Contrasting toasted pumpkin seed salting and musty orange oiling against sweet cinnamon-nutmeg spiced pumpkin pie crust, briny gourd-ridden autumnal moderation lets leafy hop astringency seep into corn-sugared Vienna malt grist.
Richer and more distinct than usual limited edition ‘autumn classic.’ Chestnut-roasted caramel malting and toasted bread crust anchor relegated pumpkin-spiced cherry, raisin and fig swerve contrasting leafy Noble hop dryness.
Unspecific off-dry festbier with stinging pop rock-like sugared corn malts trailing leafy hop oiling given muted lemony orange spritz.
Dry pilsner malted Oktoberfest lets dirty earthen graining, orange oil musk and slight champagned cologne sparkle supersede sweet Vienna malt breading.
On tap at Plank Pizza, festive golden cleared lager celebrates Octoberfest with spruced-up wintry spiced dried fruiting and musty apple rot angling towards crisp leafy hop astringency over raw-honeyed sourdough malts.
Off-dry marzen with leafy Hallertau/Perle hop herbage, raw honeyed orange oiling and mild pumpkin spicing careening thru doughy pilsner malts. Betters most nebulous autumnal fodder with its richer body and darker copper hue.
Brisk Oktoberfest brings musky barnyard graining and dry flaked maize to doughy biscuit spine as lemony floral-spiced herbage plus mild green grape, grapefruit and green apple tartness add murkily fruited aspect.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, common Bavarian-styled marzen lets subtle floral-spiced lemon licks engage leafy Saaz hop astringency above lightly caramelized biscuit base.
On tap at Jealous Monk, wavering Bavarian festbier utilizes raw-honeyed melanoiden malts to add sour edge to mild orange oiling and musky barnyard grains, finishing with a slight pilsner malt-tweaked sourdough swagger.
Musty orange rot and sourly cidered green grape esters given brown leaf astringency for murkily defined marzen-style lager.
On tap at Ambulance, dry leafy hop astringency, earthen truffle mustiness, floral-herbed heather honey bittering and lightly pungent fungi musk stay subtle above crusty Vienna-malted sourdough breading of midrange marzen.
Off-dry marzen lets honeyed tea dewiness, musty orange musk and dried prune mildness reach cloy honeyed Vienna malting. And its pasty lagered malts prove cloy.
