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Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams): Samuel Adams Octoberfest (5.3% version)

This märzen is/was brewed by Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 46.97%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 5.30%.


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Pours a clear amber/orange with a nice head that dissipated quickly and left little lacing. Sweet malts and bread on the nose along with some spices. Toasted bread flavor hit first, followed by some caramel and some pleasant spices I cant identify. A bit of hops underneath to mellow out the sweetness. Light to medium-bodied, even a bit thin, medium
Brilliant copper in color with large white billowing head that quickly fades. Some sweet malt flavors with spicy, slightly bitter/metallic flavors. A decent lager from a SA, but not a Paulaner. Carbonation is medium and its easy drinking.
Pours a medium/dark amber color with a nice head. Definite aroma of spices, caramel and hops. Not too sweet (some octoberfests are) and finishes nice and not too "heavy". Will definitely drink again.

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
9th Aug 2013 at 1:40 pm bottle Urban Crave (airport bar), Houston, Texas, USA 5.30 medium to dark golden Taste: 82.35%
Head: 88.89%
Aroma: 44%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
46.974% malty 492

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Other Beers (etc.) by Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams)

Apart from Samuel Adams Octoberfest (5.3% version), Hop Horizons lists 30 others by Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams). These are:
Rebel Rouser Double IPA
Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier
Samuel Adams Boston Ale
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat
Samuel Adams Cinder Bock
Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat
Samuel Adams Double Bock (Imperial Series)
Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale
Samuel Adams Imperial Stout
Samuel Adams Imperial White
Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA
Samuel Adams Light
Samuel Adams Light (4.3% version)
Samuel Adams Longshot: Beer Flower Wheat
Samuel Adams Longshot: Strawberry Lager
Samuel Adams Noble Pils
Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Samuel Adams Pale Ale
Samuel Adams Rebel IPA
Samuel Adams Rebel Rider IPA
Samuel Adams Rustic Saison
Samuel Adams Spring Lager
Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Samuel Adams Triple Bock
Samuel Adams Verloren Gose
Samuel Adams Wee Heavy (Imperial Series)
Samuel Adams Weiss Bier
Samuel Adams White Ale
Whitbread Pale Ale (USA/continental)

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