Hämmerstein
Fifth Hammer Brewing

This one pours a fairly dark golden brown color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like overly sweet caramel malt, bread, and honey.

This is much too sweet overall for the style - it's out of whack and out of balance, stylistically. There's no real hop character or bitterness to reign in the caramel here. Fifth Hammer is usually a solid brewery, but this feels pretty much like a miss to me.

This is medium bodied, a bit too heavy and sweet for the style, with not enough drinkability for the style - this should be something you could imagine putting many pints back of.

This was a bit of a disappointment. It's just too sweet.

From the can, it pours an ultra clear caramel color. A large foamy off white head nearly spills over and retains well.

Sweet caramel and biscuity malt aromas along with notes of orchard fruit. There is also a touch of floral and woodsy hops.

Sweet and chewy robust malt flavors highlight doughy and biscuity amber malts, caramel, toffee, and toasted bread. Medium bodied with a hearty and smooth malt dominated mouthfeel. The finish is crisp finish and the carbonation is moderate. Despite the relatively higher ABV, the alcohol is well hidden, while there is a gentle earthy hops bitterness. Hops flavors are woodsy.

Nice Oktoberfest that highlights malt flavors. To nitpick, I would have liked a tad more bitterness. Beyond that, it was tasty.