Festbier
Dewey Beer Co.
- From:
- Dewey Beer Co.
- Delaware, United States
- Style:
- Festbier / Wiesnbier
Ranked #127 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 83
Ranked #32,458 - Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 7.37%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 9
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Dec 22, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 23, 2022
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
83
Good
83
Good
Brewed for everyday festival feels, this richly golden festbier is selectively malty, finishing clean and snappy. Let this Festbier rip from the can into a proper hefty glass boot propelling a beautiful, aromatic fluffy head.
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Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.71/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.71/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Crystal clear golden pour with a finger of white foam. Big honey and cereal tones to the malt, bready yeast with a white bread flavor, whisper of lemon esters, flowers. Smell is mostly the malt notes with minor white bread. Feel is light and thinner but never to a detriment, higher carb lends moderate crispness, malt sweetness adds up though
Nov 28, 2025
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
3.81/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.81/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
This one pours a light orange-ish color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.
This smells toasty and crackery, with biscuit, spice, and some orange peel.
This definitely leans towards a hoppier and paler festbier style, with citrusy and spicy hop character. There’s not quite enough malt character to fully balance the hoppier and drier characteristics this one. It’s still tasty, but lacks a bit of oomph and finesse.
This is light bodied, clean, crisp and very drinkable.
This was enjoyable to drink, but is definitely a bit too Americanized.
Nov 14, 2025This smells toasty and crackery, with biscuit, spice, and some orange peel.
This definitely leans towards a hoppier and paler festbier style, with citrusy and spicy hop character. There’s not quite enough malt character to fully balance the hoppier and drier characteristics this one. It’s still tasty, but lacks a bit of oomph and finesse.
This is light bodied, clean, crisp and very drinkable.
This was enjoyable to drink, but is definitely a bit too Americanized.
Reviewed by BJB13 from Maryland
3.91/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.91/5 rDev +10.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
12 ounce can poured into a .5L dimpled mug.
L: Translucent hazy gold pour, large white head, fairly persistent foam leaves a bit of lace.
S: White bread giving way to lemon hop aroma, hints of spicy hops later.
T: Malty bread grain to open, lightly sweet, mildly bitter citrus hops, dry but not sharp finish.
F: Medium-light body, medium carbonation, lightly crisp.
O: Perhaps a little light on malt character but good and session-able.
Oct 12, 2025L: Translucent hazy gold pour, large white head, fairly persistent foam leaves a bit of lace.
S: White bread giving way to lemon hop aroma, hints of spicy hops later.
T: Malty bread grain to open, lightly sweet, mildly bitter citrus hops, dry but not sharp finish.
F: Medium-light body, medium carbonation, lightly crisp.
O: Perhaps a little light on malt character but good and session-able.
Reviewed by milkshakebeersucks from Maryland
3.42/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.42/5 rDev -3.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Another middle-of-the-road festbier among the many that proliferate this time of year. Standard appearance for the style. An aroma that showed promise early on only to fade after sitting a few minutes. A sweet, non descript flavor that doesn't get much help from the hops. Overall, okay to try, just didn't fall in love with it.
Oct 02, 2025
Reviewed by BeerAndGasMasks from Virginia
3.54/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
From the can, it pours a slightly hazy lighter amber color with a modest white head that soon dimsinishes to a ring. Some modest lacing. The nose gets some light hops and sweet malt. The mouth gets a slightly sweet with a touch of citrus.
Sep 19, 2025
Reviewed by Spankyrightus from Maryland
3.6/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev +2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On draught, a light gold/straw colored pour, and a decent head initially, but fades away.
A malty beer that’s a little on the sweeter side with lemon citrusy notes and grainy hints.
Hops and bitterness accompaniment is relatively low compared to the malt.
Sep 19, 2025A malty beer that’s a little on the sweeter side with lemon citrusy notes and grainy hints.
Hops and bitterness accompaniment is relatively low compared to the malt.
Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas
3.47/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.47/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 2.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours an effervescent gold with a pinky of eggshell colored head. Mediocre head retention & lacing
S: Corny, grainy, perfumy & floral hops show up once warm
T: Follows the nose, dry, some lemon notes, plus plenty of cracker notes up front. Very dry, crackery notes, grassyness & grainy sweetness & a kiss of lemon once warm. Finishes dry with sweet grainyness & a touch of lime
MF: Light/medium body, restrained carbonation
Okay to drink, but his just didn't grab me, I like mine with more German flavors/apsects
Mar 03, 2024S: Corny, grainy, perfumy & floral hops show up once warm
T: Follows the nose, dry, some lemon notes, plus plenty of cracker notes up front. Very dry, crackery notes, grassyness & grainy sweetness & a kiss of lemon once warm. Finishes dry with sweet grainyness & a touch of lime
MF: Light/medium body, restrained carbonation
Okay to drink, but his just didn't grab me, I like mine with more German flavors/apsects
Reviewed by Lucular from Maryland
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
6 oz mini-snifter draft pour at Lures Bar & Grille. Pours a pale yellow with a small head. Aroma and flavor feature light malt, a hint of biscuit and caramel, and citrusy hops. More like a hoppy lager (though not quite an IPL) than a festbier, but still quite enjoyable.
Sep 28, 2022
Reviewed by MikeWard from Pennsylvania
3.21/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.21/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
16oz can into a pint glass. NO freshness dating.
Very pale, but crystal clear golden body. Bright white head disappears quickly, no lacing.
Malty aroma with a unpleasant whiff that suggests vomit.
On tasting, very clean, crisp, but extremely light with little character at all.
Mouth below medium, finish slightly sweet.
Overall, disappointing drink. I question whether it's truly a Festbier, drink's like a pale lager (which is what Untapped lists)
Sep 23, 2022Very pale, but crystal clear golden body. Bright white head disappears quickly, no lacing.
Malty aroma with a unpleasant whiff that suggests vomit.
On tasting, very clean, crisp, but extremely light with little character at all.
Mouth below medium, finish slightly sweet.
Overall, disappointing drink. I question whether it's truly a Festbier, drink's like a pale lager (which is what Untapped lists)
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