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Bayern Brewing, Inc. / Edelweiss Bistro

 

 

 

Look: Chestnut brown on the pour and amber in the glass with a sudsy khaki head that builds up and quickly settles to a lid, leaving great lacing behind
Aroma: Freshly baked brown bread, lightly roasted tree nuts, caramel, light earthiness, and toffee
Taste: Caramel and brown bread come on strong up front and dance in the limelight as waves of roasted nuts begin to crash in and join. Earthiness and toffee go back and forth in the middle before finding an equilibrium and closes with bread, caramel, and earthy notes
Mouthfeel: Full but light, clean, medium-high carbonation, and clean and crisp on the finish
Overall: This is some good stuff. I liked these folks’ Oktoberfest Lager so wanted to try this and it’s another winner. A nice bready Marzen with some underlying toffee, nuts, caramel, and earthy notes that come together very nicely to make a tasty treat of a beer

 

A- Nice looking all around, starting with the head....this is light tan in color, pours about two fingers thick, and shows good retention, becoming an even foamy layer over the beer. the lacing looks to be fairly good too, as I find there to be a lot of artistic looking swirls forming around the inside of my glass, and as well they are quite sticky. As for the beer itself, it has a dark cola coloration, is semi clear, and when looking at the underside of the top, I can see a decent amount of carbonation rising to the top.

S- Malt heavy, as I was expecting, yet it isn't super overpowering either, which I like. Sweeter aromas of blackstrap molasses, cola, maybe some hazelnut and rich toffee, detectable notes of bread and/or yeast, and maybe even hints of dark fruits. Little hop presence throughout, and the finish is more chocolatey and toasted grains.

T- Again, fairly heavy in malts, which provide a rich, deep flavor profile that has a lot of sub-flavors to go with it. Cooked brown sugar, toffee/caramel, chocolate notes, dark fruits (plum, cherry) and a cola/root beer sweetness, in a more Earthy fashion if that makes sense. The finish lingers on the palate, with slight bitterness coming forth several seconds after the swallow. Not a real intensely flavored beer overall but nice.

M/O- Medium body and fairly smooth carbonation make this an easy going type of Marzen that is flavorful, but doesn't fatigue the palate. Thinking this would pair well with some chocolate based dessert or with a rich beef stew. Good job by Bayern and recommend for those who like something deeper and darker but without the intensity.

 

Undated can.

Pours really dark brown/red, impressive head of foam, good lacing.

The nose is weak. Light bread, caramel,
little bitterness, which is expected.

The taste is equally so so. Light everything. Boring.

Good enough mouthfeel.

Glad I had it as a single at Old Chicago.

 

 

 

Dark ruddy brown color with orange highlights and tan cap.

Aroma of roasted malt and something cola like with a bit of nuttiness.

Flavor is predominately dark malt with a slight, and I mean slight, bit of cocoa/coffee. Fairly simple favors that work together and last into the finish. I can pick up a bit of hop influence in the finish/aftertaste but overall it's mostly roasty malt.

Medium texture with balancing carbonation.

Overall it's a solid dark lager that's friendly with salty snack treats.

Dark brown color and garnet highlights, with a light tan head. Clean, German lager aroma and rich malt. Toasted grain with a slight cola flavor; hop flavor is so subtle if even any at all. Good carbonation for a medium-light bodied lager. Hops show up in the finish with their light bitterness while the rest of the beer drys up on the palate. Great beer for the winter season, it does well for when you can't take any more barrel-aged stouts.

 

 

Generous head leaves no lacing. Colour is a deep red.

Taste malty sweet as one expects from a marzen... but with toasted malt and an additional hop presence adding some slight bitterness. Very smooth as well

An excellent beer!!

 

Nice malty aroma with a balanced, low hops influence. Pours a rich medium dark brown with an excellent, foamy head that retains well. Above average carbonation. Reasonable bite (most marzen/octoberfest style beers are not overly tangy).. Good marzen style malt flavoring. A lighter impact on the palate means that I could drink a few of these at a single setting without getting bloated. A good beer of this style that I will definitely have again.