Half Pints OctoberfestType of beer: Märzen
Container Type: 341 mL bottle
Alcohol by volume: 6.2%
Country of origin: Canada
Rating: 77% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Cost: $3.00
Tasted on: 11/2/09
Colours of label: Brown/Orange/Red
Drank From: HP Glass
Label Reads: "toasty German malts with a flowery hop aroma", " 22 IBU".
website: www.halfpintsbrewing.com
Best for: Err... early November?
Ratings:
Taste: 14/20
Flavour: 16/20
Buy again: 16/20
Aroma: 7/10
Satisfaction: 9/10
Complexity: 8/10
Intangible: 7/10
Handwritten notes: I had this sumbitch in my fridge for a while, waiting for a special occasion. Then I realized October had come and gone, so that was the occasion. A very bread-doughy smell, or the smell of my old man making toast at 6:30 in the morning. Why did he have to get up so early? The taste of this beer is that which I've come to understand as the Märzen style. I had not tried, in any of my 31 summers, beer of this type until last month. Like any genre, there are good and bad variants. This one works well, though differently from the Sam Adams Octoberfest which I liked. This particular beer has a noticeable tang of alcohol at the end that ramps up the sour, butter-nut squash and decaying produce flavour. Ga-ja!
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Beer #349 of 3,652
Country of origin: Canada
Rating: 77% (see below)
Number of times I've had this beer: 1st
Cost: $3.00
Tasted on: 11/2/09
Colours of label: Brown/Orange/Red
Drank From: HP Glass
Label Reads: "toasty German malts with a flowery hop aroma", " 22 IBU".
website: www.halfpintsbrewing.com
Best for: Err... early November?
Ratings:
Taste: 14/20
Flavour: 16/20
Buy again: 16/20
Aroma: 7/10
Satisfaction: 9/10
Complexity: 8/10
Intangible: 7/10
Handwritten notes: I had this sumbitch in my fridge for a while, waiting for a special occasion. Then I realized October had come and gone, so that was the occasion. A very bread-doughy smell, or the smell of my old man making toast at 6:30 in the morning. Why did he have to get up so early? The taste of this beer is that which I've come to understand as the Märzen style. I had not tried, in any of my 31 summers, beer of this type until last month. Like any genre, there are good and bad variants. This one works well, though differently from the Sam Adams Octoberfest which I liked. This particular beer has a noticeable tang of alcohol at the end that ramps up the sour, butter-nut squash and decaying produce flavour. Ga-ja!
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Beer #349 of 3,652
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