Staghorn Octoberfest
Poured from a long neck brown 12 oz. bottle into a standard clear pint glass. Appearance: Clear light amber color with barely one finger of off-white foam. Foam faded quick and left no lacing behind and no cap. Smell: Sweet corn and bread-like malt. Little to no hops present. A bit sweeter and perfume-like than a typical Marzen Oktoberfest style. Taste: Watered down sweet malt and some corn flavor. A lot sweeter and thinner than most good Oktoberfest beers, and not malty enough. Could also stand a little more earthy hops presence to balance all that thin sweetness out. Mouth feel: Light body with typical carbonation. Pretty typical. Overall: I like a lot of the beers from New Glarus, but this isn't one of my favorites. Way too sweet for a Marzen Oktoberfest style and way too thin and watery. There are too many good Oktoberfest beers out there to have any reason to seek this one out again.