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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Spaten Oktoberfest

Dead Soldier 
Where to Dig Up More About This Beer
Spaten Oktoberfest ur Märzen
Spaten-Franziskaner-Bräu
Munich, Germany
Est. 1397
www.spatenusa.com

Brain Damage Quotient = 5.9 % ABV
Fluid Oz. = 12.0 

Postmortem Brew Review
Rich amber hue.
Wonderful roasted malt smell & taste with only s
light hop bitterness.
Perfect balance of hops to malt combination.
Some lacing of head.
Head lasts to bottom of glass.
Velvety smooth drinkability.

Grim Reaper's Eulogy
I give this "two thumbs up" just for having a brewer's malt spade (spaten) head for a logo. That is to say, "I dig this beer!" But there's more to it than fodder for a great pun in this blog. There's a GS straddling the spade...it must stand for guten schtuff !

Upon closer inspection I noticed that this is created in the Märzen style. These bottom fermented lager beers were made in March (Märzen) to keep until the fall (Oktoberfest). Märzen beers are some of the tastiest in the world. If you can't get a hold of Spaten, try a Michelob Märzen sometime. It's one of Anheuser-Busch's best kept secrets. Spaten is the real deal right from the old country! A great lager beer.

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