Shiner Oktoberfest:
Howdy all and a welcome back to the great State of Texas and (in my opinion) it’s official beer: Shiner.  Now I’ve done my due diligence in this little column about getting Shiner products to the forefront so all of you know what your drinking (we all drink Shiner, right??).  Today we keep with our Oktoberfest theme and look at Shiner’s take on the popular style.  The beer pours a very clear amber color with a nice think head that’s about a finger in thickness and a nose of malts and green apples with a touch of sweetness.  The beers taste starts off bitter and more reminiscent of an ESB than a Marzen style beer but moves to the mid tongue as a dry taste that sticks around through the rest of the sip and leaves an after taste of under ripe fruit and a touch of hops.  Not really what I was expecting and really, it’s not my style of Marzen and since I seem prefer the sweeter style Marzen, this isn’t that spectacular to me.  It’s a good beer but not my cup of tea and now on to the next one.