märzenbier

Noun

märzenbier (countable and uncountable, plural märzenbiers)

1. Synonym of märzen.
   • Technically as well as historically, there is a great deal of overlap in the specifications of märzenbier, Vienna lager, and oktoberfestbier; and brewers around the world do not apply these designations consistently on their labels.2011, Garrett Oliver, editor, The Oxford Companion to Beer, Oxford University Press, page 574
   • I imagine that the märzenbiers of the nineteenth century looked like Free State’s—deep amber, like a medium-grade maple syrup.2015, Jeff Alworth, The Beer Bible, New York, N.Y.: Workman Publishing, →ISBN, page 448

   Synonyms:

   märzen