Oktoberfest Revolution - Revolution Brewing Company - Brewpub

TMoney2591

Illinois

3.53/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served in a Chicago Bears shaker pint glass.

Somehow, this is my first Revolution beer from the bottle. Go figure. It pours a clear copper-tawny topped by a finger of dirty off-white foam. The nose comprises biscuit, light honey, light rye toast, mild spicy and earthy hops, and a tiny touch of deep fried chicken skin (...yeah, this is what came to mind...I dunno...). The taste brings in more of the same, though the hops are slightly stronger and lean a bit more floral now, and a pinch of black pepper is tossed in absentmindedly. The body is a light medium, with a light moderate carbonation and a fairly dry finish. Overall, a nice, solid O-Fest, nothing spectacular or eye-opening, but something I could easily have a couple of beneath a tent at some big party of some kind...

Serving type: bottle

09-06-2012 18:07:50 | More by TMoney2591

MasterSki

Illinois

3.68/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

On-tap at Revolution. 5oz Mug Club taster glass.

A - Served with a thin white head that settles to a wispy film, leaving behind spotty lace. The body is an attractive transparent golden color.

S - Caramel and toffee malts, touch of apple and other nebulous fruity notes, bread, lightly toasted grains, and a hint of floral hop.

T - Taste is again fruity malts, toffee, toasted bread and grains, and a bit of sharp hop bite mixed in for good measure.

M - Medium body, slightly grainy, with moderate carbonation, and a dry crisp finish. Very clean and refreshing, with no obvious alcohol.

D - It's a solid and true-to-style Oktoberfest offering and relatively easy to drink. Not my favorite style, but fairly enjoyable all the same. If you're into Oktoberfest beers, or even darker lagers this would be worth trying.

Serving type: on-tap

09-15-2011 18:11:12 | More by MasterSki

rhoadsrage

Illinois

4.3/5  rDev +15%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

03.23.12 stamp on bottle
(Served in a dimple mug)
A- This beer pours a crystal clear deep caramel body with a tight carbonation and a thin sticky film of antique white head that is soon gone.

S- The flinty malt aroma has a hint of light toasted malt in the finish but it is clean and well lagered.

T- The dry toasted malt flavor has some Pils and Vienna malt notes that come through with a blend of Noble hop flavors in the clean finish. There is a gentle hop bitterness that lingers.

M- The medium-light mouthfeel has no alcohol heat and a nice tight fizz to compliment the clean finish.

O- This beer has a nice fresh soft malt flavor with a good Noble hops and a dry finish. This is a classic.

Serving type: bottle

01-02-2013 22:34:35 | More by rhoadsrage

AgentZero

Illinois

3.48/5  rDev -7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

A - Brownish copper beer with a white head that that leaves some spots on the sides of the glass.

S - A lot of caramel, slight hint of butterscotch, bread, fruit.

T - A little bit lighter than I was expecting on the taste, but it's appropriately malty with caramel and some toffee taking the forefront. Finish makes me think a little of fructose corn syrup for some reason. Easy to drink.

M - Fairly light and crisp with good carbonation.

O - Drinkable, decent for the style. Can drink again with no complaints.

Serving type: on-tap

09-15-2011 22:06:43 | More by AgentZero

GbVDave

Illinois

3.88/5  rDev +3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 22oz bomber into a St. Bernardus goblet.

A: Pours a clear, rusty-orange color with a tiny amount of off white head on top. Lacing was minimal and the carbonation was pretty lazy.

S: Aromas of toasted malt blended with perfumed caramel. Slight hint of hops as things progress.

T: As above. More hops than in the smell.

M: Starts with a sweet malt kiss that turns drier and spicier. Quite clean on the tongue with no lingering sweetness.

O: A clean and pretty traditional Oktoberfest. Nice job guys!

Serving type: bottle

09-07-2012 00:14:04 | More by GbVDave

Redrover

Illinois

3.93/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

They just tapped this year’s version. The beer is amber/orange with a dense beige head. Lots of lace, I think it is a looker.
Aroma of grains, bread dough and slightly spicy hops.

The beer is slightly sweet on the first sip. There is grains, some caramel malts & toasted biscuits. By the second sip, the hops start to assert themselves. I like the peppery and floral notes they add.

Solid mouth feel and the beer went excellent with my food. I think this would be a great fest beer as it is tasty and easy to session.

Serving type: on-tap

08-24-2012 17:59:31 | More by Redrover

homebrew311

Illinois

4.03/5  rDev +7.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Served on tap at Whole Foods Schaumburg. Appearance is a deep reddish orange with striking clarity. Dense white head leaves thin layer that retains, heavy lacing. Nose is full of deep grains, notes of lager yeast, caramel, an earthy hint of spicy grain in the vein of rye or pumpernickel. Taste is full of wonderful fall flavors, plenty of bready malts with deep caramel notes and a hint of spice. Bitter hops come through and balance out the malts with an earthy component. Mouthfeel is appropriate, maybe a tad high on carbonation. Overall, this Is a great and tasty version of a marzen. Worth a try (as are all Rev brews)

Serving type: on-tap

09-24-2012 19:49:47 | More by homebrew311

Florida9

Illinois

3.63/5  rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Clear copper in color. Served with a thin bit of white head. Decent lacing. Caramel malts and herbal hops, a slight metallic tinge in the aroma. Flavor is all malt: caramel, toffee, toast. Maybe some earthy hops, but the hops aren't the star of the show here. Mouthfeel is medium in body, but the heavy malts really round things out. Overall decent, but I didn't order a second.

Serving type: on-tap

09-24-2011 21:58:10 | More by Florida9

AleWatcher

Illinois

3/5  rDev -19.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 2 | overall: 3

Can poured ino dimpled mug.

coppery orange body with a minuscule head, no retention, and no lacing.

Smells of caramel and Munich malt with a light toasty bread and a very mild hop bill. Not really bitter at all. Kinda chalky feel, though I would call the body thin and light.

Overall-- meh. This is a pass. I will be honest, this isn't really a style I go crazy over, but I try my best to review such styles with an open mind and a generous nature in terms of scoring. To be fair-- there is nthing offensive in this beer, but nothing that wows me either.

Serving type: can

10-14-2012 22:39:20 | More by AleWatcher

kawilliams81

Illinois

3.9/5  rDev +4.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 22 oz bottle into a Jester King pint.

A- pours a light caramel with a 1 finger off-white head. Small bubbles and trails of lacing.

S- honey, caramel, toast

T- honey and sweet toffee, toasted malts, very littler bitterness.

M- medium body and carbonation. Light syrup feel with a crisp finish.

O- really enjoy this Oktoberfest by Revolution. Sweet but to to sweet with crisp finish.

Serving type: bottle

09-28-2012 00:02:43 | More by kawilliams81

Treebs

Illinois

3.5/5  rDev -6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

22 oz. bottle served in a mug. Seems pretty appropriate for the beer.

A: Pours a clear copper color with a one finger height of solid off-white foam forming on the pour. The retention is awesome and it slowly recedes down the the glass leaving some sticky sheets of lace.

S: Lagery yeast and pale malts. A slight dose of caramel with subtle spices. There is a mild hop backing to it, but it's far in the periphery.

T: Caramel and pale malts with a slight spiced backing. Light green hops with some lager yeast and malty sweetness. The finish is clean with a light hint sweetness.

M: Medium bodied with a medium carbonation. Clean finish.

O: A very solid representation of the style, but it doesn't wow me. Very solid malty sweetness and the light hop backing adds another depth of flavor. At 4.99 this a great value and would buy again if i was in the right setting.

Serving type: bottle

09-09-2012 20:18:40 | More by Treebs

steveh

Illinois

3.6/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

My first Revolution beer -- and my favorite style. Match made in heaven?

$5 22 ounce brown bottle, label lists the beer at 5.7 ABV (report made). There's an ink-jetted date on the label that reads: 03.23.12 -- brewing date? Bottled on date -- awful early.

A -- Bright, clear copper-amber color with a rather skimpy light tan head.

S -- Sweet malts with nuttiness back. Some light extract/home-brew-like character -- even some wort-like graininess.

T -- Smooth, lightly bready malts with some light toastiness and a touch of sweetness before the hops finish with a very spicy bitterness. The bitterness lingers into the aftertaste and dry finish. There are mild fruit esters in the aftertaste that keep this from being a to-style clean lager.

M -- Mouthfeel is crisp with a light-medium body and that dry finish.

O -- Overall, not the best example of a Märzen Oktoberfest out there, but certainly a unique take on the style with a bitterness that isn't common. While not as balanced to the malts as the brewery suggests at their web site, it's not distracting either.

Is this a good rendition on a German Oktoberfest or a really well-made Amber Ale? The mild fruitiness in the aftertaste and the hop character leans me toward Amber Ale, but it's well worth trying.

Serving type: bottle

09-12-2012 20:56:50 | More by steveh

KDawg

Illinois

3.53/5  rDev -5.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

this pours a nice dark orange color

very good aromas with malts, grains, and blood oranges. fairly straightforward, but balanced and aromatic

medium bodied with a good plumpness to the feel. Smooth and round as well with good malty flavors dominating

this is a good and solid oktoberfest. While there are grain tones to it, they don't dominate and instead we get some malty goodness

Serving type: on-tap

09-27-2011 22:41:03 | More by KDawg

dpodratsky3

Georgia

4.15/5  rDev +11%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4

22 oz bomber poured into SA perfect pint glass

A: The head recedes quickly to a white covering film that lasts around the edges but otherwise is absent for most of the glass, crystal clear burnt orange/amber color

S: Pretty clean with hints of floral and herbal hops of the german variety (duh) mixed with distinct caramel malt

T: The first sip hits you with much more hops than anticipated (oktoberfests are supposed to be hoppier since they are stronger and need more balance but this is still pretty high at first), then immediately you are hit with a very sweet caramel flavor that is common in most oktoberfests, as you take subsequent tastes things begin to fill in a little more, the hops are still flavorful with hints of pleasant floral notes but they don't taste "strong" at all, the caramel malt is still very sweet but that is expected but some more notes of slightly roasted fullness also present themselves (munich?), a good example

M: Enough to keep your palate wanting more, but not too much to make it hard to drink large amounts, the way it should be

O: A very good example, a fester should be stronger than a normal amber lager, but it has to retain a specific feel to it, many oktoberfests get stronger without the hops and end up very sweet, the others raise the bitterness but the hops flavor goes away and you are left with harshness, this one is a good balance, it is designed to be consumed in large quantities after all

Serving type: bottle

09-02-2012 03:36:37 | More by dpodratsky3

weatherdog

Illinois

3.83/5  rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5

On tap at the brewpub. Served in a pint glass

It pours a brilliantly clear copper with a soapy big bubbled creme colored head. Lacing coats the sides of the glass.

Crisp and caramel malt are the aroma. Subtle, but straight forward.

the taste is pretty spot on to style with the exception on a too sweet finish. I excpect a nice crisp finish but this just doesn't deliver on that. This is a nice very malt forward beer which could be great with a better finish.

Carbonation is perfect at a medium to high level and mouthfeel would be right there if the finish was dryer. Drinkability is very high though as it should be given a beer that should be drank in 1L glass steins.

Serving type: on-tap

09-20-2010 22:55:11 | More by weatherdog

AJacob81

Illinois

4.13/5  rDev +10.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Bomber into my Rocktoberfest stein.

A - Copper-orange in hue, good clarity and a majestic 2.5 finger beige foam head that quickly dissipates and is retained w decent legs and patchy lacing.

S - Smooth buttery caramel malt and a hint of earthy hops.

T - Caramel malt, some fruit and bread, and bitter, grassy hops in the back end. Flavors pop exceptionally well for a Marzen.

M - Full bodied for a lager, with solid carbonation and a lingering finish.

My favorite domestically produced Oktoberfest, 5 bones a bomber, and it singlehandedly justifies my stein purchase. A winner.

Serving type: bottle

10-14-2012 23:59:13 | More by AJacob81