Festbier
Talking Waters Brewing


- From:
- Talking Waters Brewing
- Minnesota, United States
- Style:
- Festbier / Wiesnbier
- ABV:
- 5.8%
- Score:
- +7 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.92 | pDev: 2.3%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 27, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 25, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
Another ode to the brief yet beautiful "Oktoberfest" season! Grab your favorite sweater + sip on this crisp, golden lager brewed in true Festbier fashion. It trades the rich + toasty maltiness of a Marzen for a light + bolder body with just a touch of sweetness. Oh yes, it's what we call prost-worthy!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by defunksta from Wisconsin
3.98/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.98/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Appearance: Pours a completely clear, medium to golden color with a strong white head. SRM of 8. (4.00)
Aroma: Aromas of pale malt, toasted honey, German Munich malts. (4.00)
Flavor: Flavors of bread, toasted honey, smooth Munich malts. Slightly sweet, but tons of flavors. (4.00)
Feel: Medium-body, strong carbonation. Finish is smooth, lightly sweet. (4.00)
Compared to HeadFlyer Prost Malone 9/25: Pours darker. Stronger aromas. Less light malt. More sweet honey.
to Eagle Park MC Hammerschlagen 10/25: Pours lighter, similar aromas. Nearly identical flavors. Slightly cleaner.
Overall: Smooth pale malt, toasted, smooth honey and baked bread. Leans a bit bigger and sweeter at 6.2%, but very nicely done. (Rating: 3.98)
Sep 27, 2025Aroma: Aromas of pale malt, toasted honey, German Munich malts. (4.00)
Flavor: Flavors of bread, toasted honey, smooth Munich malts. Slightly sweet, but tons of flavors. (4.00)
Feel: Medium-body, strong carbonation. Finish is smooth, lightly sweet. (4.00)
Compared to HeadFlyer Prost Malone 9/25: Pours darker. Stronger aromas. Less light malt. More sweet honey.
to Eagle Park MC Hammerschlagen 10/25: Pours lighter, similar aromas. Nearly identical flavors. Slightly cleaner.
Overall: Smooth pale malt, toasted, smooth honey and baked bread. Leans a bit bigger and sweeter at 6.2%, but very nicely done. (Rating: 3.98)
Reviewed by gatornation from Arizona
3.99/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a mostly clear golden color with a small white head and minimal lacing, Smell is toffee,caramel, baked bread, Mouth feel is sweet with caramel malts, fruit like apples,melon pear mixed in with toffe and caramel. Mouth feel is sweet with malts nice baked bread,
Sep 15, 2021Reviewed by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota
3.79/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.79/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Pours a clear darker golden color with a touch of amber in it. 2 finger fluffy white head. Good retention, but almost no lacing on the glass.
The nose has got a sweet malt aroma to it. There's also a hint of orange here, that I wasn't expecting.
Taste - I actually get that faint hint of orange in the flavor. Lots of malty sweetness throughout. It is more biscuit up front, then sweeter on the backside with the hint of orange mixed in.
Crisp body. Somewhat sticky feeling going down. It clings to my throat, but not like an IPA.
This is one good beer. Very tasty.
Oct 25, 2020The nose has got a sweet malt aroma to it. There's also a hint of orange here, that I wasn't expecting.
Taste - I actually get that faint hint of orange in the flavor. Lots of malty sweetness throughout. It is more biscuit up front, then sweeter on the backside with the hint of orange mixed in.
Crisp body. Somewhat sticky feeling going down. It clings to my throat, but not like an IPA.
This is one good beer. Very tasty.
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