Boulevard Bob's '47 Oktoberfest
With this traditional dark amber lager, we salute our friend and early advisor Bob Werkowitch, Master Brewer for Kansas City’s famed Muehlebach Brewing Company, and 1947 graduate of the U.S. Brewer’s Academy.
3.4
469 reviews
Kansas City, United States
Community reviews
Pours a clear golden amber color. Aromas of grass, cheerios, and a touch of flowers. Flavor is kinda sweet to start, citrusy finish with some hop notes.
Pours a crystal copper orange color. Nice eggshell color head. Dissipates quickly. Not a lot of lacing.
Aroma is roasted malt. Some greasiness, and toffee. Some floral hop complexity.
Taste is oddly malty and hoppy. It’s also spicy, too spicy.
Mouthfeel is medium. It’s dry. It has a weird aftertaste. I don’t know if its hops or what. It’s bitter.
Overall, I’m not spending too much time on this. I don’t like it. I feel they strayed a little too far from the marzen style to call it a marzen.
Clear copper colored with a moderate head. Plenty of carbonation. Nicely balanced with caramel malt and a subtle hop profile. A tad on the dry side for the style but still good and highly drinkable.
Bottled@SBWF2015. Amber colour, small off-white head. ARoma is fruity, floral, wooden and some mild bready and caramelly notes. Flavour is quite similar, but also has a nice crisp malty edge to it. Tasty and easy to drink.
Delicious Oktoberfest. Appearance is much lighter than a typical Oktoberfest. Dark golden color lots of flavor and smooth finish. Another solid effort by boulevard
Bottle at SBWF2015. Clear copper color, small white head. Caramel, malty, even a bit nutty aroma. Medium-bodied. Malty, sweetish, light bitterness. Robust German style Oktoberfestbier.
Bottled at SBWF. Clear amber, minimal head. Doughy nose with buttery malt. Mid sweet with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Richly malty with bread and butter. Low bitterness. Good, rich festbier!
Bottle @sbwf15. Dark amber, thin white head. Malty, bready aroma, not much else. Flavor similar, just a basic malty, oktoberfest brew . nice.
Light copper color yeasty bread nose lightly effervescent mouthfeel. Not my favorite Octoberfest beer of this year but certainly not the worst.
Pours amber with a one finger off white head with pretty nice lacing. Aroma and taate is of toasted bread, caramel sweet malts, light toffee, grassy hops, and some spicy hops. Has a medium body with a semi creamy mouthfeel and a semi bitter, medium finish. Overall, a pretty nice Oktoberfest.
Clear dark orange crystal clear and great carbonation. Thick sweet malty flavor good martzen...could be a little crisper for my palate but may be not really what the style commands.
Bottle.
A- Malty, spice, wheat.
A- Pale orange color, clear liquid, off white head.
T- Malty, spice, slightly woody..
P- Light body, average texture, medium carbonation, malty finish.
O- This was a little past the best by date but I still did’t expect it to be this bland and unbalanced. Just tasted really malty and not a lot of anything else. Very disappointing. Better as it warms.
12 oz single bottle into a pint glass, purchased yesterday, best by 11/26/14, WTF Tipsy’s? Burnt orange, light amber and clear appearance with a white head and light lacing. Aroma of Munich malts, light noble hops, toffee, bread, toasted grains and light caramel. The flavor is malt forward and moderately sweet with a light spicy hop bitterness coming through in the finish. Pretty solid oktoberfest bier, even after the best by date.
12 oz bottle with a BB date stamp of Dec. 2014.
A bit bland, even for a Marzen, this beer manages to have crisp, lively carbonation with a head that’s a bit weak for style. Light aroma and flavor is even a tad light for style, although not the hop level. Nearly as sweet as it is bitter.
Very solid marzen. Smells slightly like caramel with a nice amber color. Taste is good with very little bitterness and after taste.
Golden orange and clear. Aroma is bready and toasty malt. Taste is bready, toasty, with a slight hint of caramel and raisin. Mouthfeel is medium with light to moderate carbonation. Finishes with lingering maltiness with hints of raisin
Pours golden orange with no head. Aromas of grapes and cartelized sugar. Taste is malty with some notes of grapes. A large amount of carbonation for a beer with not residual head. Ok at best.
great example of the style, and up there with the better American versions. rich and malty, caramel, bread and toffee greet the nose and palate. finishes dry and sweet.
Bottle. Pour is Clear light copper with a small soapy white head. Aroma is sugary toasted malt with light hay and yeast. Flavor is sweet with lightly toasted malt and a faintly hoppy finish. Lightly floral. The yeasty finish that usually turns me off to this style is absent, but still really sweet for the abv. I like this more than most marzen but still not at the top of my list. It grew on me slowly.
clear orange amber color with a thin off-white head that completely disappears. aroma is toasted and caramel malts. flavor is toasted and caramel malts and some pine.
Probably my favorite marzen year in and year out. Well rounded, malty and amber. Such a beautiful oktoberfest.
12 oz. bottle into a pint glass. Pours a clear amber/orange, with a moderate white head which quickly fades. No lacing. Not much on the nose, faint aroma of malt. Taste is OK, typical for the style. An average Oktoberfest.
On tap. Served a dark amber color with a decent head and fair lacing. Aroma of malt, bit of fruit and hops in the background. Taste of malt, some caramel and fruit sweetness. Mild bitterness and a clean finish. Moderate body, smooth with a light malty feel. Decent beer for the style.
On tap at Hops and Pie poured a clear orange amber with a small lasting amber head. Aromas of caramel, toasted malt and a hint of fruitiness. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a smooth dry finish. Flavors of caramel, toasted malt and a hint of fruitiness with a smooth dry lingering caramel finish.
355ml bottle. Lighter amber for an oktoberest, foamy white head. Aroma is salty pretzel and sharp noble hops, bit of biscuit. Flavor is spicy and malty, some nuttiness, heavily entrenched int he american style of maerzens.
An average octoberfest style beer. Pours a reddish orange color with ivory head. Some caramel malt, pine, and toast on the nose; follows onto the palate.
Twelve ounce bottle from mix six pack purchased at Whitey’s Wine and Liquor, Lawrenceburg, Indiana, tasted on September 28, 2013. Medium orange color, medium toasted malt nose, mostly bitter taste with some astringency and chemical notes, not enough sweet toasted malt flavor. I expect better from Boulevard.
Rated on 11-13-2011. When poured, this beer has a small ivory head that mostly diminishes, transparent body, fast rising carbonation, and virtually no lacing. The aroma is caramel malt, hops and fruity. The taste is lightly bitter, caramel malt, lightly hoppy, and lightly fruity. The mouthfeel is lively but yet soft and this beer is medium bodied. This beer is just so-so tasting. It is not a bad beer per se. It just lacks character and wow factor.
bottle. Deep amber with small head. Medium caramel malt, light hops. Pretty standard Oktoberfest, solid.
Clear amber pour, tan head. Nose is caramel malt. More sweet than bitter, decent balance. Middle is medium body, lots of toasted grain. Finish is malty with a hint of hops. Decent.