Usual Suspect
Arvon Brewing Co.

The stein is getting some use here! Pours as expected, an amber tan with fantastic foam. The aroma hits all the right notes, with a kiss of sticky hop and a caramel malt finish.

 

Canned on 9/15/22; consumed on 12/6/22

Pours a vaguely translucent amber-mahogany body capped with a finger and a half of creamy, pale beige foam; decent head retention leaves a slim layer of cap, moderate, frothy collar, and a multitude of soapy, webby lacing strewn along the walls of the glass.

Aroma opens to richer caramels eased with lager yeast and a slight, mineralic backing building to a toasty expression captured through rye bread dough and fresh bread crusts.

Taste opens to a pert minerality into lager yeast, with rye dough evolving with a pseudo-caramel earthiness over the mid-palate toward more established notes of brown toast and lightly burnt crusts on the back end.

Mouthfeel offers a light body and a rounded, moderate-high carbonation, easing a steady fluff to predominantly clean textures while an underlying wispy grit over the mid-palate peaks to a refreshing dryness to a refined finish.

A robust display of toasted malts spark level sweetness against a prickly rye grain, trending heavier though ultimately balanced by airier minerality and a clean lager inflection; a consistent Märzen imposing a restrained depth.

A - Pours a deep reddish brown a sturdy two finger off white head. Nice soapy lacing.

S - Aroma is sweet malts, toasted biscuit and a light smokiness.

T - The taste is caramel malts, toffee, brown bread crust, toasted biscuit and spicy hops.

M - Medium/full body with medium carbonation. Creamy mouthfeel with a crisp drying finish.

O - A touch heavier than your standard Marzen, but a nice take on the style.

Dark amber color. Nose is malty. Mouthfeel is medium to light bodied. Flavor profile is sweet and toasty. More biscuity than bready. A little too sweet on the finish. Not getting much caramel notes either. A little heavier than your traditional Marzen. This is like taking a standard blues lick and adding a local cultural element to it. Drinkable and very much enjoyable.