale of malt, with some clear alcohol smell and maybe some pine hiding inside it.

Initial taste before swallowing is very sweet, caramel specifically, with a bread note. A bitterness develops soon in but is at a pleasant spot. Letting it sit for a moment I noticed honey as well. After swallowing it's first bitter and sweet simultaneously. Hops are there, tasting grassy, dry, and light brownish green, reminding me of moss. Diacetyl is noticeable, and I can start to taste the alcohol at a certain point, though not strong. The aftertaste remains mostly malt and hop bitterness, with some lingering alcohol, a moderate and lasting taste that remains easy on the top of the back of the tongue.

Mouthfeel is fairly smooth, I wouldn't call use the word buttery, it's the same feeling but not the same magnitude.

Overall it's very enjoyable and definitely sessionable. More hops than I would have expected, but they matched well. I quite enjoyed the malt and diacetyl present, and thought it was a nice beer.

Likely to try again at some point.

-Look: Deep copper-amber with a thick foam that lasts.
-Aroma: Sucker-punched me in the nose with brown-bread and molasses!
-Taste: Phenomenal rich brown-breads, rye crisps, slight white wine - Wow!
-Feel: Thin to medium with low carbonation, tight but slippery.
-Overall: Oh man, you have to try this - I'm glad I did!

 

 

Canned 8/18

I haven't tried many of this style, but this seems a bit bigger and sweeter than usual. Bready, nutty malts with a hint of caramel before a spicy, tingly finish. Pretty darn good.

Pours a dark to medium amber. Some caramel and toffee on the nose. It's a lot of caramel and toffee character. It's got a good amount of sweetness without the leanness that I usually appreciate from lagers like this.

 

 

 

A- Amber withbeige head

S- bready with hints of caramel

T-caramel, bready and biscuit

M- medium body,caramel sweetness upfront, lager crispness on backend with Medium carbonation

O- Not bad, perfect sunny fall day beer