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Harvest Moon Festbier Style Ale
Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company & Taproom
- From:
- Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company & Taproom
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Festbier / Wiesnbier
- ABV:
- 5.3%
- Score:
- 83
- Avg:
- 3.59 | pDev: 9.47%
- Reviews:
- 20
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 13, 2018
- Added:
- Jun 29, 2003
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 3
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Reviewed by Orca from Washington
3.83/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
22oz into a weizen glass. Pours a deep reddish amber w/ a big fluffy eggshell head, plenty of lace, lively carbonation. True to style.
Aroma is bready, malty, fruity, and sweet. Again, spot-on for the style.
Taste follows nose. Nice fruity, bready malt with just a touch of graininess. Very clean.
Mouthfeel is crisp, medium bodied, very drinkable. Good carbonation keeps it fairly light on the palate.
Overall a solid rendition of the style. I've had a couple local Märzens that trended toward over-hopping, but Snoqualmie appears not to have succumbed to this temptation. Very nice.
Sep 15, 2013Aroma is bready, malty, fruity, and sweet. Again, spot-on for the style.
Taste follows nose. Nice fruity, bready malt with just a touch of graininess. Very clean.
Mouthfeel is crisp, medium bodied, very drinkable. Good carbonation keeps it fairly light on the palate.
Overall a solid rendition of the style. I've had a couple local Märzens that trended toward over-hopping, but Snoqualmie appears not to have succumbed to this temptation. Very nice.
Reviewed by BeerAdvocate from Finland
3.83/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.83/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
Review from BeerAdvocate Magazine Issue #57 (October 2011):
LOOK: Big head, bright copper
SMELL: Dried hay, caramelized sugar, herbal, yeast
TASTE: Thick malt, smooth, grainy, toasty, grape skin, hop bitterness, herbal, nutty yeast, clean
Not the same pale fest beer you’ll get in the tents in munich during oktoberfest, but defi- nitely lands solid as a märzen, even with the use of ale yeast. Brewer does a great job of keeping this one very clean and, of course, drinkable, both of which are expected. damn tasty.
May 01, 2012LOOK: Big head, bright copper
SMELL: Dried hay, caramelized sugar, herbal, yeast
TASTE: Thick malt, smooth, grainy, toasty, grape skin, hop bitterness, herbal, nutty yeast, clean
Not the same pale fest beer you’ll get in the tents in munich during oktoberfest, but defi- nitely lands solid as a märzen, even with the use of ale yeast. Brewer does a great job of keeping this one very clean and, of course, drinkable, both of which are expected. damn tasty.
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
3.18/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.18/5 rDev -11.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
22oz bottle split into two large snifters
Pours a dirty amber cloudy, very little head, medium amount of slow fine active carbonation. Lots of sediment had collected on the bottom -- it sat in my fridge for some time before getting poured. Smell is lemony, yeasty, malty.
Taste is very lemony, and otherwise pretty bland. Fair amount of yeastiness.
Mouthfeel is dry, slightly gritty. Overall, this is an OK beer.
Feb 18, 2012Pours a dirty amber cloudy, very little head, medium amount of slow fine active carbonation. Lots of sediment had collected on the bottom -- it sat in my fridge for some time before getting poured. Smell is lemony, yeasty, malty.
Taste is very lemony, and otherwise pretty bland. Fair amount of yeastiness.
Mouthfeel is dry, slightly gritty. Overall, this is an OK beer.
Reviewed by Flightoficarus from Washington
3.71/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
3.71/5 rDev +3.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4
A - Pours a deep, hazy amber-orange, with a medium off-white head, with good head retention and lacing.
S - Smell is somewhat faint, but is of toasted grains/malts, a hint of caramel, some floral hops, and a hint of honey.
T - The taste delivers! but not in the expected fashion of the style. This one tastes of toasted malts, balanced with a moderate amount of earthy, nutty hops, hints of orange peel, and just a bit of caramel. Crisp, clean finish.
M - Light-ish/medium body, with moderate carbonation, and a clean finish.
O - Overall, I'd say this one doesn't really taste like a Marzen to me at all, but regardless, it's a good beer I can see myself coming back to. Refreshing, but flavorful, it'll be good to have around during the fall.
Sep 22, 2011S - Smell is somewhat faint, but is of toasted grains/malts, a hint of caramel, some floral hops, and a hint of honey.
T - The taste delivers! but not in the expected fashion of the style. This one tastes of toasted malts, balanced with a moderate amount of earthy, nutty hops, hints of orange peel, and just a bit of caramel. Crisp, clean finish.
M - Light-ish/medium body, with moderate carbonation, and a clean finish.
O - Overall, I'd say this one doesn't really taste like a Marzen to me at all, but regardless, it's a good beer I can see myself coming back to. Refreshing, but flavorful, it'll be good to have around during the fall.
Reviewed by Kakaraht from Canada (BC)
3/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3/5 rDev -16.4%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
A: Poured a coppery orange, with a decent finger of head with good retention and lacing.
S: Very floral and spicy hops with a nice malty background containing gains and biscuit.
T: Citrus and spicy hops are the first thing I taste, the malt backs it up pretty good with nice lightly toasted notes and a caramel like flavor.
M: Medium body, sharp flavor and good carbonation.
D: This is a nice beer, though it is not at märzen. Been to Germany and Oktoberfest many time and they do not taste anything like this, good beer otherwise.
Jan 30, 2011S: Very floral and spicy hops with a nice malty background containing gains and biscuit.
T: Citrus and spicy hops are the first thing I taste, the malt backs it up pretty good with nice lightly toasted notes and a caramel like flavor.
M: Medium body, sharp flavor and good carbonation.
D: This is a nice beer, though it is not at märzen. Been to Germany and Oktoberfest many time and they do not taste anything like this, good beer otherwise.
Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati
3.9/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
3.9/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured into straight pint glass. Poured a nice medium amber color with about 3/4 inch of tan head that good retention and lacing.
The beer had a very nice malt aroma with just enough spicy hops to be interesting. The flavor was very similar, just more focused and detailed. A solid, multi-flavored malt bill that was topped off by a nice hop tang complemented the foundation well.
The body was just short of full, but was still solid and well balanced. Drinkability was great, the rare time I didn't get bored with a 22. I could have easily drank 1 or 2 more.
Overall, a very nice brew (as seems typical for Snoqualmie) that goes down easy and is certainly worth your time. For the record, the label is now different from what's shown here, it's now a black and gray label with the falls still centered.
Nov 06, 2010The beer had a very nice malt aroma with just enough spicy hops to be interesting. The flavor was very similar, just more focused and detailed. A solid, multi-flavored malt bill that was topped off by a nice hop tang complemented the foundation well.
The body was just short of full, but was still solid and well balanced. Drinkability was great, the rare time I didn't get bored with a 22. I could have easily drank 1 or 2 more.
Overall, a very nice brew (as seems typical for Snoqualmie) that goes down easy and is certainly worth your time. For the record, the label is now different from what's shown here, it's now a black and gray label with the falls still centered.
Reviewed by loren01 from Washington
2.79/5 rDev -22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
2.79/5 rDev -22.3%
look: 4 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3
A: Pours a dark orange color, pretty decent head with good lace down the glass.
S: My first impression was that I smelled kindof a sour scent to it. Lots of caramel sweet scents in there as well.
T: Again I can't tell if this beer is slightly infected or its just my tastebuds today?? Nothing is offensive actually it tastes pretty good but maybe a slight sourness in there. Mostly sweet toffee caramel flavors.
M: Medium bodied good creamy mouthfeel.
D: Not too bad, can't get past the funky sourness to it though...maybe its my tastebuds i'm gonna have to re-review this beer on a different day.
Oct 23, 2010S: My first impression was that I smelled kindof a sour scent to it. Lots of caramel sweet scents in there as well.
T: Again I can't tell if this beer is slightly infected or its just my tastebuds today?? Nothing is offensive actually it tastes pretty good but maybe a slight sourness in there. Mostly sweet toffee caramel flavors.
M: Medium bodied good creamy mouthfeel.
D: Not too bad, can't get past the funky sourness to it though...maybe its my tastebuds i'm gonna have to re-review this beer on a different day.
Harvest Moon Festbier Style Ale from Snoqualmie Falls Brewing Company & Taproom
Beer rating:
83 out of
100 with
33 ratings
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