Oktoberfest
Hopewell Brewing Co.

 

 

16oz can stamped 072525 poured into a mug at fridge temp 5% ABV per can. The beer pours bright copper tinted amber with khaki colored head. The head recedes to a thin ring and island. Slight lacing. The aroma is mild with layered toasted malt. The taste is semisweet nutty toasted malt with an medium plus earthy / herbal hop flavor and bitterness. The feel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Cleanly lagered. Overall, good Märzen.

Pours a crystal clear golden color with a fluffy white head that provides big ropes of lacing. Beautiful Oktoberfest.

The nose features caramel, toffee, and floral hop aromas, which is where the taste lands. This is more of a festbier, but still delicious, especially with the crisp, clean mouthfeel.

16oz can. Poured out a clear, golden amber color with a small, off-white head of foam. It left sudsy lacing. It smelled of caramel, toffee and subtle floral notes. Sweet caramel and toffee taste with a mild bitterness.

 

 

16 ounce can, 072324 stamped on the bottom of the can so I'm assuming that's the canning date. Served in a dimpled mug, the beer pours a mostly clear orange/amber color with about an inch off-white head that stuck around for a while. There's a good amount of lacing. I like the aroma, the brew smells like bready malt, caramel, grassy hops and some nuttiness. For the most part I think the taste is just like the aroma, but there's also some earthiness noticeable. Not too sweet with a hint of bitterness. Mouthfeel/body is medium, it's smooth and easy to drink with a good amount of carbonation. I liked this one, only bought a single of it but wouldn't mind buying more the next time I see some!

From a tall one-pint aluminum can, this beer is a clear amber color with a tall, rocky, off-white head. The aroma has a bready, lightly caramel, and floral note. The taste is very nice....bread crust, malt, and caramel are present. Fairly full in body and a clean finish. This is a solid Marzen.

new to me brewery, snagged a can from the local bottle shop and lazily poured into my trusty dusty pint glass. hoping a nice oktoberfest will force the temps down outside.
this one pours a deep amber that you can mostly see right through, with a tight cap of off white foam billowing up and fairly quickly settling down to a hefty lil cap atop. super clingy lacing has been chasing down the beer as it goes.
aroma is fairly light and clean, with a caramel-y malt leading the pack and a nice bit of nuttiness joining the mix. smells like a lightly sweetened, freshly toasted loaf of some dark bread. maybe some hop earthiness in there but that could be me searching for it.
the flavor profile starts off with a hit of hops though, with a bitterness i wasn't quite ready for. the semi-sweet malts come through pretty quick afterwards and try to balance that out, and that hint of nuttiness stills pulls through and lingers a bit. hits a lot of the toasted bread, slight caramel and bites of spice that i'd want in this kinda beer but never too much of any one thing. a smidge one note, but it's a decent note so i can't compain too much.
fairly easy drinking, has been good to sip while making dinner, with a medium-bodied mouthfeel that doesn't linger all that much. even that initial bitterness settles into that nice, not all that sweet bread flavor before vanishing away.
not breaking any new grounds or standing against the best of the best, but for an easy drinking darker lager it hits just enough marks to get my approval!

 

 

 

 

16 oz can into a pint glass. Slightly hazy copper color with a sudsy off-white head. Smells of toasted malt and faint spice with some hay and grassy hops. Taste is mild malt sweetness and breadiness. No real hop presence. Medium-light bodied but with some creaminess to it.

Poured with a finger of cream colored head atop a brown mostly clear body, spotted lacing. Smells of light caramel malt and nuts with grassy hops, but overall pretty tame. Taste features earthy and grainy yeast, light caramel malt, finish with sharp hops, too bitter for style. This bitterness brings down the medium yeasty and malty body, a little tuning here could really bring great balance to the whole profile. Solid

Canned 8/23/22; drank 9/20/22 @ the Yarchives.

Mostly see-through orange/brown appearance.

A rough pour yielded a big khaki head; frothy, tree-rung lace.

Acorn, rye bread & faint mint notes in the nose.

Creamy, medium mouthfeel.

Acorn & fresh bread flavors; a hint of mint on the finish.

Tasty & unique. I'd have another!