Oktoberfest
Mill House Brewing Company

 

A nice copper colored Marzen.

The head is a bit weak. There's not a lot of retention.

Carbonation seems right for the style.

The aroma is clean and pleasant.

Taste is clean with a hint of early sweetness, and a semi dry finish. There's the usual toasty malt, but nothing off-putting.

Mouthfeel id medium.

Nice drinkable Marzen. I like it.

A brief, off-white, creamy foam reaches one half inch before fading to a thin ring. Spotty lace records its presence on a Spaten dimpled mug. Occasional tiny bubbles can be seen within the clear copper (SRM 9-10) beer.

The aroma is initially spicy sweet, similar to chili-roasted pistachios. The malt aromas are crisp in this rather simple beer.

The flavors of lightly toasted malt are again rather simple. The beer is crisp, with a balance of mild bitterness and sweetness. I recorded no finish.

The body is medium with a coarse texture. There was no perceptible alcohol, and the carbonation was soft.

As I expect from the style, this is simply a nice, uncomplicated beer. I imagine it would fit right in with the spirit of a tailgate party, or during a pick-up ball game.

 

This one pours a light orange-ish color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This one smells like bittersweet caramel, light breadiness, and maybe a bit of honey.

I want a little bit of hop character - i think just the slightest touch would tighten up this beer and make it more well rounded. The malt character feels pretty much right, maybe a little too sweet.

This is light bodied, clean, and crisp-ish, with a decent finish and a nice drinkability.

This feels solidly middle of the road. It's not bad, but makes very little impression overall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canned on 8/20/19

Pours a clear dark orange-copper with a slight off-white head that recedes fairly quickly to a thin ring of froth and no lacing.

Aromas of caramel Pop Rocks tone an odd but inherent maltiness in the bouquet; brown sugar, hoppy straw, and bits of toasted bread are steady undertones.

Taste features burnt sugar and brown bread to start, with a malty char coming through over the mid-palate; moderate sweetness building into the finish with toffee and light bread crusts.

Mouthfeel shows a medium-light body with low carbonation; some malty grit and slight sweetness along the mid-palate, and finishes quickly and thinly, but is reasonably drying.

Opens almost sickly sweet, but recovers nicely to a decent malty balance; an eccentric take on an Oktoberfest (even by American standards), this one is mostly cluttered, but unique and fairly enjoyable when it does find its footing.

A: The beer is crystal clear copper in color and has a moderate amount of carbonation. It poured with a short off white head that left a collar around the edge and some specks of bubbles on the surface.
S: Light to moderate aromas of mineral water and toasted malts are present in the nose.
T: The taste follows the smell and has flavors of toasted malts and mineral water with a light amount of bitterness.
M: It feels medium-bodied and somewhat clean on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer seems a little less maltier compared to other beers in the style but is still a good representation of the style.

Serving type: can

It's an almost clear dark amber with a thin, quick to flee dark beige head that leaves a bare cap in a few minutes.

Medium strength aroma, grainy honey bread meets lightly spiced sweet roll that is very alluring.

Med./full strength taste, which is remarkably the same as the aroma predicts. It is even sweeter than the nose, but it is all about honey bread and spice rolls, well balanced and cleanly presented. Finish has a nice spice and herbal light bitter to it.

Viscous for style, low carb. for style, full bodied for style, with a finish that is a bit oversweet. Had to ding it here. It would benefit from additional carb. and a bit less of a sweet build on palate.

Quite delicious example of the thick and sweet version of the style that uses some righteous Noble hops to balance. Will likely drink this 4pak much too quickly, it's grown on me as I finish this glass.

 

 

Pours a clear copper color, visible carbonation, and a moderate bubbly head that soon dissipates.
Aromas of toasted and caramelized malts, dark bread and biscuits. There is a fleeting burst of bright citrusy hops aroma and, throughout, a subdued grassy spice.
Flavors of amber malts, dark bread crusts, toasted malts and toffee. Moderate sweetness balanced by gentle hops bitterness and a grassy and peppery spice in the middle palate. The finish is dry, mostly clean and with a citrus pith linger.
Medium bodied with a moderate carbonation. Smooth drinking and balanced.
A nice example of the style.