Atwater Bloktoberfest - Atwater Block Brewery

MCDub

North Carolina

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

10-17-2012 18:20:12 | More by MCDub

Punqbert

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

04-17-2013 01:29:02 | More by Punqbert

Gschaf

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

04-10-2013 22:00:45 | More by Gschaf

Pensfan0782

Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

04-10-2013 22:00:10 | More by Pensfan0782

PapiMagnum

New York

4/5  rDev +18.7%

02-13-2013 06:49:49 | More by PapiMagnum

EL48823

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

01-28-2013 20:56:36 | More by EL48823

Thorpe429

Illinois

2.75/5  rDev -18.4%

01-17-2013 23:38:30 | More by Thorpe429

BlissJunkie

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

01-14-2013 18:25:03 | More by BlissJunkie

ejimhof

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -11%

12-25-2012 22:36:18 | More by ejimhof

mrebeka

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

11-28-2012 01:06:17 | More by mrebeka

LJWalker

Alabama

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

11-17-2012 03:36:06 | More by LJWalker

CSFerrier

Michigan

3/5  rDev -11%

11-07-2012 00:44:48 | More by CSFerrier

alex021224

Michigan

3.5/5  rDev +3.9%

11-05-2012 00:52:53 | More by alex021224

superspak

Michigan

3.38/5  rDev +0.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled in Sept 2012. Pours lightly hazy copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with very good retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Good soapy lacing clings down the glass. Aromas of apple, pear, caramel, toast, biscuit, raisin, nuttiness, molasses, and herbal spiciness. Ok aromas with decent balance; but they are far too fruity and phenolic. Taste of caramel, toast, biscuit, pear, apple, nuttiness, molasses, earth, and herbal spiciness. Lingering notes of toast, caramel, biscuit, nuttiness, earth, and herbal spiciness on the finish for a good bit. Very solid balance of flavors with a fairly robust feel; minimal cloying after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a fairly creamy, slick, and crisp mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is well hidden with only a slight warming noticed after the finish. Overall this is a very solid oktoberfest. Some good flavor balance and robustness; quite easy and smooth to drink. This was pretty enjoyable.

Serving type: bottle

11-01-2012 03:01:17 | More by superspak

andrewjraab

Michigan

2.9/5  rDev -13.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

A - Burnt Sienna brown with little to no head retention.

S - Bread, yeasty, sweet, malts, caramel.

T - Malty, caramel, rich and robust. Not much balance with it and it just drinks too heavy. Something not quite right with this.

O - Decent not great. I really wouldn't recommend this considering all the great options available for this style.

Serving type: bottle

10-29-2012 03:39:12 | More by andrewjraab

mquinn919

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev +11.3%

10-28-2012 21:15:29 | More by mquinn919

jduprey007

Michigan

3.25/5  rDev -3.6%

10-26-2012 00:35:48 | More by jduprey007

RWLawman

North Carolina

3/5  rDev -11%

10-20-2012 23:59:17 | More by RWLawman

George2744

Pennsylvania

4/5  rDev +18.7%

10-19-2012 19:58:33 | More by George2744

divineaudio

Michigan

3/5  rDev -11%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12oz into my atwater pint glass. best before date clearly marked.

a - pours copper in color, totally transparent, with a thin cap of coarse, off white head. leaves a few thin legs of lacing in the glass.

s - carmel, cookie dough, faint hop spice.

t - carmel malt with a little spiciness on the middle of the tongue. notes of diacetyl and just enough earthy bitterness keeps things balanced. not much going on here.

m - medium body, buttery, coarse co2 profile and not quite enough carbonation.

o - easily drinkable i guess but just average as far as the style goes. would have been better without the diacetyl and with a just little more hops. with so many other great marzen/oktoberfest beers out there i don't see myself returning to this one.

Serving type: bottle

10-07-2012 00:35:25 | More by divineaudio

Alextricity

Michigan

3.65/5  rDev +8.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours with a head that doesn't last long. The color of the beer is just what you'd expect from the usual Oktoberfest -- perfectly like Autumn. Looks nice, but lacking overall.

Smell: Meh. Sweet, caramel-like, and malty. Again, average.

Taste/feel: I wonder if these other reviews got a skunked bottle or theirs just wasn't fresh ... I'm getting an above average taste here. The first sip is INCREDIBLY bready tasting. Honestly, almost TOO much so. After that though, you get a super tasty malty Oktoberfest with a very nice mouthfeel.

I haven't had many Oktoberfests (Actually, I've only had this and Sam Adams' up to this point), but I like this one quite a bit more than Sam's. The carbonation and texture and the overall taste. I don't know about you other guys, but I enjoy this one a good bit. Would love to try it on tap.

Serving type: bottle

10-04-2012 04:26:18 | More by Alextricity

ryanwashere

3/5  rDev -11%

09-28-2012 01:26:31 | More by ryanwashere

oberon

North Carolina

2.98/5  rDev -11.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

Sad to say but just another average beer from Atwater,I was hoping this would be a little better.Poured a bottle and a half into a 1/2 liter stein,a lighter copper/bronze with a thinner but well sustained white head atop.Brown sugar and caramel malts in the nose,mainly on the sweeter side with no crispness our dough to it.Thin feel that doesn't help the thinner sweet flavors any,there is a little dryingness to it in the finish buthere just is no complexity.It's average on par with Lenie's and not as good as Sam Adams,sonot very good.

Serving type: bottle

09-24-2012 15:57:31 | More by oberon

TheMadStork

3.75/5  rDev +11.3%

09-17-2012 01:12:14 | More by TheMadStork

Garlicjosh

Pennsylvania

3/5  rDev -11%

09-14-2012 19:29:54 | More by Garlicjosh