beer_name: Dogtoberfest
text: 12 oz bottle into a mug. Pours a brilliant clear amber, with 2 1/2 stiff fingers of white head that has just the slightest bit of an off look to it. This readily shrinks down into about 1/4 finger of frothy retention, leaving some good looking patchy lacing back. The aroma is sticky in the nose with toffee and bread. Some lighter grassy and spicy hops mingle in, along with some notes of lager yest, but the nose here is fairly sweet overall. The taste is fairly strong with sweet notes of toast and caramel. A firm dose of spice and earthy hops helps balance this out, keeping the sweetness from running wild. This still has a bit too much of a syrupy feel to the malts at times. Pretty clean finish on this, with just a gentle dryness remaining on the palate after each sip. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a moderate crispness to it, but that aforementioned syrupy feel comes out just a little too much. This probably makes helps make the taste profile a touch more sweeter than it probably is. A decent little O-Fest here, if not a bit too sticky sweet in the taste and feel at times. I didn't have much of a problem finishing the bottle off but I'm not so sure if I would want to go to this again and again though.