Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Ayinger Oktober Fest-Marzen: Beer Review

It's Oktoberfest Time

 
Authentic Bavarian Festival Lager
5.8% abv
500ml bottle
$2.69 a bottle
Brauerei Aying
Aying, Germany

Appearance: deep amber colored body with a nice white head that leaves no lacing behind on the glass. 

Aroma: sweet malt, dusty yeast, dirty-funky grains,

Flavors: sweet malts, musty nut shell, funky grain, grassy, over-ripened and bruised apricot fruit.

With each sip of this beer that aroma becomes less attractive.  This bottle must be left over from last year.  No freshness date on the bottle.  I usually really like Ayinger products so, I’ll give this one more try and see how that bottle goes.  If it tastes like this bottle I won’t try it again. 

Warning Will Robinson

Be real careful when buying seasonal beers (the ones that don't age well) from your stores that have 10,000 different beers.  If you frequent the place check to see if seasonal beers stay on the shelf all year.  I know of a couple of stores that have this situation.  If this is the case only buy beers that have a clear freshness date stamped on them otherwise pass. 

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