Brooklyn Oktoberfest | Brooklyn Brewery
Brewed by:
Brooklyn Brewery
New York, United States
brooklynbrewery.com
Style: Märzen / Oktoberfest
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 5.50%
Availability: Fall
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 09-30-2001
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Ratings: 1,730 | Reviews: 779
3.56/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.38/5 rDev -7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Dark tawny amber, pretty hazy. Small white head that dies rather quickly. Kind of a limp pour for the style.
Smells rather tame for the style. Like, Michelob Amber Bock-level tame, where there's like the smallest hint of malt complexity there, and it might have seemed bold to un-initiated back in 1998, but now it just don't cut it. That's not fair, I realize. Brooklyn's are OG, so far as American craft is concerned. They've been bringing it for a long long while and they probably feel like they can't bolden up their classic recipes. I get that. But... I've also had American-made marzens that are older than this, such as Millstream's, that have either evolved over time or were just that freakin' bold that freakin' long ago, so I can't give this one a full pass.
Anyhow, digression aside, this tastes okay. Livelier than the aroma, certainly more interesting than Amber Bock, but still pretty darn tame for the style.
Kudos to beers like this starting the wonderful style that is the American marzen. But, even considering the recipe's age, it's too tame.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.25
Dark tawny amber, pretty hazy. Small white head that dies rather quickly. Kind of a limp pour for the style.
Smells rather tame for the style. Like, Michelob Amber Bock-level tame, where there's like the smallest hint of malt complexity there, and it might have seemed bold to un-initiated back in 1998, but now it just don't cut it. That's not fair, I realize. Brooklyn's are OG, so far as American craft is concerned. They've been bringing it for a long long while and they probably feel like they can't bolden up their classic recipes. I get that. But... I've also had American-made marzens that are older than this, such as Millstream's, that have either evolved over time or were just that freakin' bold that freakin' long ago, so I can't give this one a full pass.
Anyhow, digression aside, this tastes okay. Livelier than the aroma, certainly more interesting than Amber Bock, but still pretty darn tame for the style.
Kudos to beers like this starting the wonderful style that is the American marzen. But, even considering the recipe's age, it's too tame.
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3.54/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear, amber color with a little bit of white head that fades to a small amount of lacing. Smells of malts, a little spice, and some toffee. Taste is biscuit and a little bit of caramel. Lighter body, fair amount of carbonation. Solid beer, but one note, fairly average as far as Oktoberfest beers go. Wouldn't turn it down if offered, not sure I'd buy another one though as there are better examples out there.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Pours a clear, amber color with a little bit of white head that fades to a small amount of lacing. Smells of malts, a little spice, and some toffee. Taste is biscuit and a little bit of caramel. Lighter body, fair amount of carbonation. Solid beer, but one note, fairly average as far as Oktoberfest beers go. Wouldn't turn it down if offered, not sure I'd buy another one though as there are better examples out there.
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3.19/5 rDev -12.4%
look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
The neck of the bottle says: "BB JAN 2018 2017 09:34"
Appearance: It has a large fluffy very light tan head with amazing retention and lacing. The body of the beer is a dark brown with hues of reddish orange. It is picture perfect.
Aroma: There is a mild spicy and noble hop aroma from the beer with just a touch of a flowery scent.
Taste: It has a light biscuit flavor.
Mouthfeel: It feels a bit lighter than the standard Oktoberfestbier. The carbonation feels right though.
Overall: It's a fairly average Oktoberfestbier. There are far better ones on the market so I probably wouldn't pick it up again. It's good enough to drink if somebody hands you one but I wouldn't really recommend going out and buying it.
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look: 5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3
The neck of the bottle says: "BB JAN 2018 2017 09:34"
Appearance: It has a large fluffy very light tan head with amazing retention and lacing. The body of the beer is a dark brown with hues of reddish orange. It is picture perfect.
Aroma: There is a mild spicy and noble hop aroma from the beer with just a touch of a flowery scent.
Taste: It has a light biscuit flavor.
Mouthfeel: It feels a bit lighter than the standard Oktoberfestbier. The carbonation feels right though.
Overall: It's a fairly average Oktoberfestbier. There are far better ones on the market so I probably wouldn't pick it up again. It's good enough to drink if somebody hands you one but I wouldn't really recommend going out and buying it.
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3.22/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nice amber/honey color with a decent head that dissipated quickly. I'm no beer expert, but I'm trying as hard as I can to get something on the nose, but I can honestly not smell much of this beer. Malty taste, maybe caramel? Light bodied with heavy carbonation. Overall, pretty forgettable. I won't turn it down if it's offered to me in the future, but I won't buy it for myself.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Nice amber/honey color with a decent head that dissipated quickly. I'm no beer expert, but I'm trying as hard as I can to get something on the nose, but I can honestly not smell much of this beer. Malty taste, maybe caramel? Light bodied with heavy carbonation. Overall, pretty forgettable. I won't turn it down if it's offered to me in the future, but I won't buy it for myself.
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3.32/5 rDev -8.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
3.33/5 rDev -8.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
3.31/5 rDev -9.1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.41/5 rDev -6.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
It's good. Not as full bodied our flavors as other Oktoberfest beers bit it's good.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
It's good. Not as full bodied our flavors as other Oktoberfest beers bit it's good.
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3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle bb January 2018 poured into a .5L krug at fridge temp 5.5% ABV. The beer pours a mostly bright, honey amber color with off white head. Head disappears quickly leaving a faint ring around the glass and little lacing. The aroma is toffee and caramel with no hope character. The taste is deep with toasted malt. It stays with that flavor from start to finish and leaves a dry toasty aftertaste. Mouthfeel is thin to medium in body, well carbonated and dry. Very dry. Overall, good beer, but not a great Marzen. The one dimensional taste and lack of a bready or pronounced malt taste before the dry finish keeps this one from being a contender.
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look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
12oz bottle bb January 2018 poured into a .5L krug at fridge temp 5.5% ABV. The beer pours a mostly bright, honey amber color with off white head. Head disappears quickly leaving a faint ring around the glass and little lacing. The aroma is toffee and caramel with no hope character. The taste is deep with toasted malt. It stays with that flavor from start to finish and leaves a dry toasty aftertaste. Mouthfeel is thin to medium in body, well carbonated and dry. Very dry. Overall, good beer, but not a great Marzen. The one dimensional taste and lack of a bready or pronounced malt taste before the dry finish keeps this one from being a contender.
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3.75/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.65/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Reviewed from notes. The appearance had a hazy brown body that yields a small half finger white head slowly dissipates into the body after a half minute. Some spider web lacing is left. The smell had some earthy breadiness and nuts up front with some nutmeg and caramel slightly in the background. The taste had an earthy breadiness that came back a bit more up front than the other flavorings. The palate was about a light to medium with nothing harsh on the tongue. I would say this is a pretty drinkable beer. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that I would have again.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Reviewed from notes. The appearance had a hazy brown body that yields a small half finger white head slowly dissipates into the body after a half minute. Some spider web lacing is left. The smell had some earthy breadiness and nuts up front with some nutmeg and caramel slightly in the background. The taste had an earthy breadiness that came back a bit more up front than the other flavorings. The palate was about a light to medium with nothing harsh on the tongue. I would say this is a pretty drinkable beer. Overall, this is a pretty good beer that I would have again.
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3.75/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.11/5 rDev -14.6%
look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.25
**
09/30/2012
AROMA: Allspice, pumpkin.
LOOK: Light Brown Color, Little head.
TASTE: Allspice, pumpkin, nutmeg.
FEEL: Weak Carbonation.
On tap at Charlie Browns, Hamilton NJ.
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look: 2 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 2 | overall: 3.25
**
09/30/2012
AROMA: Allspice, pumpkin.
LOOK: Light Brown Color, Little head.
TASTE: Allspice, pumpkin, nutmeg.
FEEL: Weak Carbonation.
On tap at Charlie Browns, Hamilton NJ.
**
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3.5/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Not bad, not good. A forgettable one, but am oktoberfest nonetheless.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
Not bad, not good. A forgettable one, but am oktoberfest nonetheless.
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Brooklyn Oktoberfest from Brooklyn Brewery
Beer rating:
44.7% out of
100 with
1,730 ratings
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5