Great Divide Hoss Oktoberfest Lager
Hoss is based on the Märzen lagers of Germany. Rich, layered malt notes, with some hints of cherry and dark notes, dominate while the unique addition of rye imparts a slightly earthy, spicy character. Hoss finishes crisp and dry, and its brilliant red-orange color is a toast to the late-summer sunsets that make the perfect backdrop for this beer.
3.4
667 reviews
Denver, United States
Community reviews
Draft at Duckworth. Clear golden amber color, medium white head. Aroma of toasted caramel. taste has caramel and subtle citrusy fruit. Nice.
12 ounce CaN .. single .. . Drank from CaN like a horrible person .. sweet malts, caramel .. mild mouth, a bit overly sweet. Mild finish .. . . I’m gonna collect some firewood
Pours a clear medium amber color with white head. Cereal grains, grass, bread, hay, and a little floral note sneaks in on the nose; follows onto the palate. Medium bodied. Finishes with mostly malt, but a little hop floral note is there.
Draft sampled at Great Divide Barrel Room with Paul, Larry, Pete and Frank during GABF 2016 weekend. Pours a clear amber golden body with thin lace. Mouthfeel is medium and crisp with notes of spice, sweet malt, soft wheat and grains.
Sample at SBWF 2016. Clear light amber with a white head. Aroma and taste of malt, caramel and bread. Also light notes of fruit. Kind of soft and easy to drink.
(Tap) clear, bright yellow colour with a small white head; aroma of honey, stewed fruit; clean, balanced flavour with a long, very light bitter finish with a hint of tartness
Sample at SBWF 2016. Malty and bready smell with caramel. Similar taste. Malt focused.
Good for style. Mire malt rye than typical. Bland smell and boring color. Ok.
I want to love this beer but something is missing that I can't put my finger on. The body is slightly lighter than I expect from this style
From a bottle. Pours a medium amber and makes a a decent white head. Aroma is of malted rye, corn. Tastes of rye a a marzen German malted Octoberfest ale!
Treated as an Oktoberfest, this was poured into a mug (correct use of glassware).
The appearance was a dark hazy burnt amber color with a sustaining white foamy dissipating little head. Messy lacing running here and there.
The aroma flows between the sweet and spicy rye malts to the creative use of nutty yet biscuit sweet breadiness of the entirety of it all. Subtle sweet grassiness underneath.
The flavor brings it all together nicely. Nice semi-sweet/lightly spiced flowing rye into the aftertaste and then riding fairly quick into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fair sessionable feel to it. Carbonation seems to ride fairly nice.
Overall, Oktoberfest - yes, definitely and with a nice creative ingenuity by Great Divide, this is definitely worthy to come back to.
Tap at Great Divide. clear orange. Caramel, Vienna-like nose, low hops, nice malt. Sweet caramel flavor, bit of spicy rye, peppery hops and rye. Smooth, full body. Decent.
Delicious. Copper in color with dark fruits, caramel and honey on the nose. Complex and malty. Dark fruits, caramel, raisins, toasty. Very good. Fall is right around the corner!
Aromas of rye, raisin, and caramel. Taste is toast, honey, caramel, touch of raisin, then rye and sharp grassy hops.
Rich caramel malt aroma. Dark clear maple color with off-white finger and half head. Rich caramel roasted malt taste. A touch of rye peppiness. Mild bitterness. Hint of cherry sweetness and earthy spice. Excellent overall brew.
Rich amber/cider color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of toasted malt, caramel, & some floral/rye hops; Flavor of slight roasted sweet malt, rye, caramel, hops, and some citrus; Fairly different - pretty decent overall.
Bottle. Pours an orangish brown color. Aroma and taste are rye, grains, and some sweetness.
355 ml bottle. Cloudy orange-brown body with a thin but lasting white head. Raisins, candied fruit, orange and spice on the nose. Sweet malt at first before orange zest and pith, peppery spice and dried fruit flavours come through. Slightly zesty finish with a lingering spicy aftertaste. Would definitely have again.
Poured from a 12 oz bottle with a bottling date of 15 Sept. 2015 into a lager glass.
Appearance – the body has an orange-amber color and is topped by a modest size, bone-colored head. The head has decent retention and leaves some foamy lace on the side of the glass.
Aroma – weak and seems to have some off notes (from the rye?) in addition to notes of caramel and sweet malts.
Flavor – nearly as spicy and hoppy as malty. Much better than the aroma suggests. Improved with some warming.
Mouthfeel –Alcohol seems a little lower than the actual 6.2 % ABV. Medium body with a carbonation level that is medium level, lightly crisp, and appropriate for style.
Overall: a good rye spiced marzen.
Draft sample at the brewery. Deep gold pour. Aroma of spice and grass. Taste is sweet malt. Kinda grassy. Maybe even a little skunked.
Burnt orange color. Thin, bubbley that receeds to thin ring around the glass. Some sourness in the aroma. Hint of pineapple. Weedy aroma. Dandilion. Watery texture. Minimal carbonation. Burnt toast. Leaves a long off aftertaste. Do not have a lot of experience with Ryes so am giving the benefit of the doubt.
Drank alone, poured from 12 oz bottle. thin white frothy head sticks to glass but disappears on beer. There is a blend of sourness, rye, burnt prune, cereal but overall watery finale. Light brown-orange color. Moderate carbonation. Nothing exciting. 4.4 BD
12 ounce bottle. Pours a hazy Amber color with a small creamy beige head. Faint toasted malt nose. Sweet toasted malt flavor. Subtle Notes of cherry and earthy funk. The rye adds a spicy character and the hops complement this nicely.
Smooth drinking flavorful beer. Bottle to mug. I think the may match better with an ale, but this is tasty enough. Rye and notes of other grains present, some vegetable, baking soda aftertaste.
Great Divide and reviewers alike speak about a cherry element in this brew. I’ve got to be honest, I didn’t experience any such thing. Still, Hoss is more layered than your average Oktoberfest types. The rye adds notes of spice, earth, and toasted bread. Feel is refreshing and fairly bitter. Appearance is a lovely burnt orange with cream-colored suds. While it doesn’t stand alongside Great Divide’s strongest efforts, it’s still a damn good lager for the fall season. And the label is as cool as anything Great Divide has ever put on their beers.
A not too pleasant cherry aroma hides what is an otherwise wonderful beer.
With the spice of eye on the palate, the cherry taste is actually pretty pleasant. Nice and spicy with a rich mouthfeel for a lager.
Draught @ Albion. Dark irange with very small ring like frothy whitish head, faint rye aroma, medium carbonation, slightly spicy taste with cinnamon, medium spicy finish. Not so great but decent.
This one was a bit light struck in the aroma tho the rye really comes through. Flavor’s good, malty, rye; the hops kind of beat down any fruit. Decent body. Drinkable beer.
Bottle. Pours cloudy amber with no head. Nose and taste is caramel and some kind of spices. Maybe nutmeg. Some rye in the aftertaste. Okay.
Notes from recent Denver trip: at Work & Class. Copper pour, off white head. Nose is buckets of malt. Bittersweet. Middle is caramelized malt, flourish of rye. Finish is spicy out the back.