No, I'm not reviewing more entries that I consumed in the past. This is one that I consumed today. Just goes to show that I have a lot of beer sitting in my reserves right now if I can go back and grab an Oktoberfest beer. Atwater (http://www.atwaterbeer.com) is a company based out of Michigan. I had never heard of them before, so I'm guessing that it doesn't have the notoriety like some of its peers. Still, I was in the mood to give it a shot, see how well this would taste. I had picked this one up from The Beer Dispensary in Apex.
I worried that I may be waiting too long to drink this one, but I wouldn't really know any better unless the beer is outright awful. The beer poured a nice honey brown color with about half a finger of head. There's light retention, leaving a small cap of head, some light lacing as well. For the aroma, I could pick out some bread and malt, maybe some fruit. That's about it.
The taste was remarkably blah. It wasn't bad, but it also didn't have much flavor. I could pick up the malt and some hops, but you could have fooled me if you said this was an Oktoberfest beer. Well, I take that back, since those type of beers in the traditional sense should be easy to consume. I felt like I was drinking a macro beer. Remarkably average, very little character and identity. It's easy enough to drink, but I think I prefer a beer with a little more pop.
Grade: D+
Price Paid: $2.19 (12 oz bottle)
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