Though a tad watery and soft-bodied for German festival ale, brown-bodied jubilation will overjoy brown ale and mild porter lovers with its smoked meat opening, coffee-dried walnut-cola-Brazil nut roast, and ashen chocolate-seeded vanilla bean confluence. Overall creaminess lacks, but softer palates may not care.

Distantly pumpkin-wafted marzen-styled autumnal medium body (from ’07) brings caramelized sourdough, baked bread and dried wheat mildness to arid clay-hopped apricot-pear spell. But metallic acerbity belies bland cinnamon raisin tease and unctuously astringent nutty vanilla lull.

Soil-y harvest grains cover spoiled orange souring and wheat wafer sweetness of autumnal lager. Dank malt finish is problematic.

Brisk Bavarian lager layers tangy orange-peach tease and diffuse pumpkin spicing above biscuit-y caramel malts. Lively citric hop thrust wanes towards sedate mineral-grained finish.

More robust than Beck’s Pilsner, annually besting Sam Adams and Pete’s Wicked Octoberfests with its cavernous toasted grain mesh, caramelized malt tether, and zesty citric spike. Random winey cider nuance wavers beneath. Beck’s trademark sour yeast pungency relegated to mere backdrop that won’t scare off amateurs.

Though expected spiced pumpkin autumnal feel lacks, off-dry auburn-hued Brown Ale envelops initial caramel-burnt butterscotch-maple sweetness with wheat-backed Fuggle-hopped roasted nut promenade. Tinny backdrop and minor astringency subdue soured fig scamper.

Supposedly the world’s #1 Oktoberfest ale, offering sour citric-quince jab, dainty hop bite, mellow barleywine illusion, and dry whiskey aftertaste, but lacking pronounced up-front thrust and denied necessary full-bodied richness to earn four stars. Caramel creaminess relegated by fizz-spiced mineral water crisping.

Nondescript autumnal Bavarian lager remains dry as cardboard-y grains overtake bland yellow fruited malts and idle hops.

Indistinct creamy autumnal mediocrity bends wheat-oat toasting into dulled orange peel backdrop before seeping chocolate malt finish falters.

Indifferent coppery autumnal celebrator sports Scotch-nicked barley-toasted solemnity but lacks proper seasonal pumpkin expectancy. Muted hop bittering and tinny phenol finish deplete fuzzy fruited caper.

Pale copper ‘marzen’ autumnal with minor viscosity brings smoked barleymalt aromatics and Bavarian Hallertau hop spicing to dehydrated cracked wheat finish. In the midst, caramel-butterscotch illusion sours to hard candied citric tartness.

Brawny straw-hued brew lacks expectant gourd-spiced autumnal character. Soft lemony grapefruit fizz positioned atop herbaceous floral-hopped bed as red apple, pear, and melon illusions add IPA ambience. Fresh-cut grass and wet hay dry out grainy mineral resins.