The Mash & The Fury
Whiplash Brewing

CAN
Dark copper with lots of sticky steady tan foam; fresh baked bread crust on the nose with specks of caramel; more bread crust, bits of toffee hard candy + dried fruit, earthy hop finish + gentle lingering bitterness; lt-med, some chew, clean, smooth

4 4 3.75 4 3.75

This is borderline for me: for a Marzen it’s very nearly too dark, not bitter enough and there are bits of candy sweetness that shouldn’t really be there.
But Whiplash seem to know this; the commercial description reads: “Very much at the dark end of the spectrum, our Märzen is all things bread, biscuit, toffee and raisins…”
Sure, brewers can make what they like + call it what they like. And it’s clean, well-brewed, etc. etc.
But for a brewery who built their reputation on technical precision, it seems odd for them to dismiss modern style expectations and say, “Let’s fire up the decoction vessel + see what this sucker can do!”

Far more American Oktoberfest than German Marzen, and sweet even for that.

It’s nice, but it’s not what I thought I was buying.