On tap at Ambulance, sweet-breaded caramel malting gains lightly spiced dried fruiting and mild chestnut respite over cardboard-bound buttered biscuit base of moderate-bodied marzen.
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GOOSE ISLAND KELLER MARZEN
“Classic cold-cellared German lager” brewed in collaboration with Spaten Brauerei stays crisply clean as doughy yeast enticement brings biscuity breading to light lemon-rotted musk, musty peat earthiness and leafy hop astringency. Spritzy carbolic pep awakens the tongue.
KANE BIERHALLE MARZEN
GOOSE ISLAND FEST BIER
On tap at Biggie’s, dry light-bodied marzen (formerly Goose Oktoberfest) greets dewy earthen peat with floral-spiced Hallertau hops and baked breaded rye malts. Dried apricot and orange illusions fade in the recess.
LONE EAGLE MY FAVORITE MARZEN
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, dewy earthen minerality picks up sedate toffee-candied sweetness and baked-breaded Vienna malting for stylishly fine moderation.
SAMUEL ADAMS OCTOBERFEST – 2016
Satisfactory 2016 version soaks orange-oiled lemon souring and sweet-spiced red cherry undertones into crisp leafy hop setting and minor gourd earthiness.
FIRESTONE WALKER OAKTOBERFEST MARZEN
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, mild marzen links lightly creamed raw-honeyed Augustiner Vienna malting and biscuity lager yeast to serene citric-spiced briskness and dewy leafy-hopped earthiness. Note: ‘Oak’ in Oaktoberfest refers to Oakland, California’s annual beer festival instead of any true oak influence on the flavor.
SAUCONY CREEK X RESERVE BOCKTOBERFEST
On tap at Plank Pizza, casual Bavarian-styled bock/marzen merger brings autumnal brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing to sharp hop astringency and toasted biscuit spine. Ancillary toffee-sweetened dried fruiting registers below gourd-informed surface, leaving these timid bock aspects in the dust.
SUNKEN CITY SUNKTOBERFEST
Bettering the majority of American-made marzen lagers, middling medium-bodied fall seasonal offers muddled molasses-buttered toffee sweetness to dry leafy hop bittering, mild tea-like dewiness, light sugar spicing and brown-breaded bottom. Nothing distinctive, but quite refreshing.
ABITA OCTOBERFEST
Off-balanced marzen lager lacks distinct flavor profile. Spicy dry-hopped murk and bland crystal-pale malting become overly astringent. Earthen grape mold sours citric-perfumed musk and nutty brown-breaded base.
JACK’S ABBY SMOKED MARZEN
Ineffective copper-hazed Octoberfest-styled rauchbier loses initial beechwood-flamed campfire sentiment and peat-smoked barleymalt access to less appealing lemon-soured briskness. Maple-glazed bacon niche muted by arid carbolic fizz.
NEWPORT STORM OKTOBERFEST MARZEN LAGER
Despite amiably scrunching together leafy autumnal dewiness, grouty citric hops and mild orange-red fruiting, busy 2013 medium body’s drawback may be the ascending acidic astringency undermining its fruitful indulgences. Wavered bruised apple, navel orange, tangerine, cherry and pumpkin illusions never fully form. Hardened marzen drinkers may be swayed favorably by the oncoming citric-soured putridity graduallycontrasting the initial sweet-fruited juicing.