SDE Festbier
Settle Down Easy Brewing Company
- From:
- Settle Down Easy Brewing Company
- Virginia, United States
- Style:
- Festbier / Wiesnbier
- ABV:
- 5.4%
- Score:
- +9 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 0%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 1
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 02, 2020
- Added:
- Oct 02, 2020
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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The great brauhauser and city squares of Munich may be empty this year, but we’ve loaded up on some classic German styles to have a little celebration of our own! Most people are familiar with the old-school Marzen-style Oktoberfest brew like our Good Love, but somehow the more prevalent and modern style consumed in Germany, the Festbier, hasn’t often shown up in America.
Nestled right in between a Helles lager and and a Helles Bock, our Festbier is a bright gold with a malty oomph and a pleasant balance of bitterness. Floral and spicy aromas and flavors are brought into the mix with the classic German noble hop Hallertau Mittelfruh. Legend has it that after you finish a round you can put your ear to the top of your glass and you’ll hear a German Oom-Pah band playing a jaunty tune… or maybe that was after finishing a 3 liter boot!?!
Nestled right in between a Helles lager and and a Helles Bock, our Festbier is a bright gold with a malty oomph and a pleasant balance of bitterness. Floral and spicy aromas and flavors are brought into the mix with the classic German noble hop Hallertau Mittelfruh. Legend has it that after you finish a round you can put your ear to the top of your glass and you’ll hear a German Oom-Pah band playing a jaunty tune… or maybe that was after finishing a 3 liter boot!?!
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by cjgiant from District of Columbia
3.69/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.69/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
On tap at brewery:
A lighter mix of amber and copper, the beer is fairly but not completely clear. My pour to the top still sported a thin head that dropped in time with my sips, providing some lacing on the cup.
Aroma is a slightly honey sweet bread, the grain aspect of the malt coming through. A medium carbonated beer greets my lips, and a leaning towards medium bodied beer rolls past them.
Taste starts with an unsweet apple fruitiness backed by a lightly spiced, lightly toasted, light colored honey bread. Hops come in next to add a sod-like earthiness. A little more bitterness sneaks in as the malt notes seem to fade first.
Oct 02, 2020A lighter mix of amber and copper, the beer is fairly but not completely clear. My pour to the top still sported a thin head that dropped in time with my sips, providing some lacing on the cup.
Aroma is a slightly honey sweet bread, the grain aspect of the malt coming through. A medium carbonated beer greets my lips, and a leaning towards medium bodied beer rolls past them.
Taste starts with an unsweet apple fruitiness backed by a lightly spiced, lightly toasted, light colored honey bread. Hops come in next to add a sod-like earthiness. A little more bitterness sneaks in as the malt notes seem to fade first.
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