Great Lakes Oktoberfest

Reviewed: September 2011
ABV: 6.5%
Brewery: Great Lakes Brewing Co.
Country: USA
Beer Type: Märzen
2011 Rating: B
2010 Rating: A

Comments:  Copper color with a 1 finger off white head, nice lacing.  As with most Märzen beers, you could smell the malt.  Taste: caramel malts offset by  a slight hop bitterness -start to finish - well balanced.  When I drank this GL Oktoberfest I had just finished a Sam Adams Octoberfest, so the comparison was fresh.  The  Sammy is sweeter -more pure malt & caramel.  This year I rank the GL Oktoberfest one short hair below the Sam Adams.