Great Lakes Oktoberfest
Thanks to my beautiful wife for grabbing a six pack of these for me... A: Pours a clear dark orange copper color with a generous and fluffy three-finger off-white head. The head recedes to a half finger with pillowy bubble clumps drifting around the glass. Beautiful head retention and lacing. Great looking beer. S: Sweet, bready malt and caramel. Hints of biscuit and maybe even a little honey. Light, but appropriate for the style. T: Sweet malt and roasted barley, faint hops. Very toffee like and chewy. This is really excellent and the flavors are balanced perfectly. The balance between bitter roast and sweet malt is nearly perfect. It's light yet complex and enjoyable. Great. M: Excellent. Flavors are balanced, complex. Carbonation is perfect. O: Great Lakes Oktoberfest is a damn near perfect example of the style. The roasty bitterness I associate with the style is balanced by a mild toffee and honey sweetness that makes this beer a very enjoyable experience and, dare I say it, quite sessionable. Great job, Great Lakes.