One of the original Oktoberfest beers and also one of the most loved. Paulaner Oktoberfest is a rich, full-bodied amber lager with notes of caramel, cracker, lemon and soft, green grass. Despite being 6% it drinks like a classic German helles – ultra smooth with just enough bite on the finish to clean the palate – but has the added depth from the caramalts. This seasonal classic is a brilliant fridge filler throughout September and October and is genuinely brewed within the city limits using water from the well that must be used for a beer to be served at Oktoberfest in Munich.
Established in the early 17th century by the Paulaner monks, the brewery caused quite a splash with its first beer. Their first beer, a strong bock called Salvator, was so delicious and successful that other local breweries wrote to the council asking for them to restrict its sale to save others from closing.
If you are looking to have a great Oktoberfest beer Paulaner is the one. Theres a reason I think of Paulaner when I think of Oktoberfest.
Darren
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I recommend this product
V. Good
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Readily available seasonal beer, which is always good from Paulaner!
DSB
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I recommend this product
Very nice lager
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Highly recommended
DSB
I recommend this product
Probably now our fave German beer
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We are Weisse beer fans but this beer has surprised us and has become our favourite beer. It's just rich enough to be substantial and just light enough to be refreshing. A perfect balance.
Vincent
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I recommend this product
The best festbier in my opinion
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Smooth, slightly sweet, malty, biscuity... a classic.
DSB
I recommend this product
Superb! Our new fave beer
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Ordered a couple to try as we are big Paulaner Hefeweisse fans. Wow! It's really tasty even though not a Weisse. It's more like a very full tasting Helles but not hoppy. Will defo be reordering
DSB
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I recommend this product
Wow! Super beer. Great quality.
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Our fave beer is Paulaner heffe Weisse & we like the Helles but this is superb. Only bought a couple to try
Very rich, refreshing and nourishing without being too heavy. Will certainly buy more.
Girllovesbeer
I recommend this product
Beautiful Beer
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Scrummy - transported me straight back to Oktoberfest in the 80’s!
Beer
I recommend this product
Quality - Hoping they see sense and sell it all year round.
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Quality beer. Been a while since I tried something new that was as good as this. Very flavourful yet easy drinking; not a super complex beer and have had better but this is as solid a helles/pils as you'll get. Hoping they see sense and sell it all year round.
Gets a 5/5 as while definitely better beers out there, this does what it should as a simple beer to a t.
Gerald
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Paulaner : my second favourite
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Oktoberfest beers : my favourites / Festbiere : Meine Präferenzen:
To celebrate Oktoberfest 2022, I sampled many of the best-known Festivalbiere on sale at Beer Merchants, scored them out of ten and ranked them. They’re all very high quality, some are higher than others:
Weihenstephan 9/10
Paulaner 8.5/10
Schneider Weisse Tap 4 8/10
Hofbrau 7.5/10
Weltenburger Kloster 7.5/10
Späten 7/10
Hacker-Pschorr 6/10
Gerald
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I recommend this product
Excellent, 8.5/10 - my second favourite festbier
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Rich, complete taste. Bottle and can equally pleasing. A high quality beer.
Tom
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Fantastic beer with that Oktoberfest twist
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This beer is one of my all time favorite's clean crisp taste. A great season beer
Tom
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Fantastic beer
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This beer is one of my all time favorite's clean crisp taste. A great season beer
Jason
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Excellent beer
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After a few Paulaner Weise I the go onto these, very interesting after a few more.
Elena
I recommend this product
A Paulaner favourite
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A great lager, with a unique crisp taste. Paulaner is always a fantastic brand, but the Oktoberfest is a firm fav!
Stuart
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I recommend this product
Good stuff
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Nice crisp taste, another of the fine Paulaner products
Dan7brit
Good and tasty
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One of my favourites and a lager I would recommend buying. A great tasting lager