Flash's Oktoberfest
Rutland Beer Works
- From:
- Rutland Beer Works
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Märzen
- ABV:
- 6%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.68 | pDev: 3.53%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Sep 30, 2019
- Added:
- Sep 20, 2019
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Marzen/Oktoberfest; a malt forward lager. Amber colored with caramel and roast flavors with a crisp finish.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by NotAlcoholicJustAHobby from Vermont
3.6/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.6/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
canned 07/31/19
L- The beer pours a cola brown with a one and a half finger tan head. The head recedes to a thin film. No lacing is present.
S-The nose is dark toast with an underlying sweetness. Hops don't really play a big part here.
T-On the palate I get the dark malt, but it's more like brown ale or Dunkel than Oktoberfest in it's presence. It reminds me of a dark spice bread. It's not as sweet as the nose let's on. It's quite balanced really. The is a light earthy hop presence.
F-Mouthfeel overall is medium. Carbonation is light. The beer has a neutral finish.
O- On it's own merits this is a decent beer I won't have any problem drinking. There is a large amount of artistic license involved in labeling it an Oktoberfest however. Recommended for the tick, but don't expect a tradition O-fest.
Sep 30, 2019L- The beer pours a cola brown with a one and a half finger tan head. The head recedes to a thin film. No lacing is present.
S-The nose is dark toast with an underlying sweetness. Hops don't really play a big part here.
T-On the palate I get the dark malt, but it's more like brown ale or Dunkel than Oktoberfest in it's presence. It reminds me of a dark spice bread. It's not as sweet as the nose let's on. It's quite balanced really. The is a light earthy hop presence.
F-Mouthfeel overall is medium. Carbonation is light. The beer has a neutral finish.
O- On it's own merits this is a decent beer I won't have any problem drinking. There is a large amount of artistic license involved in labeling it an Oktoberfest however. Recommended for the tick, but don't expect a tradition O-fest.
Reviewed by Amendm from Rhode Island
3.53/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.53/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
An average pour from a 16-oz. can produced a finger of light tan soapy-creamy foam with short retention and no lace. Deep dark reddish brown, semi-opaque and cloudy.
Bready malt, both sweet and toasted greet the nose with faint old world hops and a Scotch Ale smell. Toasted wheat and a general grainy smell in the back, these follow to the taste.
Caramel malt 1st then some roasted flavor with fresh-ripe and baked stone fruit and a slight fake butter taste. Hops are mild, some bitterness comes from toasted wheat. Semi-sweet and mildly bitter, multiple malt flavors compete and dominate the taste. The finish is quick and neutral with a short spicy/bitter aftertaste.
Light body despite the color and maltiness, plenty of carbonation throughout. Alcohol is well hidden, a faint astringency haunts the body. Almost smooth, a bit grainy and course.
States Marzen on the label, smells of Scotch Ale, looks like a cloudy Dunkel Lager/Brown Ale and has bitterness like a Dark Wheat Ale. I can't give this beer true to style points yet I enjoyed it because I like Scotch Ales and darker beers. The butter taste does not belong.
Sep 29, 2019Bready malt, both sweet and toasted greet the nose with faint old world hops and a Scotch Ale smell. Toasted wheat and a general grainy smell in the back, these follow to the taste.
Caramel malt 1st then some roasted flavor with fresh-ripe and baked stone fruit and a slight fake butter taste. Hops are mild, some bitterness comes from toasted wheat. Semi-sweet and mildly bitter, multiple malt flavors compete and dominate the taste. The finish is quick and neutral with a short spicy/bitter aftertaste.
Light body despite the color and maltiness, plenty of carbonation throughout. Alcohol is well hidden, a faint astringency haunts the body. Almost smooth, a bit grainy and course.
States Marzen on the label, smells of Scotch Ale, looks like a cloudy Dunkel Lager/Brown Ale and has bitterness like a Dark Wheat Ale. I can't give this beer true to style points yet I enjoyed it because I like Scotch Ales and darker beers. The butter taste does not belong.
Rated by BEERMILER12 from Maine
3.75/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.75/5 rDev +1.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
On tap at Burlington Oktoberfest
Sep 26, 2019
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
3.85/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.85/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Can stamped 07/31/2019.
This was poured into a glass mug.
The appearance was a bit darker than expected having a slight muddy brown orange pour then having a darker brown color in my glass. A light eggshell white finger's worth of head really took its time in dissipating. Not much lace sat around the glass.
The aroma seemed extremely different than most Oktoberfests I've had, I mean, I didn't mind what I smelled but I have to admit, it was quite different. Big chocolate malts take the lead while toasted nuts, caramel coated biscuits and dark toasty nutella like qualities mesh together.
The flavor mellowing moves through on into the sweet side with a delicate toasty quality. Some roast and milk chocolate layers while they make their appearance in the aftertaste as well, and in a very smooth rich sort of way.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a bit above with a good sessionability about it. Good carbonation. Some stickiness then finishes nutty crisp sweet with milk chocolate.
Overall, oddly enough, I did like this but somehow I want to say this is possibly a revamped version of their "Flash's Hunting Lager." Label change? And ABV change? Not trying to be a jerk and calling out Rutland Beer Works but it definitely makes me wonder.
Sep 20, 2019This was poured into a glass mug.
The appearance was a bit darker than expected having a slight muddy brown orange pour then having a darker brown color in my glass. A light eggshell white finger's worth of head really took its time in dissipating. Not much lace sat around the glass.
The aroma seemed extremely different than most Oktoberfests I've had, I mean, I didn't mind what I smelled but I have to admit, it was quite different. Big chocolate malts take the lead while toasted nuts, caramel coated biscuits and dark toasty nutella like qualities mesh together.
The flavor mellowing moves through on into the sweet side with a delicate toasty quality. Some roast and milk chocolate layers while they make their appearance in the aftertaste as well, and in a very smooth rich sort of way.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a bit above with a good sessionability about it. Good carbonation. Some stickiness then finishes nutty crisp sweet with milk chocolate.
Overall, oddly enough, I did like this but somehow I want to say this is possibly a revamped version of their "Flash's Hunting Lager." Label change? And ABV change? Not trying to be a jerk and calling out Rutland Beer Works but it definitely makes me wonder.
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