Festbier
West Side Brewing

12oz can stamped 07/18/24 poured into a mug at fridge temp 6% ABV 32 IBU per label. The beer pours bright, light golden amber with off white head. The head recedes to a thin ring and single layer of bubbles. Slight lacing. Aroma is mild with sweet pale malt, honey and floral notes. The taste is semisweet pale and lightly toasted, bready malt with herbal mild hop flavor and bitterness. The feel is thin bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Cleanly lagered. Overall, excellent festbier. Drinkable with a perfect balance of malt sweetness and subtle hop flavor.

 

My brother in Ohio sent me this in another surprise package. Keep it up, Bro, keep it up!

Poured out a copper and orange color with a thick near white head. The smell is one of an Oktoberfest beer. The taste to me is definitely an Oktoberfest beer. All in all, I liked it. Good one to add to my list.

poured from a 16oz can into a willi becher pint glass. dark gold with a three finger white foam. bit of a malty, almost honey sweetness to this one. full mouthfeel with that lower level of carb often found in fest biers. not bad, but just a little too sweet.

A clear gold color with a small white head and a little lacing.
Aroma of bread, grassy hops.
Taste of toast, sweet fruit, and hops.
Smooth, nice hop bitterness.

Sampling a cellar temp 16 oz can poured into my .5L dimple mug. Date stamp is illegible.
The beer pours a light copper to golden color and a bleached white fizzy head of 1 cm foams up on the pour This foam fades quickly to a thin edge layer and a few small islands on the surface of my glass.
I do get some wispy lacing when I take a sip or swirl the mug.
The aroma on this brew is a bit of toasted grain and a little bit of biscuit. Overall nose is clean and mild.
First sip reveals a light body with medium and tingly carbonation. Very smooth and airy texture on this very drinkable brew.
Flavor is pretty mild as well, here I get some biscuit and some white grape note then a bit of black tea bite on a drying finish. The tea bitterness lingers long after each swallow.
this brew is easy to drink and the drying finish could make me thirsty for more. A pretty straightforward and clean festbier. Glad to have had the chance to try this one. thank you @manta200 !!

 

At the brewery in a plastic cup :-(
Has an amber color, I swear they served me the wrong beer.
Taste is much like their Oktoberfest beer, maybe a little lighter.
September 2022: 4-pack from Jungle Jim's
It is definitely more drinkable than the Oktoberfest beer.
Better than I remember it from last year, the glass makes all the difference ;-)