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The bottle says it is a marzen but it rather tastes and feels like those helles that have a little salty overtone, if you know what I mean. Could not figure out the aroma right away but as it kind of eased up a little to its ideal drinking temperature, it revealed itself. Not sure what makes these beer taste and feel like a kölsch but it is a form of art, how exciting a beer can get. This one was pretty decent too, might not have been the best beer I have ever had but I was 100% satisfied drinking it tonight.

like the roggen gold before it, i had much higher hopes for this, its really eroded and tired to me, totally collapsed in on itself, and the shop i bought it from was right to heavily discount it. there is a date on here, but i cant make sense of it, my guess is at least a couple years old with this level of oxidation and malt decay, a shame too, because all the makings of an excellent beer are here. its pretty flat from the bottle, cant hold a head and doesnt have much carbonation, some small particulate floating around in the light amber liquid, and the nose smells like decomposing apples and sweet brown sugar. i still get some trace elements of bready european lager yeast and some toasted warmth to the grain, but im sure this is a shadow of its former self, and i will reserve too harsh a judgement here, need to taste this when its closer to fresh to really have any true sense of it. seems light for a marzen, dark for a helles, but malt driven for sure. really not too much to say about this in its current state, a bummer we can never seem to get these esoteric imports in here any fresher, but ill revisit these when i have the chance to drink them at their best. for now, if you see this around idaho, you might want to pass...

 

Sweet malt dominates the aroma and taste. Medium gold with light airy head. Musty, yeasty, malty. Short finish, some lingering sweet malt on the palate.

 

 

Pours a hazy gold with a foamy bone head that settles to a partial film on top of the beer. Foamy rings of lace line the glass on the drink down. Smell is of malt, grain, and grass aromas. Taste is much the same with sweet grain, corn flake, and grass flavors on the finish. There is a mild amount of earth bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp and medium bodied mouthfeel. Overall, this is an average beer with a decent smell, but the flavors are a bit too macro lager like to me.

Serving type: bottle.

 

 

 

 

500 mL bottle,

A: Pours goldenrod, a shade or two darker than the average pale lager. Fizzy white head, average retention, no real lace.

S: Grainy malt, cracked cereal.

T: Refreshing bready malt character with a nice herbal spicy hop attack. For the style, quite tasty.

M: Light-bodied, crisp, easy drinking.

O: A very solid pale lager, I thought I had had this before, but I was mistaken. A good 50 cL.

 

 

 

 

 

The bottle says Marzen beer.

Only a quick foam after the pour. No head or foamage after that. A few sluggish bubbles make there way to the top of the beer. Color is a copper and brass mix.

The aroma has syrupy sweet, lightly toasted malts and maybe some musty grassy hops. Notes of old crackers and biscuits are picked up too.

Pretty simple, syrupy texture. Biscuit and cracker syrup malts, maybe a some toasty malt flavors mix with musty green grass. The beer tastes plain and old. Won't buy again.

Just found this brand at a local grocer that caters to more imported goods than most. The brewery calls this a Märzen, despite the BA label.

A -- Pours a hazy straw to golden color with a susdsy white head that settles to a persistent cap leaving nice lacing. I always take points off for a lager that isn't clear, unless it's specifically a Zwickel or the like.

S -- Mild, bready malt with some light DMS. I'll give a little for the good melanoidin character in the nose.

T -- Light breadiness to some cracker-like character and even light rye toward the end. Some light spicy to citric noble hops in the finish. The more I drink this beer, the more I'm enjoying the balance of malt and hop. It's pretty well made.

M -- Mouthfeel is soft and smooth with a medium-light body.

O -- A pretty nice drinker, very clean and satisfying in flavor, if a bit light in character for a Märzen (traditional amber or Wiesn style, but maybe they brew in the original sense of the term?). To me this is a good Helles for anyone interested in trying different takes on the style.

(Served in an imperial strange)

A- This beer pours a clear body with just a touch of haze in the deep caramel hued body with a lumpy beige head that last for the full beer and has some nice lacing with each sip. There is a slow sea of microbubbles that swirl their way to the top.

S- The dry flint pils malt has a note of honey malt behind it and a soft green Noble hop aroma is crisp in the finish.

T- The dry carbonic acid blends with Pils malt and leads to just a touch of sweetness in the finish. There is a hint of honey malt to the finish and a crisp hop taste that is green and slightly earthy.

M- This beer has a light mouthfeel with a nice fizz in the finish and no alcohol heat noticed.

O- This is a wonderful Pilsner with no sulfur qualities and a nice subtle depth to the malt which is supported by a crisp dry hop character. This one goes down fast.