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Oktoberfest
Karl Strauss Brewing Company
- From:
- Karl Strauss Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Märzen
Ranked #369 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 81
Ranked #25,872 - Avg:
- 3.53 | pDev: 14.45%
- Reviews:
- 52
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 28, 2023
- Added:
- Apr 06, 2003
- Wants:
- 4
- Gots:
- 16
A crisp Bavarian classic with Vienna and Munich malts for a deep golden color, nutty undertones, and toasted malt flavors. Prost!
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Ratings by scottoale:
Reviewed by scottoale from California
3.2/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.2/5 rDev -9.3%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
In a 12oz. brown bottle with a label picture depicting the celebration of Oktoberfest along with the blue and white vertical checkerboard accents.
It pours a deep gold with a half-inch of off-white head which dissipates in less than a minute. A few streamers of carbonation bubbles, a couple dots of lacing.
The smell is faint and vague, All I can detect is a light, slightly roasted malt with some wheat or blunt straw notes and that's about it. It's not a very sweet smell, kind of chalk like and slightly bitter.
The taste...much like it smells is weak, yet balanced. It starts on a malt note, slight roast, slight nuttiness then a mild hop slowly shuts the door. It actually has a nice taste but seems watered-down to the max. A little more malt sweetening and at least double the existing flavor and the brew would suit it's style just fine. Unfortunetly it doesn't and is way too weak to be enjoyed as an Oktoberfest.
Fine mouthfeel, smooth and creamy and a bit bubbly with a light body and clean finish. Where's the alcohol? Easy to drink as it tastes good, just need to double the ingredients, less the water.
Mar 21, 2006It pours a deep gold with a half-inch of off-white head which dissipates in less than a minute. A few streamers of carbonation bubbles, a couple dots of lacing.
The smell is faint and vague, All I can detect is a light, slightly roasted malt with some wheat or blunt straw notes and that's about it. It's not a very sweet smell, kind of chalk like and slightly bitter.
The taste...much like it smells is weak, yet balanced. It starts on a malt note, slight roast, slight nuttiness then a mild hop slowly shuts the door. It actually has a nice taste but seems watered-down to the max. A little more malt sweetening and at least double the existing flavor and the brew would suit it's style just fine. Unfortunetly it doesn't and is way too weak to be enjoyed as an Oktoberfest.
Fine mouthfeel, smooth and creamy and a bit bubbly with a light body and clean finish. Where's the alcohol? Easy to drink as it tastes good, just need to double the ingredients, less the water.
More User Ratings:
Rated by matcris from Arizona
3.52/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.52/5 rDev -0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Tried a single. Decent, but not up to some of its German competitors in the flavor department.
Oct 19, 2023Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.26/5 rDev +20.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
4.26/5 rDev +20.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Shimmering clear amber with a short white head leaving an arm or two of skinny lace.
While leafy and nutty with a mild toast, the malt presents overall as semisweet, all within a really pleasantly frothy, fulfilling body.
Oct 06, 2023While leafy and nutty with a mild toast, the malt presents overall as semisweet, all within a really pleasantly frothy, fulfilling body.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.9/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.9/5 rDev +10.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
Mostly clear amber pour with a cream cap. Caramel malts, toast, and nuts in the nose. Taste is very nutty with the toast, bread, caramel malts and hints of earth. Feel is bready and malty, decently crisp and medium bodied, best aspect of the beer easily.
Oct 22, 2020Reviewed by BayAreaJoe from California
3.54/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
3.54/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Good, very easy drinking Oktoberfest beer. A bit on the lower end of the scale in terms of aroma & flavor but still pleasant. Good drinkability feel, maybe just on the sweeter side of the scale. Overall decent, but I'd probably rather have a terrific German märzen for relatively the same price.
Sep 12, 2019Reviewed by chitoryu12 from Florida
3.57/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.57/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
Look: Clear brownish-orange. Thin head of off-white foam.
Smell: Very faint hops and grain malt.
Taste: Light malt, a bit of hop bitterness. Not much else.
Mouthfeel: Average thickness, but creamy. High carbonation.
Overall: Not bad, but pretty generic and too inoffensive.
Oct 18, 2018Smell: Very faint hops and grain malt.
Taste: Light malt, a bit of hop bitterness. Not much else.
Mouthfeel: Average thickness, but creamy. High carbonation.
Overall: Not bad, but pretty generic and too inoffensive.
Reviewed by Jugs_McGhee from Colorado
3.4/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.4/5 rDev -3.7%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
Bottle from Trader Joe's:
Bready and malty but not too sweet like many Oktoberfestbiere. Very drinkable, though not to the point that I'd want to drink it by the litre at a bierfest (which is basically the point of the style).
B- / WORTHY
Sep 05, 2018Bready and malty but not too sweet like many Oktoberfestbiere. Very drinkable, though not to the point that I'd want to drink it by the litre at a bierfest (which is basically the point of the style).
B- / WORTHY
Oktoberfest from Karl Strauss Brewing Company
Beer rating:
81 out of
100 with
132 ratings
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