Widmer Brothers Okto Festival Ale:
Howdy y’all and welcome back.  As always it’s a pleasure to have all of you here and back for another review.  Today we stick with our Oktoberfest theme, this time heading to the West Coast and Widmer Brother’s Okto Festival Ale.  Now, Widmer hasn’t really impressed in this year’s reviews so far but can this ale make an impression?  Well read on dear readers, read on.  The brew pours a nice fossilized amber color well with a bright white head that sticks around after settling down to about a quarter inch with little lacing on the inside of the glass and a nose that is predominately malt with a hint of caramel.  The beer’s taste is heavy with malts from start to finish; they vary in tastes with a roasted malt on the front end to a caramelized malt on the mid tongue and a heavy biscuit flavor on the back end.  I really didn’t find any reason to get excited about this beer mainly because I’m not a huge malt fan and maybe that is why, but the beer really lacked any real notice of a bite or character.  It’s a smooth beer for a warm day but nothing too different about it in a crowded field of Oktoberfest brews.