My Favorite Marzen

Review Date 11/2/2024 By John Staradumsky

  Style: Oktoberfest   Brewery: Stillfire   Country: USA   State: Georgia   $ Per OZ: $.17 (B)   ABV: 6.5%

It was a legendary beer run. I headed off to Total Wine in Alpharetta because they were the only ones who seemed to have my beloved Tucker Tucktoberfest in six-packs, and you know they had it. I brought a sixer home. They had more goodies, though. Six-packs of Round Trip Oktoberfest, Brooklyn Brown Ale, and Dogfish Punkin Ale also came with me, as well as a 4-packs of  Kentucky Pumpkin Barrel Ale (which I had not been able to find last year) and Mason Ale Works Dankenstein’s Monster Unfiltered Double IPA. There were more beers to be sure, the rest all in singles except for one: I bought a 4-pack of Stillfire My Favorite Marzen Oktoberfest Lager.

The name of this beer, of course, is a play on the classic TV sitcom My Favorite Martian, starring Bill Bixby and Ray Walston as the eponymous extraterrestrial character. Extra credit for the really cool name and label, which immediately caught my attention.

Stillfire says:

A truly German beer worthy of celebrating. We started with the finest Munich malt, Hallertauer hops, and Bavarian yeast to craft our copper-colored gem as a tribute to Bavarian brewermasters. Rich and toasty, with light bread crust notes, this clean, malty yet quaffable lager is both unapologetically straightforward yet nuanced. The closest thing to Oktoberfest without getting your passport stamped. This style became famous as a beer to celebrate the wedding of Ludwig I and Teresa. Come to Stillfire and Party Like It's 1899.

Stillfire My Favorite Marzen has an alcohol content of 6.5% by volume with 45 IBUs and I paid $10.99 for a 4-pack of pint cans at Total Wine. My cans had no freshness dating.

Stillfire My Favorite Marzen pours to a bright copper color with a medium white head of foam and a nose of very light toasted malt. The beer is light to medium in body, gently toasty with dry roasted nuts and finishes bitter dry. Its tasty and highly drinkable, indeed, though I would like a little more Munich malt character.

That said it is quite tasty, I give it a 3.5 for style and hedonistic rating, with another half star tacked on for the bargain price. You just don’t see that many pint can 4-packs for eleven bucks anymore.

Glad I tried it?  T

Would I rebuy it??