beer_name: Oktober Fest
text: Rather light orange/amber in color with a 1 finger white head, did not stay very long. Smells bread like with some faint herbal hop. Tastes like some grain and malt, mild sweetness, then a bunch of lingering herb like hops in the back that I don't like in this style. A little out of balance toward the bitterness IMO, but that could be for lack of malt flavor too. Not super fizzy, just about right. Medium slick feeling in the mouth. This is the last one out of the case I bought in October, if that's any clue as to how drinkable it is. I know it's getting near the end of its fridge life, but this one let me down. Although, it seems to have smoothed out since the fall. I was hoping for a nice bready sweet Marzen, but it seems like we want to hop everything up beyond recognition these days.