Nothing like coming home to a lot of water on the kitchen floor. It turns out that the drain pipe from the sink decided to give away making the water that was being expelled from the dishwasher leak out onto the floor. Looks like a ride to Home Depot is on order to fix this issue. In the meatime, with my tools in hand and a beer of course…I decide to blog first then fix the pipe later…
Beer #352 is Oktoberfest by Climax Brewing Company. This Oktoberfest/Marzen is brewed right here in New Jersey and has an ABV of 6.2%.
Appearance – Amber color with quite a bit of an orange glow. The head was just a sliver of white.
Nose – Hmm…it had a sour funky smell to it and a smell very much like baked apples. My grandmother used to bake apples as a treat and this is what it reminded me of.
Taste – A sour taste hit me first followed with a heavy dose of bread. There was a perfume like thing towards the back end of this also…all in all…a very odd tasting beer. I started to think that maybe this was actually spoiled in some way.
Mouthfeel – It had a body just south of medium and some really low amounts of carbonation.
Overall – I’m not quite sure what to think here. Did I get a bad beer or was this supposed to taste like this? I think something was wrong to be honest as I researched this beer later and my observations on the nose and taste were quite unlike any review I found. I have come to expect a quality product from Climax Brewing Company so I’ m thinking there is no way they brewed it to have these flavors and smells. I’m not going to rate this because I feel this is a spoiled beer. I will see if I can get this again in the next few days and will come back and update this entry…stayed tuned…
And then there were 13…
Rating: n/a