Harvest Moon Octoberfest
Barley Creek Brewing Company
- From:
- Barley Creek Brewing Company
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Style:
- Märzen
- ABV:
- 5.7%
- Score:
- +4 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.16 | pDev: 10.13%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 5
- Status:
- Inactive
- Rated:
- Oct 07, 2014
- Added:
- Oct 08, 2003
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 0
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They call Oktoberfest the biggest party in the world, so it deserves an awesome beer. Barley Creek Harvest Moon is full-bodied, rich and toasty, with complex malt character. This liquid gold is the perfect brew with German sausage or any type of char-grilled meat.
Flavor: Smooth pumpkin tones, with combination of cinnamon, coriander and ginger.
Malts: Cara, Munich, Pilsner, Dextrine
Hops: Aurora, Hallertauer Hersbrucker
Bitterness Units: 22
Flavor: Smooth pumpkin tones, with combination of cinnamon, coriander and ginger.
Malts: Cara, Munich, Pilsner, Dextrine
Hops: Aurora, Hallertauer Hersbrucker
Bitterness Units: 22
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by hopdog from Pennsylvania
3.23/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.23/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
Sample tasted from Growler thanks to RLB.
Poured a medium and clear brownish/reddish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas and tastes of nuts, caramel, light toffee with some grassiness to it. Body was on the thinner side.
Notes from 9/10/05
Nov 23, 2008Poured a medium and clear brownish/reddish color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas and tastes of nuts, caramel, light toffee with some grassiness to it. Body was on the thinner side.
Notes from 9/10/05
Reviewed by beerthulhu from New Jersey
3.15/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.15/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
On tap.
A: Poured a dirty orange with a moderate white head.
S: light toasted grains, buttered toast, some honey sweetness and a faint flowery hopping.
T: For flavor there was a slight malt sweetness, some fresh cereal grains and a light floral hopping rounding things out. the nose proved more promising then the flavor delivered.
M: light somewhat watery lacking substance and graininess per style.
D: The beer drank rather bland and unexiciting as I would pass on a second one.
Oct 09, 2008A: Poured a dirty orange with a moderate white head.
S: light toasted grains, buttered toast, some honey sweetness and a faint flowery hopping.
T: For flavor there was a slight malt sweetness, some fresh cereal grains and a light floral hopping rounding things out. the nose proved more promising then the flavor delivered.
M: light somewhat watery lacking substance and graininess per style.
D: The beer drank rather bland and unexiciting as I would pass on a second one.
Reviewed by jwc215 from Arizona
3.3/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.3/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pours orange/amber with a thin off-white head that slowly fizzles to a patch.
The smell is of lightly roasted caramel and graininess.
The taste is of sweet caramel with some graininess. Malty with just a touch of earthy hop presence. Roasted caramel candy dominates. Reminds me more of an amber ale - though I know that it is a lager. Not quite as smooth as I would like it to be, it has a medium-body but something thickish about it.
Not bad, but doesn't really stand out as something much above average overall.
Dec 08, 2007The smell is of lightly roasted caramel and graininess.
The taste is of sweet caramel with some graininess. Malty with just a touch of earthy hop presence. Roasted caramel candy dominates. Reminds me more of an amber ale - though I know that it is a lager. Not quite as smooth as I would like it to be, it has a medium-body but something thickish about it.
Not bad, but doesn't really stand out as something much above average overall.
Reviewed by weeare138 from Pennsylvania
3.28/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
3.28/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
growler courtesy of richlikebeer...
Appears a deep amber with a decent white head.
Smell is of caramel, sweet corn syrup, and light hops.
Taste is about on par with the smell but slightly better.
Mouthfeel is a bit thin but creamy and pleasant with some sweet notes coming through.
Sep 10, 2005Appears a deep amber with a decent white head.
Smell is of caramel, sweet corn syrup, and light hops.
Taste is about on par with the smell but slightly better.
Mouthfeel is a bit thin but creamy and pleasant with some sweet notes coming through.
Reviewed by Ianhockey91 from Pennsylvania
2.48/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
2.48/5 rDev -21.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2 | overall: 2.5
Not a good offering from barley creek. Decent orange hue, but little head or head retention coupled with no lacing kept this beer down in the appearence category. The taste was a little weak, that malt blast that one expects from an o-fest wasnt there, and was a bit hoppy even for me ( a huuuge hop fan). I wont be buying it again this year maybe next though.
Oct 08, 2003
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