Beers similar to Left Hand Oktoberfest

Märzen·United States·6.6% ABV·One of 135 Märzens in hopIQ·

hopIQ found 10 beers that share Left Hand Oktoberfest's bready and toasty character. Bread crust, biscuit and toasted pretzel carry the malt, spicy noble hop character balances it, and the finish runs dry and spicy. This copper märzen lager, 6.6 % ABV and 24 IBU, is brewed with Munich and 2-Row malt and Apollo and Mt. Hood hops, in cans from August to September; it won Bronze at the 2024 Great American Beer Festival.

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Narragansett Fest

Narragansett Brewing Company

United States · Märzen · 5.5%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

83%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Same dryness and malt character as Left Hand, adds richness, a notch softer, but without the spicy-hop notes.

What carries overdryspicynoble-hopbreadymalty

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Left Handbitterrichspicy-hop

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: a notch softer

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Great Lakes Oktoberfest

Great Lakes Brewing Company

United States · Märzen · 6.5%

CLOSE ALTERNATIVE

80%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Shares dryness and malt character with Left Hand; adds richness, but drops spiciness.

What carries overdrybreadytoastyspicy-hopcaramel

Structure: very close

Compared to Left Handrichnuttybitterspicynoble-hop

Structure: Same structure — body, sweetness, bitterness and texture all land on the same spot.

Structure: very close

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Leinenkugel's Oktoberfest

Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company

United States · Märzen · 5.1%

ALTERNATIVE

79%

FLAVOUR MATCH

Alongside Left Hand on malt character and spicy-hop notes: adds roasted notes, a notch softer, drops dryness.

What carries overspicybreadytoastymaltyspicy-hop

Structure: a notch softer

Compared to Left Handroasteddrynoble-hop

Structure: Very close — a touch less body, a touch less bitterness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Cigar City Oktoberfest

Cigar City Brewing

United States · Märzen · 5.8%

78%

MATCH

A touch more bitterness, a notch softer, no spiciness — dryness and noble hop character as with Left Hand.

Structure: a notch softer

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Long Man Brewery

United Kingdom · Märzen · 5.3%

77%

MATCH

Keeps noble hop character and malt character like Left Hand, adds fullness, a notch softer, drops dryness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Brooklyn Oktoberfest

Brooklyn Brewery

United States · Märzen · 5.5%

77%

MATCH

Mirrors Left Hand's dryness and malt character — plus fullness, a notch softer, minus spiciness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Fürst-Abt Edel

Badische Staatsbrauerei Rothaus

Germany · Dortmunder Export · 5.8%

77%

MATCH

Like Left Hand on spiciness and noble hop character — adds fullness, a notch softer, but without the dryness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Paulaner Oktoberfest Märzen

Paulaner Brauerei

Germany · Märzen · 5.8%

76%

MATCH

As with Left Hand, same noble hop character and malt character; adds sweetness, a notch softer, no dryness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Wolfshöher Märzen

Wolfshöher

Germany · Märzen · 5.5%

74%

MATCH

Softer — same noble hop character and malt character as Left Hand, adds herbal notes, a notch softer, but without the dryness.

Structure: a notch softer

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Oktoberfest Märzen

Hacker-Pschorr Bräu

Germany · Märzen · 5.8%

74%

MATCH

Softer — same dryness and malt character as Left Hand, adds sweetness, a notch softer, but without the spiciness.

Structure: a notch softer

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