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Oktoberfest
COOP Ale Works
- From:
- COOP Ale Works
- Oklahoma, United States
- Style:
- Märzen
Ranked #254 - ABV:
- 5.6%
- Score:
- 84
Ranked #22,911 - Avg:
- 3.69 | pDev: 10.3%
- Reviews:
- 20
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sep 30, 2023
- Added:
- Oct 01, 2009
- Wants:
- 2
- Gots:
- 16
Taking a step away from our namesake, once a year we craft a lager worthy of extra days in the cellar. The COOP Oktoberfest combines Munich malt, Bavarian hops and a traditional German yeast, and calls for the celebration of fall's arrival. It's time to find a tent, fill your stein, prost, yodel and polka!
23 IBU
23 IBU
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Reviewed by MarcusF from Oklahoma
4.89/5 rDev +32.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.89/5 rDev +32.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Carmel undertones. Smooth finish. Very easy to drink. Rich body. Smooth feel. Tasted better than Sam Adam's Oktoberfest with a bolder taste. Color is amber and amazing
Sep 30, 2023Reviewed by Mark-Leggett from Missouri
3.88/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.88/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Poured from a can. Caramel in color with a tan head. Smells of bread and honey. Tastes of bread and caramel. Very smooth and totally enjoyable October fest.
Sep 09, 2020Reviewed by jwp777 from Oklahoma
4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from a 12 oz can:
Pours a medium amber color with a slightly orange tint. Head is off white and disappears quickly without much lacing.
Aroma is a little faint for my taste but has some balance of malts with floral and grassy characteristics (barely though).
Taste is very malt driven. Very earthy and nutty with the malts up front. The hops aren’t much, but they come in the middle to give some balance and a bit of bite. Finish is mainly malty and earthy but the yeast does play a role at the end. At first sip it feels like it won’t be balanced but the “fall spices” and every other aspect really do balance well by the end.
Feel is medium carbonation with a light to medium body. Very drinkable.
Overall - a good showing for sure. I love Oktoberfest brews (especially the German imports of course), but this is one of my favorite US renditions. Drink it on tap if you can - it is much better.
Aug 27, 2020Pours a medium amber color with a slightly orange tint. Head is off white and disappears quickly without much lacing.
Aroma is a little faint for my taste but has some balance of malts with floral and grassy characteristics (barely though).
Taste is very malt driven. Very earthy and nutty with the malts up front. The hops aren’t much, but they come in the middle to give some balance and a bit of bite. Finish is mainly malty and earthy but the yeast does play a role at the end. At first sip it feels like it won’t be balanced but the “fall spices” and every other aspect really do balance well by the end.
Feel is medium carbonation with a light to medium body. Very drinkable.
Overall - a good showing for sure. I love Oktoberfest brews (especially the German imports of course), but this is one of my favorite US renditions. Drink it on tap if you can - it is much better.
Reviewed by hefe300 from Oklahoma
3.63/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.63/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Off white head fades quickly leaving minimal lacing. Color is a beautiful amber. The bubbles and foam portend a low to medium amount of carbonation.
Mouthfeel is top notch. This is a highly drinkable beer. Smooth.
True to style, this is very malt forward. What little hops that are noticeable provide a tobacco-like sting to somewhat counterbalance the malt sweetness but overall this beer's strength is it's drinkability.
There are hints of butterscotch and caramel in the finish.
I like this. I'll drink it again. It's not among Coop's best and it's not among the best Oktoberfest's I've had but it's worthy.
Aug 23, 2020Mouthfeel is top notch. This is a highly drinkable beer. Smooth.
True to style, this is very malt forward. What little hops that are noticeable provide a tobacco-like sting to somewhat counterbalance the malt sweetness but overall this beer's strength is it's drinkability.
There are hints of butterscotch and caramel in the finish.
I like this. I'll drink it again. It's not among Coop's best and it's not among the best Oktoberfest's I've had but it's worthy.
Reviewed by jmbranum from Oklahoma
4.66/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.66/5 rDev +26.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from a can into a glass. I was impressed with this one, appropriately malty but also complex, it reminded me a bit of Paulaner Salvator. I wish I bought more than one.
Oct 13, 2019Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri
4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +8.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Pours a clear, lightly-foggy copper-burgundy with a finger of khaki head. Aroma is nutty, bready, caramely, earthy malts. Really simple aroma, but clean. Flavor profile is bready, caramely, earthy, nutty malts with a little hint of toffee and caramel behind. Mouth feel is lightly soft, with a modest effervescent. It has a medium thickness. Overall, clean and simple with a nice, sweet finish.
Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 12oz can.
Sep 27, 2019Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 12oz can.
Reviewed by Dinglehacker from Wisconsin
4.02/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.02/5 rDev +8.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured into glass seidel.
Appearance: Lovely amber. No head, no lace (admittedly slow pour)
Nose: Malty, light and sweet
Taste: Malt up front, a little wheaty. Light notes of fall spice.
Feel: Light mouthfeel, smooth
Coop's Oktoberfest is pretty typical of the amber end of the style, malty and moderately sweet. Have had on tap as well, which was a little stronger in flavor. Not bad at all.
Oct 06, 2017Appearance: Lovely amber. No head, no lace (admittedly slow pour)
Nose: Malty, light and sweet
Taste: Malt up front, a little wheaty. Light notes of fall spice.
Feel: Light mouthfeel, smooth
Coop's Oktoberfest is pretty typical of the amber end of the style, malty and moderately sweet. Have had on tap as well, which was a little stronger in flavor. Not bad at all.
Oktoberfest from COOP Ale Works
Beer rating:
84 out of
100 with
70 ratings
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