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Warsteiner Oktoberfest

Name - Warsteiner Oktoberfest
Country - Germany
Type - Marzen
Appearance - Light orange/gold color with a nice sized white head.
Smell - The aroma is malty and slightly grainy.
Taste - The taste was very light of malts and bread.
With my recent Marzen kick in getting prepared for Oktoberfest I have to say that this one was a dissapointment.  [...]

Oktoberfest’s Original Big Six Beers

So with Oktoberfest upon us you have noticed I have been doing a good deal of reviews on Oktoberfest styled beers.  I recently found this article on the big six of Oktoberfest.  I found that I have only had one of the six and as I recently reviewed it is my favorite Marzen out there, [...]

Spaten Oktoberfest

Name - Spaten Oktoberfest
Country - Germany
Type - Marzen
Appearance - A deep amber color with a small white head that disappeared quickly.
Smell - A sweet malty smell that is very pleasant.
Taste - A nice blend of sweet malts.  Minimal hops.  Smooth aftertaste.
This was the first Spaten I ever had a few years ago but couldn’t remember [...]

Penn Oktoberfest

Name - Penn Oktoberfest
Country - United States
Type - Marzen
Appearance - Light amber color with a very, very minimal head.
Smell - Sweet malty smell.
Taste - Malty but not very strong on it’s taste. Sort of watered down.
With getting into the season of fall coming up I decided to give another “Oktoberfest” American brew a try. [...]

Samuel Adams Octoberfest

Name - Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Country - United States
Type - Marzen
Appearance - A dark amber color with a very small white head that didn’t last long.
Smell - A very sweet smell of malt and caramel.
Taste - Also a very malty, sweet taste.  A hint of caramel to it.
It was a very nice full bodied beer with [...]